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About George M. Lamsa and Rocco Errico
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Paul Younan Wrote:Hey Christina,

Christina Wrote:But...

From a spiritual view, and taking your explanation into account this is the impression I get on what the shahada states:

"There is NO god but THE God and Muhammad is HIS prophet"

As Orthodox Christians and Jews, we should have no problem with the 1st part of the creed which constitutes the acceptance of Islam. We already knew it, thank you very much.....but we nevertheless believe it as well. It's the 2nd phrase we have a problem with.

Look at it from the point of view of Arab Christians, it's their title they've used for God for centuries......before Islam came and turned the Cradle of Civilization into a pimple on the arse of the world.

Why should they change? It's their name. Islam learned it from them, not the other way around.

Thank you for your honesty <!-- sSmile --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/smile.gif" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /><!-- sSmile --> , I'm glad that you're straight forward and to the point, and you have taught me a lot concerning this. It's just that we westerners have been so ignorant about the east for so long, and Muslim apologists are taking advantage of this, can anyone say "kithman" and "taqiya"? I see that I did make a bigger deal outa this than I should've, but I wanted to get to the core of this issue and I hope that I didn't offend you.

I see now that Arab Christians don't find the term "Allah" offensive or intimidating and since they don't make a big deal outa this I will no longer do so. I wanted honest answers and that's what you gave me so thank you very much for that.

BTW I'd like to know more about how our brothers & sisters in the Mid East have coped under Islam & how they are handling the situation today. Can you recommed some reading material?

Thank you again akhi Paul, for being a resource that I can trust.
Shlama.
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Re: About George M. Lamsa and Rocco Errico - by Christina - 02-07-2008, 09:04 PM

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