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#961480
Dear idiots, Allah means God, Chrisitians in the middle east used it long before Islam was founded.
5/27/2009 6:06:14 AM
#961489
Quick, someone trademark the word "God".
5/27/2009 6:11:46 AM
#961501
The Jamo
So if I use the word "allah" a lot, does that mean that the people who hear it will "convert" to atheism?
5/27/2009 6:21:15 AM
#961513
MK
Man, even the Muslim fundies don't understand their own words...
5/27/2009 6:34:38 AM
#961516
Horsefeathers
"A Catholic church in Malaysia which prays to Allah has prompted a court case over who can use the word."
Oh, good god. I can see it now, some jackass is going to try to trademark "God" or "Allah" to keep the heathens from using it.
"Muslim leaders say Islam should be the only faith to use it, saying its use in other faiths could lead to confusion and conversions."
Anyone that easily confused is certain to be a high priced commodity in the religion business, no doubt.
5/27/2009 6:37:16 AM
#961523
wackadoodle
So what the hell do arab christians call god?
5/27/2009 6:51:17 AM
#961526
Allah damnit this is stupid. I hope to Allah that this ends peacefully and correctly. Also, not doing a good job on convincing people you guys worship the same god, are ya?
5/27/2009 6:53:27 AM
#961527
Oh but the Muslims are SO peaceful and loving and non-confrontational and they JUST want to get along with everyone else.
5/27/2009 6:53:49 AM
#961545
Yes, people are so confused that they convert on the spot when someone says Allah. Never mind all the talk about Jesus. Nope! People there are just so gullible that they do that. I think this is more a case of trying to discriminate against a minority religion. Hey look! discrimination against christians! RR eat your heart out. Oh wait those are catholics, never mind.
5/27/2009 7:22:54 AM
#961559
Wait, why would a church in Malaysia, in a country where the official language is Malay and where God in Malay translates as Tuhan, use Allah, the Arabic word, as their translation of God? Who knows, maybe it is a sneaky way to admit that both religions worship the same God. In my opinion its a way to "cash in" on the major religion, by portraying yourself as the same. Maybe thats where the confusion might stem from.
Anyway, dont think this is fundie so mehed....
5/27/2009 7:39:29 AM
#961574
Mister Spak
Allah is MY invisible man!!! You can't talk to him!!
5/27/2009 8:28:50 AM
#961579
freako104
Allah means god you dumbfuck
5/27/2009 8:39:28 AM
#961589
Lucilius
Fuck Allah. So sue me.
@961559: I'd say it's because Islam predominates in Malaysia, so that's just the "divine" name people are already culturally accustomed to hearing.
5/27/2009 9:02:21 AM
#961593
arcturus
I'm no expert on Arabic, but I'm pretty sure that "al" means "the", and "lah" means "god".
5/27/2009 9:12:31 AM
#961599
@Lucilius:
So its understandable that some of the Muslim leadership may view this is some kind of sneaky way to manipulate people.
5/27/2009 9:21:30 AM
#961605
AuraTwilight
You can't claim ownership of a word, retard.
5/27/2009 9:32:46 AM
#961606
"Dear idiots, Allah means God, Chrisitians in the middle east used it long before Islam was founded. "
I don't think that's true. I think Christians started using that word under influence of their Arab / Muslim overlords. In many languages (inclusing Indonesian which is very close to standard Malay) 'Allah' is the defacto word for 'God' (although Tuhan is also used).
Regardsless, Muslims always make the claim that Allah is the same as the Christian God and that their words means the exact same. It's also their way of reassuring Christians that switching to Islam isn't really a switch. More of an 'upgrade'.
The hypocricy of these Malays is thick.
5/27/2009 9:33:04 AM
#961629
Osiris
Allah means God and you can't copyright a fucking word.
5/27/2009 10:04:27 AM
#961636
aaa
Excuse me, i seem to have warped into a british sitcom. Where's my multidimentionaly sciency thingy i used to get here?
5/27/2009 10:09:48 AM
#961639
draco_nite
@aaa
Are you talking about Doctor Who?
(pardon my idiocy)
5/27/2009 10:11:00 AM
#961647
werewolf
This is funny.
5/27/2009 10:20:29 AM
#961689
Grigadil
What's the Arabic for Flying Spaghetti Monster?
5/27/2009 10:59:18 AM
#961695
Antichrist
So every time I say "goddamnit" somebody converts to Christianity?
I guess I should stop.
5/27/2009 11:05:56 AM
#961708
Allegory for Jesus
"You can't use that word. We own it!"
Seeing as how Allah just means "God" anyway, which is itself confusing because it is just a proper noun version of the generic word "god" used to describe the divine superbeings of almost every religion...I'm going to have to suggest that if you are going to complain to anyone, complain to the people who decided to have a nameless god. (Or, rather, an effectively nameless god, because you aren't supposed to call him "Yahweh", lest you...I dunno, awaken him from his thousand year slumber of something).
5/27/2009 11:16:33 AM
#961715
Ken
Only the Spanish may worship Dios!
5/27/2009 11:24:05 AM
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