Should you be able to call your God whatever you want?

Muslims as a group seem to be sick.May be they do not know what their Religion is all about and they seem to be threatening world order. By their activities they make one feel that the civilization might be better off with out Islam.

Christians want to use the world Allah for proselytizing.
Instead of following Christianity they are attempting to increase their numbers as directed by Vatican, which calls a decade’ Decade of Harvest’,by spending huge sums for promotional activities(this is not restricted to Catholics;other denominations have a fair share too).Some promote by instant healing by demonstrating Healing on Stage( I know of people who are being paid to fake illness on stage and recover-funny thing is they are not even Christians ).
Fortunately or unfortunately Muslims respond in kind unlike other other followers.If Christians really want to use the name Allah, they might do it in private but not for converting others.By the way I am curious as to who, in the familial tree has not been converted at some point of time in the past as Religion is practiced as a matter of privilege of birth rather than conviction.I hope who want to be Religious to read their Religious texts, whether it Be The Bible or The Koran directly with out interpreters like the clergy or mullah for these gentlemen have their own axe to to grind or they are after riches which are being offered by the respective so called Protectors of the Faith.Religion is for self upliftment /realization.It is intensely personal..Be it Sal or Jesus they will be shocked if they were to return to earth to witness the perverted interpretations of their teachings, which are meant to elevate human beings and not to make them behave like cavemen.

UPDATE: Three churches have been torched in Malaysia as religion tensions rise. Churches are bracing themselves for further attacks.

God’s just been to court. Well in Malaysia anyway.

The Malaysian government has filed an appeal against a court ruling that allows non-Muslims to use the word Allah to refer to God.

Protests by Muslim groups are breaking out across the country and online. The blogs are going mad over this asking whose God is Allah anyway?

Malaysia’s Catholic Church says that it uses the word Allah to meet the linguistic needs of some Malay worshippers. The government believes that Allah is solely an Islamic word whilst the court upholds that the term predates Islam.

The debate got me thinking about how I would feel if another religion used a Hindu term to refer to their God, may it be “Ishwar” or “Krishna”. Whilst I don’t think I’d be angry, I think I might feel a bit uncomfortable.

Joel Trumpet isn’t impressed at the ruling and he’s a Christian. He feels that by using the word “Allah” Christians are sending out mixed messages.

For Blogger Lucia Lai however, it’s great news.

Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is asking Muslims not to blow this out of proportion, but do they have a right to be angry?

“The idea of bringing Allah before the courts is abominable as it is abhorrent,” says Sakmongkol. ” In the Malaysian context, Allah has always been the god of Islam. Whose religion is this? It is the religion of the Malays. It is the religion of 15-16 million Malaysians as opposed to the religion of between 850,000 to 1 million Catholics. “

I’ve been taking a look at various online dictionaries and what they have to say about Allah. I couldn’t find a consensus.
So is it all about context?

This blogger feels that both parties are blowing this out of proportion.
‘If I were a Muslim, I would probably say, “Oh never mind, let the Catholics go ahead and use the word Allah.
If I were a Catholic, I would probably say, “Oh never mind, let’s just drop the word Allah and use the word Tuhan instead.’”

Space between the ears in California disagrees. “How one religion could have a monopoly on a generic term or name is beyond me,” he adds.

So should you have the right to call your God by any name you please?
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