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Re: Does God have a name for God?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 30 Mar 2001 05:17:30 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
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> > > Does God have a name for God? follow up in off-topic.debate if you dare...
> >
> > First of all, I don't know if I am supposed to take this discussion only to
> > off-topic.debate or also have it cross-posted to general. If someone knows
> > better, let me know.
As soon as the discussion loses its LEGO nature, go to off-topic I think.
> > God existed first, before anything else. He created all things, including
> > man, whom He created in His own image. Man, being sinful, created gods in
> > his own image. (see http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/truth.htm and
> > http://home.ifriendly.com/~fourfarrs/truthfaq.htm) So God did not steal the
> > term.
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> > God _does_ have a name for God.
Or at least the three main narrative threads in the Pentateuch have three
different names for God, that reflect different understandings of God. Does
rendering the Hebrew YHWH as Jehovah change the name?
> "There is no god but Allah." Same God, by the way. Anyway, the question is
> whether God has a name for God, not whether we have a name for God. I
> suppose if God invented Aramaic or Arabic, that could be debated (scratching
> head and pondering chicken or egg arguments).
My knowledge of Islam is very limited, but I think it considers the original
Arabic Koran, as written by the true Prophet himself, to be an original and
perpetual aspect of Allah. On the other hand, there's historical and linguistic
evidence that this name for God was used _before_ Mahomed wrote the Koran (cf
its similarity to Elohim).
--DaveL
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| (...) "There is no god but Allah." Same God, by the way. Anyway, the question is whether God has a name for God, not whether we have a name for God. I suppose if God invented Aramaic or Arabic, that could be debated (scratching head and pondering (...) (23 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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