Reasons why Christians should oppose Allah as name for Yahweh God

Posted by: "Michael Steffen" steffmranger@yahoo.com steffmranger
Sat Dec 15, 2007 10:43 am (PST)

The following is the list of reasons why Christians should oppose
the use of Allah as term for God, whether as a proper name or a
common one or whatsoever:

Theologically, Allah as described in the Quran, can't be possibly
the same as God of the Bible. Instead it matches perfectly the devil
as described in the Bible. Why would we lower our God's name to such
an abominable name of cursed creature. What would any Christian feel
if some other ignorant of English Christian and refer to God as
Lucifer, Abaddon, Zeus€ ¦’¥ Wouldn't we feel offended? That is how we
feel when a person call God, Allah. We feel insulted and our God's
name has been dishonored!

Allah is a type of Baal and Zeus in the Bible. Those terms have been
avoided by the prophets, scribes and early translators of the
Septuagint. Baal was even condemned and rejected by God Himself,
although it means Master and Husband, two attributes that are proper
for God. It was rejected because of the context of its use as a
proper name for a heathen god. For similar reasons (which are
actually worst) and out of the same principles, the name Allah is to
be rejected also. It is to be rejected because it is too Islamic.
Whether Allah might be genuinely the contraction of al-ilaah (the-
deity) or one of the possible derivations of the verb alaha (to
deify), that is not so important but only a second class issue. The
most important thing is the context of the use of the term and what
does it mean to the majority and what is the first thought come to
the mind of a listener while the term is used in communication. If
we insist to keep using it so each time we communicate with others
we should define it according to our use of it and that is
absolutely not practical at all. Besides, what would a Christian
feel if some of us would call God by names like Buddha, Krishna,
Shiva, Matsu€ ¦’¥? Wouldn't that be repulsive and abominable?

From the Islamic teaching, it is obvious and crystal clear that
Allah is the reflection of the spirit of the antichrist. A
destructive force, which aim is to make and keep people blind and
hostile toward the Gospel. Can we say that Jesus is the Son of the
antichrist? Isn't that a contradiction and heresy?

Linguistically, there is a general misunderstand regarding the term
allaah (Allah), which is a proper name of a specific god and al-
'ilaah (the-god), which is a generic name, applicable both for false
gods and the true God. It takes a lot of study to be able to
distinguish between the similarities and the differences between
those two terms. It is a waste of time and energy to educate every
Christian to come to a place where s/he can understand the technical
difference. Wouldn't it be easier to just use the term al-`ilaah
which clear and undisputable and leave allaah to the Muslims?
Afterward, Allah has never been used in the original languages as
term for God, not even once. So why to bother?

In the Hebrew Bible, the word Allah (EaLlaaH) is explicitly used to
refer to oak trees. So why should we insist in using it and mixing
up our God's name with oaks? Wouldn't that cause a stumbling block
to Christians who try to study the Bible in Hebrew and where taught,
formerly or later, that Allah is God's name? Notice the fact that
both Hebrew and Arabic language are both from the same family
languages, both are Semitic.

Etymologically, the name of Allah has been originated and deeply
rooted in paganism and there is no clear evidence to link it to God
or one of his generic Semitic names. Why should we try to force it
to be so? Isn't that a twisting of truth and a rope that can be used
by other enemies of the Bible and its God to give them a chance to
accuse Christianity of being originated from paganism?

The biography of Muhammad, his life and circumstances, give us clear
evidence that Allah is a fabricated god, which was created according
to Muhammad's desires and molded in the form of the demonic spirits
that were possessing him. Allah is a mere idol like any other man
made idols, except it was not made out of material things, but out
of imaginations and ideas. Is God a man made god or is He the God
who made man? If He is our maker, so He can't possibly be a
creativeness of a hallucinated man.

Historically and according to its own law, Allah and it religion of
Islam have been a force of destruction and violence, throughout the
last 1400 years and continuing to do the same throughout the world.
Allah's entrance to the churches has been always a disaster and a
source of weakening. Wouldn't it be wise to at least try something
else and see what would happen?

Statistically, Allah is a too Islamic term. Its use has always
served Islam and Islam alone. It has never served the spread of
Christianity in the Muslim dominated world, but vise versa. Most, if
not all, of supposedly Christians, who converted to Islam, have been
thought by their church leaders that Allah is God. Separating Allah
from God, wouldn't it help many not to fall into the temptation of
looking for a `replacement' religion and turning to a substitute
rather that pressing on forward toward Jesus Christ, the only way,
the truth and the life, which they need?

In demonology, Allah and its number is key name to invoke while
calling upon demons. Its demonic attributes clearly show that the
person behind it is indeed the devil. The name Allah in itself is
strongly related to Satan, Haylel in the OT and Abaddon in the NT.
Such terms were and should never be used for God so does Allah,
which is just another masqueraded form of theirs. What would anyone
of us feel if a brother, a friend or a son would call us by the name
of an unclean animal or by an insult? Even if we foreknow that the
person didn't mean to offend and disrespect us, would we be happy
about it inside?

Technically, the use of Allah by both Christians and Muslims causes
cross communication and confusion among people and leads them to
fall into making false conclusions. Is it our role as Christians to
expose the devils schemes as the Bible (Eph.5:11) urges us or
tolerate and spread a lie among ourselves and others?

In evangelism and witnessing to Muslims, avoiding the use of the
name Allah is a wise tactic to indirectly and clearly communicate to
them that we do not worship the same God and that we do not
recognize their Allah as a true God. This tactic would help avoiding
some arguments over the issue from one side and perhaps raise
Muslims curiosity to ask why we don't use the term Allah from the
other.

Tactically, Christians have failed to evangelize the Muslim world
for centuries, especially because they were copying from their
style. Wouldn't be worth to try some new methods, one of them is by
using more specific, scientific and modern terminologies, which
differ from the Islamic ones and perhaps can be better and more
effective in communication and sharing the Gospel powerfully.
Replacing Allah by some other term can be one of the main most
powerful elements to improve our rational tactics to evangelize
Arabs and Muslims.

For converts from Islam to Christ and especially in defense of their
new faith, avoiding the term Allah can spare them from some troubles
and trials, explicitly vis-€ ¦à-vis the so called blasphemy laws. If
converts would deny that Jesus is the Son of Allah (the Muslims
god), they wouldn't be denying their faith but affirming it. Since
Allah is not the true God, so Jesus is not its son either. This kind
of tactic based on choosing their terminolgies very carefully is
very identical to what Jesus and the Apostles (i.e. Paul) used in
their self-defenses in front of the leaders and authorities. Such
tactic is actually hanging the enemy with its own rope. When a
convert confesses that He is a Christian and denies that Jesus is
the son of Allah, wouldn't he be shaking the foundations of the
Muslims beliefs beyond what they could expect and putting them
behind the bars as accusies and causing them embarrassment in front
of the audience? Lets also be aware that 3isa of the Quran is not
the same as Jesus Christ of the Bible. Besides, Jesus' name in
Arabic is Yasu3 (Yeshua/Iasous) , not 3isa (3esaw/Esau) which refers
to the patriarch of the Edomites.

Getting rid of the term Allah would cause absolutely no damage to
Christianity, but rather help refine at least one corner of the
Christian Church and clean it from traditions of men which have
sucked it into a long period of stagnation and deadliness. We are
totally convinced that such move can be a blessing to the Church and
a gain. Meanwhile, all the lost will be poured upon Islam by
isolating its god and therefore exposing its falsehood. This can be
a chance for us to effectively apply Jesus law of binding and
loosing (Mat.18:18) and a beginning to pull out weeds from the field
in preparation for the greatest ever harvest of souls among the
Muslims and Arabs so that many may come out from Satan's captivity
and become full members of His Kingdom (Mat.13:37-43) . It is all
gain for us, those whom have been called to be God's children and a
lose for the enemy, Islam and the demonic powers behind it! Amen