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Subject:	Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 3 Mar 2000 07:57:34 GMT
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Ben Roller wrote: > This leads me to wonder: Is there a term to > describe the believers of God(including Jews, Christians, Muslims and >others)? I've seen "people of the Book" used, but I doubt if it's an official term. Kevin -- Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html eBay auctions:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/kevinw1/ Subscribe to my Lego auction mailing list: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/Legopartsales?referer=1

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		Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
(...) Well, it isn't official in that the phrase is a translation of the Arabic, but it does come from translating the Koran to English. I think Mohamed also used this term in inviting some visiting Christians to worship in a mosque at one time. (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
(...) IANAM(1), but I believe that one of the basic beliefs is that "That there is no god but God and that Mohammad is His messenger". Though, they mean the same God, so maybe that doesn't count. This leads me to wonder: Is there a term to describe (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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