muslims did u know u worship a moon god?

Question

Muslims claim that before Muhammad, Allah was the biblical God of the Old Testament Israelites and the New Testament apostles. If this is true, then Christians must accept Muhammad as a later prophet and the Koran as a later revelation after the Bible. This makes Muslims and Christians brothers and sisters under the same God and there is no need to attempt to proselytize each other. Indeed, all Christians should immediately become Muslims to fit into God's ongoing plan.

This is obviously absurd to both Christians and Muslims who have any detailed knowledge of the many contradictions between the Koran and the Bible and between the characters of Jehovah and Allah. Examination of the history of Allah presents other major differences.

When mankind rebelled against worship of the Creator, they turned to worship of some aspect of His creation. Since the sun and moon were very prominent parts of creation, they became almost universal objects of idolatry.

In the last hundred years, archeologists and historians have traced the origins of the worship of Allah. The trail did not lead back to Jehovah. Instead, it led to al-ilah, the moon god worshiped by the Arabs long before Muhammad. This had been shortened to allah before the time of Muhammad. In fact, the names of Muhammad's father and uncle both contain the word "Allah." The evidence clearly points to Muhammad simply isolating this one idol and declaring him to be the only god.

Stone images have been unearthed with the crescent moon carved on them. Thousands of ancient inscriptions demonstrate that worship of the moon god was the dominant religion of all of Arabia. When Israel turned to idol worship, it was often to the moon god.

The symbol common to the moon god cult was the crescent moon. This is the also the dominant symbol of Islam. It appears on the spires of their mosques, on their literature and even the flags of the countries that rule by the Sharia, the Koran-based government system.

Tracing the origin of Allah does not lead back to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as Islam claims. Instead, as their present use of the moon symbol depicts, it leads to an ancient, pagan Arabian moon idol.

Answer 1

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/Allah/moongod.html

Answer 2

I think there are a few errors within your thesis.
I don't think al-ilah was the name of the moon god; al-ilah is Arabic for 'the God'
I don't think 'al-ilah' was shortened to 'Allah' since 'Allah' was known as the name of an ancient pagan God ions before Islam. I say again the word 'Allah' is definitely NOT Arabic; the pagan God 'Allah' was adopted by the Arabs....and yes; the moon God was named Allah; there was also another god named Allah...the Creation God.
Mohammad made it clear that the Islamic 'Allah' is the same as the Jewish God....same God, but different names.
However, in reality, GOD has no name.

Answer 3

I don´t know where you got that info from!! You may want to check your sources (some are deliberately written to make Islam look bad).
The moon symbol only started being used during the Ottoman Empire, and has a completely different meaning. But I don´t want to start arguing. You´ll only see it on Turkish mosques (or those built by Turks in other places...). It is a handy symbol so it gets used since Christians have a cross and the Jews have the Star of David. But don´t start telling Muslims and non-Muslims alike that they are worshipping a moon-god.
Such a strange "question".
If you´re just trying to start a fight, this is the wrong place.
Otherwise, good luck, and you may want to find some other books to read.
Bye!

Answer 4

Mohammad took the symbol of the moon god and it's name into worship, but his teachings come from Jesus, they are just translated to fit into the tribal warfare settings of ancient Islam.

This wouldn't be the first time that "pagan" symbols and idols were incorporated into monotheistic worship. Easter, Christmas, and Halloween all have their roots in pagan, not Christian worship, they were adpated by Christians to make the incorporation of pagans easier just as the islams used the crescent moon.

Oh yes, and another thing to note is that the Jewish and Christian, and therefore Islam religions have their roots, and basic religious roots, not ceremonial ones, in the Ancient Egyptian gods. The Horus and Isis relationship has lead to the Mary and Jesus one, while many myths have their roots in Babylonian myths such as those of Gilgamesh.

Answer 5

Actually, if you've understood scripture, the culmination in God's plan was the birth of His Son, the Messiah. The world has been working towards that fact. Mohammed was a wise and interesting character who united a fractured and misguided community under a monotheistic figurehead. Judaism is far more sympathetic with Islam than it is with Christianity.

Answer 6

You imbecile,

have you looked up the word God in a dictionary before?

God

noun
supreme being: the being believed in monotheistic religions such as Judaism, Islam, and Christianity to be the all-powerful all-knowing creator of the universe, worshiped as the only god


Microsoft® Encarta® 2007. © 1993-2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

And if you weren't such a moron, you would know that Jesus Son of Mary spoke Aramaic, now go do some actual research on what the Aramaic word for God was..

Answer 7

And there's evidence that YHWH of the Hebrews was originally a storm god. Did you know that you essentially worship Thor?

EDIT upon request for evidence: YHWH has many of the features of the Semitic storm god Baal-Hadad - he speaks from clouds or on top of mountains, rescues the people from harm in the desert by dropping stuff from the sky, etc.

Answer 8

Nope we don't !!

let me explain you that when Muhammad got the prophethood, that time arabs were not athiest, they were Pagans.......there was some left over traces of Abraham religion which meant to worship the Only God !! but what Arabs did was they introduced Idols to that religion as intermediates.....they worshiped these Idols considering them as a way to the only God...they believed in the existance of One creator but they also start believing that these idols which were Sun, moon ,stones, tree, fire etc are the intermediates and would lead them to the true God.....so when Muhammad got the revealetion he worked on that part.and told them that they do not need any intermediates and they can reach the God by themselves ....and this Idol worshiping is a sin. and this was exactly what Abraham told his nation !! he told them not to bring new gods for yourself as you don't need them.this was the basic differeince.....he just removed the Idols from their religion and told them that they should worship the Only true God called Allah. and taught them the actual religion ! now peopels link those Idols to islam.but the fact was that they worshiped them as a way to one God !

“Among His Signs are the Night and the Day and the Sun and Moon. Prostrate (adore) not to the Sun and the Moon but prostrate to God, Who created them, if it is Him ye wish to serve.” (Qur’an, 41: 37)

“Seest thou not that God merges Night into Day and He merges Day into Night; that he has subjected the sun and the moon (to His Law), each running its course for a term appointed: and that God is well acquainted with all that ye do?” (Qur’an, 31:29)
Now muslims only follow the lunar calender which is the anceint calender and even jews followed it .In ancient times, the phases of the moon were an easy means of measuring the passage of time and this is the whole story .the symbol of moon that came to islam is after ottoman empire ..At muhammad times ther was no symbol and they used to carry a plan flag with no sign on it !!
Peace !

Answer 9

You're wrong...we worship the one and only God. The same God that Jesus (peace be upon him) worshipped. Also, the same God that all of the other prophets worshipped (ie. Noah, Abraham, Moses, etc...peace be upon them all).

What you're saying is just a silly rumour that some of you folks here have been writing, but it's obviously not true.

Answer 10

may be if you trace the word Allah you will find it in Aramic the langauge Jesus spoke

prety smart huh

now do you care to give a source to what you are saying? you can search what I am saying on wikipedia and you will find it.

now here is from 20 14
[14] "Verily! I am Allâh! Lâ ilâha illa Ana (none has the right to be worshipped but I), so worship Me, and perform As-Salât (Iqâmat-as-Salât) for My Remembrance.

this is who we worship the ONE and ONLY God you can name him whatever you want but in the end you can't prove that there is more than one. Simple right?

I mean if you can prove that there is more than one God then you can claim that we worship a different God.

God bless

Answer 11

I'm sorry, is there supposed to be a point to this? If it's even true- Is there something wrong with worshipping a moon god?