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An American Muslim Responds to our WebsiteThe text of this message appears unedited, exactly as it was received. -------- Original Message --------
If the Messiah were to be born in the US today and speaks to the world, what language would he speak? No dobut it would be ENGLISH. Not Hebrew. Not Aramaic. Not Latin. Not French. Since a person who will speak of G-D in the English language will use the word commonly used in the English language, which is spelled with the letters G, x, and D. Since the letters Y, E, H, O, etc. are not utilized here to refer to G-D, one might think that the speaker is not referring to "Y...." but mere deity called "G-D" when we ALL know that the two are the same. If one were to truly STUDY the origin of words and language (not spew out ANTI-ISLAM messages) then one would recognize that when one says in English "G-D" then in Arabic one would say "Allah". Ask ANY non-muslim who is from ANY land where Arabic is the non-muslim's mother tongue and YOU will discover that the word used by that non-muslim to refer to their deity that they call "G-D" for him/herself is "Allah". A Christian uses the word "Allah" to refer to the "Father in heaven"!!!!!!!!!!! So, the argument that "Allah" is some other deity other than the creator of the universe, the deity of Adam, of Noah, of Moses, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Ishmael, of Jesus, and of Mohammad is absurd. "Allah" is the same deity as "Y..." and accepted by not only the Muslim world but the rest of the INTELLIGENT universe that uses this intelligence to put aside bashing another religion for POLITICAL gains and recognize that we ALL pray to the same omnipotent deity that created the universe and all within it. You may disagree with many of the aspects of what a Christian may believe about Jesus but still agree with the Christian that the "Father in heavan" is the same as YOUR deity. Whether you agree with the Christian about the devinity of Jesus is irrelevant. You still agree that the deity to whom you pray and the "Father..." are the same. If that is the case then why can not another religion have the same claim to call the deity you call "Y..." some other name. Sincerely, A muslim in America. Our Response to “A muslim in America”“If the Messiah were to be born in the US today and speaks to the world, what language would he speak?” Yeshua HaMashiach was not born in the US, and was not born today. He was born in Israel approximately 2,000 years ago and was in all likelihood fluent in Aramaic and Hebrew, and could probably also get by in Greek and Latin, as those were the prominent languages in the area in which He lived. He did not speak to the world. He spoke to His friends, neighbors, associates, detractors, and enemies. “Since a person who will speak of G-D in the English language will use the word commonly used in the English language, which is spelled with the letters G, x, and D. Since the letters Y, E, H, O, etc. are not utilized here to refer to G-D, one might think that the speaker is not referring to ‘Y....’ but mere deity called ‘G-D’ when we ALL know that the two are the same.” I am not sure what the writer is trying to say by referring to all these letters of the alphabet: “G, x, and D. Since the letters Y, E, H, O, etc.” Jewish tradition is to avoid writing or saying the Proper Name of HaShem out of respect for His Name. In honor of that tradition, His two primary titles (which are not His names) are generally written as “G-d” or “L-rd” so that when the page is erased or destroyed no direct reference to the Name of the Holy One of Israel will be destroyed. The writer must be referring to Allah as a “mere deity” because the G-d of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya'akov is no “mere deity.” “We ALL” most certainly do not know that “the two are the same.” As previously stated, the word ”god” refers to anyone or anything that is worshipped or considered to be any form of deity. When used in reference to the King of the Universe, the term “G-d” is His title, not His Name. If the writer is suggesting that everyone and everything referred to as “god” or as “a god” is the “G-d” of the Bible, nothing could be further from the truth. The G-d of the Bible clearly distinguishes Himself from all others who would be “called god.” [The word rendered as “L-RD” below is used in place of the Tetragrammaton, the four Hebrew letters yud-hey-vav-hey, which are the Revealed Personal Name of the G-d of the Bible.] “To you it was shown that you might know that the L-RD, He is G-d; there is no other besides Him. [De 4:35 - Show Context] "Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the L-RD, He is G-d in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. [De 4:39 - Show Context] "I am the L-RD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no G-d. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; [Isa 45:5 - Show Context] Thus says the
L-RD, "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature,
Will come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in
chains And will bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: ' "Declare and set forth {your case;} Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the L-RD? And there is no other G-d besides Me, A righteous G-d and a Savior; There is none except Me. [Isa 45:21 - Show Context] "Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am G-d, and there is no other." [Isa 45:22 - Show Context] "Remember the former things long past, For I am G-d, and there is no other; {I am} G-d, and there is no one like Me, [Isa 46:9 - Show Context] "Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the G-d of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way." [Da 3:29 - Show Context] "Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the L-RD your G-d, And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. [Joe 2:27 - Show Context] The G-d of Avraham, Yitzhak, and Ya'akov — the G-d of the Bible — is absolutely not the same as the god of Islam, as clearly attested to by the Bible [immediately above] and at numerous places in the Qur'an (Koran). This information is being developed as a separate page.
... TO BE CONTINUED ...See also: Muslim Response to “The Rise of Islam” A Messianic Jew Responds to “The Rise of Islam”
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