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By Pastor Scott Denham of Harvest Fellowship, Shambaugh, IA

The Clarinda Herald Journal, publication date : 2/22/2006

 

The Moon God

 

Pastor Scott,

            “How can I answer those who believe that Allah and the Triune God are one and the same?”

 

            We cannot reconcile the God of the Bible with the god of Islam. To do so is to be misinformed, disingenuous, or both.

            As long has man has existed, the Triune God--Father, Son & Spirit--has personally revealed himself to countless individuals. The Bible is the record of that revelation, written by more than 40 authors. By contrast, the Koran (the Islamic holy book) claims to be the revelation of a solitary figure--Mohammed--working in absolute isolation.

            Prior to Mohammed and the rise of Islam in the 7th century, Allah was at first listed among the many Arabic gods as the moon god. Author M. J. Afshari writes: "That Islam was conceived in idolatry is shown by the fact that many rituals performed in the name of Allah were connected with the pagan worship that existed before Islam [when] Allah was reported to be know as: the supreme of a pantheon of gods [and] having three daughters… the Ka’aba, the sacred shrine which contains the Black Stone, in Mecca was used for pagan idol worship before Islam and even called the House of Allah at that time. . . rituals involved with the Islamic Pilgrimage are either identical or very close to the pre-Islamic pagan idol worship at Mecca. [Therefore] Allah is not the same as the true God of the Bible whom we worship, because God never changes."

            Column length will not allow me to cite the numerous and glaring disparities between Allah and the Triune God. For further study, visit www.answering-islam.org where this debate is more fully articulated.

            Today, there is an attempt by people of influence to blur all absolute distinctions. They are the prophets and pundits of a new age, rejecting any doctrine that violates their creed of tolerance and moral ambiguity. They seem unable to allow in their thinking, that “anything” can be certain, knowable, and permanent.

            Nonetheless, on this one point, Christians and Muslims agree--God and Allah are not the same--not even close.

            --Pastor Scott

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