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| Comment | Post #281994 |
By the way, the tetragrammaton -- the four hebrew letters you wrote above -- are the name of God. They're not a hebrew word, they're just spelled here in hebrew. They're a name. They're the name you may not take in vain. "God," "el," "allah," "deus," "dios," and "khodah" are all just words meaning re... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #281994 |
I have *no* idea what you just said. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #281994 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Is according to any major Judaic sect, naming god Allah is idolatry? No, there are no forbidden languages in Judaism. Not from any perspective. Arabic didn't even exist for centuries after Judaism was founded. "Allah" is just a word. I'm a Persian-American Jew, and while the Farsi word for God is "khodah," a few words are rooted in Arabic and thus include the "-all... (more) |
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