2007-02-28 13:54:33 · 10 answers · asked by rihannsu 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What a stupid question! There is apparently "NO" evidence of a higher being. Of any kind. Period. At least that's what atheists like you claim as your reason to continue to disbelieve.
P.S. Sorry if your were really asking an honest question. In that case, I apologize. As for your question, not as far as I know.
2007-02-28 14:13:24 · answer #1 · answered by reginachick22 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've studied Middle Eastern Paganism, trust me Allah wasn't a lunar deity, that's just a really poorly thought out piece of propaganda put out by some fundie Christians. To be fair, from what I do know of Islam, "Allah" does indeed mean "God", literally. Correct me if I am wrong but it's the Arabic word for Supreme Being.
"The word "Allah" is made-up of the following two syllables.
"Al" and "Ilah". Al means The; Lah means God.
The two together simply means "The God" (without partner[s]).
When the above two syllables, which are the two units of pronunciations forming the word Allah, are combined and joined together the letter "I" is unpronounced. It has no connection to anything lunar, the Arabic word for moon is Qamar.
Now if you really want to get down to it. Allah comes from the root El, (El-lah) he was the supreme god, the father, creator God in ancient religion of the Middle East. This is also the same deity made mention of in the beginning of the bible, as the creator. (Ole' Yah shows up later, the two are not the same.)
Now Yahweh on the other hand was a lesser deity in the ancient middle eastern pantheon, specifically the Canaanite pantheon. He was a War God, Storm God, and a Volcano Deity. The name Yahweh itself may be from the Sanskrit "YHVH", meaning "Ever-Flowing" and thus relates him to volcanic activity. After a short time, Yahweh became the National Deity of Isra-El, and was equated with El of Canaan. Also, the Hebrews seemed to have associated Yahweh with Ba'al, making the two Gods (just as with El and Yahweh) nearly identical.
2007-03-01 06:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pagans believe in a number of deities..
and Allah is One and Unique and is the Creator of everything in Islam. Therefore its the same thing as God in english but its more or less a name.
2007-02-28 14:00:21 · answer #3 · answered by Antares 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What the?!
I don't know why people STILL don't get it
ALLAH IS JUST THE ARABIC WORD FOR "GOD"....he's not a pagan moon god or whatever crap people say...just simply the arabic word for God.
2007-02-28 14:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There is no evidence. It is only a myth.
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/Allah/moongod.html
This is a little long but it refutes the claim thoroughly.
2007-02-28 14:08:39 · answer #5 · answered by E.T.01 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
here is one:
[37] ..... Prostrate not to the sun nor to the moon, but prostrate yourself to Allâh Who created them, if you (really) worship Him.
Quran 41:37
2007-02-28 14:00:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
most modern "gods" can be traced back to pre-historic cultures and beliefs. so who knows? like most christian holidays are pasted over various pre-christian holy days(fact).
2007-02-28 14:00:51 · answer #7 · answered by frecklegirl145 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes. Read "Allah had no Son" at http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0042/0042_01.asp
2007-02-28 13:58:04 · answer #8 · answered by djm749 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Could be. Why don't you do a term paper on it.
2007-02-28 13:57:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
nope... it's just christian propaganda
2007-02-28 13:57:06 · answer #10 · answered by funaholic 5 · 5⤊ 4⤋