Cikos@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 5 days agoA jeweler friend of mine banned from /r/somethingimade because he recreate a ring found in a viking burial site with inscription "for allah" citing it promotes terrorism.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up1767arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1751arrow-down1imageA jeweler friend of mine banned from /r/somethingimade because he recreate a ring found in a viking burial site with inscription "for allah" citing it promotes terrorism.lemmy.worldCikos@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square233fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoThe funniest part of this is they’re literally the same god. It’s all different forms of YHWH, Judaism, Islam, Christianity. It’s all the same god with the fanfic changed up a little.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoDon’t you dare attempt to explain that to an Evangelical Christian though
minus-squarecheers_queers@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoI tried pointing that out to my dad and he screamed “THATS BLASPHEMY” and turned purple.
minus-squareFlyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoWanna know something even funnier? Look up the word for “God” in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke. Jesud called God in a way similar to “Allah”. https://dictionary.aramean.institute/word.html?i=1
minus-squareFundMECFS@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoVery true. Also worth noting this isn’t just a cognate with Arabic ʾIlāh (Allah) but also Hebrew ʾEloah/Elohim (which is the standard way hebrew speaking Jews refer to god in spiritual settings).
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoEven within the same religion it’s the same word; Arabic Christians and Jews use the word ‘Allah’
The funniest part of this is they’re literally the same god.
It’s all different forms of YHWH, Judaism, Islam, Christianity.
It’s all the same god with the fanfic changed up a little.
Don’t you dare attempt to explain that to an Evangelical Christian though
I tried pointing that out to my dad and he screamed “THATS BLASPHEMY” and turned purple.
Wanna know something even funnier? Look up the word for “God” in Aramaic, the language Jesus spoke.
Jesud called God in a way similar to “Allah”.
https://dictionary.aramean.institute/word.html?i=1
Very true.
Also worth noting this isn’t just a cognate with Arabic ʾIlāh (Allah) but also Hebrew ʾEloah/Elohim (which is the standard way hebrew speaking Jews refer to god in spiritual settings).
Even within the same religion it’s the same word; Arabic Christians and Jews use the word ‘Allah’