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[spyro_prime]

A proposal by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands that people of all faiths refer to God as "Allah" is not sitting well with the Catholic community

Comments

[tempus_aeterna]

I agree that God doesn't care what language we use. The Orthodox Christians in the Near East use Allah for God, not because they are saying anything about Christianity and Islam, but because Allah is the word for God is Arabic. If the Christians in Indonesia used Allah, I see no problem with that. At the same time, I see no reason or need to change the word for God in Christian speaking countries. Allah is to Arabic what God is to English, Deus is to Latin, Gor is to Swedish, and Dios is to Spanish. I don't understand why any of this is a big deal on any front.

[amyheartssiroc]

Haha, I just posted the same comment.

[tempus_aeterna]

Wow, those were close comments. They didn't use the same language, but they were exactly the same thought process in the exact same order. Wow.

[spyro_prime]

Good for you:)
You guys are funny:)

[amyheartssiroc]

This is absolutely ridiculous. Allah is just the Arabic word for God. Arabic-speaking Christians use the word Allah to refer to God. It's not a distinctly Muslim word. But that doesn't mean there's any reason for Dutch-speaking Christians (unless the historical language of their church is Arabic) to have to refer to God with an Arabic word, any more than there is a reason for them to have to refer to God with an Italian, German, French, or Chinese word.

[spyro_prime]

Exactly!

[thehonorableryu]

Does the retiring Dutch bishop recommend such phrases as "Triune Allah," "Allah the Father," "Allah the Son," and "Allah the Spirit"?

[spyro_prime]

Who the hell knows!

[efriden]

Good point!

[dolphingirl9109]

I think before we start trying to force people to try to say God in one language or another we should focus on trying to get people to stop using God paired with cuss words. I know that's not the point of this post, but I think how we use His name is much more important than which name we use.

[spyro_prime]

You got it!
Thank you!

[lordhellebore]

I have no idea why I would want to call God "God" in a to me foreign language. I'll stick wth my German "Gott".

[susannah]

Gott?

I had no idea Godde spoke German.

Jesus certainly didn't, so watch it!!!

If you're not careful, I will report you to the moderators.

It's Godde.

More importantly, kudos to the bishop for "offering condoms to combat HIV and AIDS."

Clearly he's got *some* sense.

[spyro_prime]

I hope that you are kidding about reporting anyone:)

I just don't get it at all;

it's not such a big deal, it's an article and it's news..

[lordhellebore]

She is just joking, don't worry. It's all good :)