tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post9033308573771825745..comments2024-03-29T13:53:27.554+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: My God, your God, whose God? Good God!KTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-37081247576498206972007-03-17T20:18:00.000+08:002007-03-17T20:18:00.000+08:00Whatever, I call him Jehovah. He's sitting in fron...Whatever, I call him Jehovah. He's sitting in front of me thinking whether to move his Fundamentalist to E-32-32-15-11-2-a-62 to counter my Zealot or to counter my Religious Fanatic (It's a 16 dimension chess game)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-8842843340680492532007-03-17T13:51:00.000+08:002007-03-17T13:51:00.000+08:00wah, such a heavy theological-historical piece... ...wah, such a heavy theological-historical piece... din know u can b so academic...<BR/><BR/>for me, i'm just too pening to comment about this sort of debates - pening because i've been knocking my forehead to the wall - HTF is this debate even useful???!!!<BR/><BR/>wherever the origin is, to me, whoever is trying to monopolise the 'A' word is actuall making a BIGGER statement/claim - claiming that the one true God 'belongs to their religion' EXCLUSIVELY, n therefore all the rest r just counterfeits.<BR/><BR/>otherwise, HTF is this debate even relevant???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-77489533215078774592007-03-15T12:03:00.000+08:002007-03-15T12:03:00.000+08:00good to see you back, MG58 Ah Hnia, long time no h...good to see you back, MG58 <I>Ah Hnia</I>, long time no hear lah.<BR/><BR/>It's true that the word 'Allah' came to Malaya via the Quran, but like other words such as <I>samudera, roti, Isnin, mee, hospital, bas, buku</I> etc, the word 'Allah' has joined the Malay lexicon to mean Almighty God (to Malay and non-Malay Muslims).<BR/><BR/>The current debate is about the reluctance of some Malay Muslims to allow non-Muslims to employ the word as a reference to any non-Islamic God versus the insistence of some non-Muslims that they have every right to do so.<BR/><BR/>It's precisely the religious significance that some Muslims even become possessive (or protective?) on minor issues such as the Muslim 'exclusive' use of the Arabic greeting <I>Assalamu 'Alaikum</I> (peace be upon you) - I blogged on this 2 years ago in <I>Divisive Religion or Religious Division? (1)</I> - link http://ktemoc.blogspot.com/2005/08/divisive-religion-or-religious.htmlKTemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-91109129712060090672007-03-15T11:13:00.000+08:002007-03-15T11:13:00.000+08:00Good morning Brother,' Allah' is an Arabic term th...Good morning Brother,<BR/>' Allah' is an Arabic term that God addresses Himself as in the Holy Qur'an @ The Final Testament to us.<BR/><BR/>It's not a Malay word. 'Tuhan' is a Malay term for 'God'.<BR/><BR/>Hope this clarifies things for you.<BR/><BR/>Always ready to help out.<BR/><BR/>Mahaguru58.MAHAGURU58https://www.blogger.com/profile/00936004838086652680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-3702481216051545082007-03-15T10:24:00.000+08:002007-03-15T10:24:00.000+08:00Let's all be sexy and say "Mon Dieu". All these pe...Let's all be sexy and say "Mon Dieu". <BR/><BR/>All these people arguing over the "correct" terminology is missing the entire point. Why would God care what you call him? Man, if he was that fussy, he would have told us all long ago to call him "Pimp Daddy". We're all his hoes anyway.Boinqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03616027349237425851noreply@blogger.com