Ok..I have came across some rather interesting articles.
I am seeking God..so I will hear both sides of the story.
So here goes...and please elaborate on what you think..or else all my research will be meaningless. Be truthful..and God guide your heart.
Articles and statements:
1)The Muslims have never worshipped the God of the Jews and Christians, and any claim otherwise is simply out of ignorance.
Contrary to popular belief, the Arabic word Allah does NOT mean "God," it is the name of an old pagan moon God that was adopted by the Muslims to be the one, true NAME of God. In other words, it was the name of a specific god that much later, due to the monotheistic claims of Islam, was adopted as the ONLY name of God. Muslims will TELL you it just means "god," but this is from a logic twist that insists, "since there is no God but Allah, if a God exists, His name is Allah. So Allah means 'God.'"
The irony is that the famous Muslim proclamation itself uses a DIFFERENT word for "god": "There is no god but Allah, and Mohammed is His prophet." That Arabic phrase does NOT say, "There is no allah but Allah...."
This is all pretty basic. Claims to the contrary are either from ignorance or intentional deception. Having read Lon's posts, I don't see any real signs of intentional deception, so . . . .
--------Ok..so the question is..does the word "Allah" means God..or was it truly an ancient name belonging to some other gods?-----------------------