Member Named Allah
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And Jankren when people call their child Jesus its usually pronounced as hay-zeus.
peace
It is because that is how Spanish people say the word 'Jesus' including the real Jesus. And once the kid goes to USA people will start calling him Jesus in English way.
By the way, I did not compare Pharaoh with Phoenix.
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Just go to Mexico and you meet a lot of Jesuses. Anyway, the reason people use the name of someone else is so he hopes he could be like that person. For example parents name their sons Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, or Abraham because they want them to have similar charateristics as them and there is nothing wrong with it since those people were normal humans too. But if you name yourself 'the God', then is it possible for anyone to equate himself with God who in Al Quran says that there are none who are His equal?
Peace,
While the hispanics, not spainards have named some of their men jesus, it is pronounced He-zeus. Although apparently its still the name of jesus, just as some arabs apparently name their child Isa, which is the arabic name for jesus. I personally am not sure how I feel about this, because jesus is a prophet, he is not a god I worship. but for the many christians who worship jesus as god,.. I think it odd for the catholic hispanics to name their child after their god. I know that many arabs, use their middle(the ones a few, that have a middle name),and plenty use their first name= as the name of our prophet. I assume this is a sign of gratitude towards him, because he is a prophet. But I think its okay. Many people name their daughters Maria, Mary, Fahima, Fatihma, all Jesus's mothers name. And the majority of Americans have a biblical name. So, I think for myself I find it fine, to name after disciples, companions, prophets, messengers...but not god. Because once again, it is not a name I worship. Just an interesting observation I made.
Honor
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Peace all,
Yes Angel, I knew it was a joke, and I wasnt serious about Phoenix trying to form a cult, that was a joke too,, besides, he would now have to form a Cult of Crustaceans since he keeps changing who he is, how you going to have any followers if you keep flip flopping phoenix?
Kurt
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Yes Angel, I knew it was a joke, and I wasnt serious about Phoenix trying to form a cult, that was a joke too,, besides, he would now have to form a Cult of Crustaceans since he keeps changing who he is, how you going to have any followers if you keep flip flopping phoenix?
That's the beauty of it.
What slumber was I in ... A mythical bird turns into a deity and then into an invertibrate rotfl some turn table ... Waleed ... dude ... any more transformations??
I'm thinking of going back to being a bird. I like birds.
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besides, he would now have to form a Cult of Crustaceans since he keeps changing who he is, how you going to have any followers if you keep flip flopping phoenix?
I am a follower of this new Lobster faith. You see, as Lobsters, by flip-flopping we are able to generate motion.
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Perhaps it?s his perception of God.
I was reading a book by Neale Donald Walsch, he claimed to have a conversation with god (honestly, some people have really wild imaginations D), in his ?conversation? god told him that it was his plan to turn us all into Gods. Maybe that?s where phoenix got his idea from? ;D
Hey hey, I know this book. Conversations with God is a trilogy, which book did you read? There are some interesting concepts in it.
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Peace
While the hispanics, not spainards have named some of their men jesus,.... I personally am not sure how I feel about this, because jesus is a prophet, he is not a god I worship. but for the many christians who worship jesus as god,.. I think it odd for the catholic hispanics to name their child after their god...
Jes?s is a quite common name in Spain, not only for boys, also for girls, a little less common in this case, and with the correponding "Maria" before the "Jes?s". In fact, there sre two "Maria Jes?s" (women) and a "Jes?s" (man) in my family. It is considered just a name, not thinking "it is the name of God" while the parents decide to use it with their child.
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Peace
Jes?s is a quite common name in Spain, not only for boys, also for girls, a little less common in this case, and with the correponding "Maria" before the "Jes?s". In fact, there sre two "Maria Jes?s" (women) and a "Jes?s" (man) in my family. It is considered just a name, not thinking "it is the name of God" while the parents decide to use it with their child.
Also ... during our travels to the northwest frontier province of pakistan, pakistani side of kashmere, provinces of sind, punjab and balochistan a few years back ... we came across quite a few wonderful people with the names like Allah Bux, Allah Baksh, Allah Rakh; etc. I don't think it is blasphemy to use the word "Allah" as your name or nom de guerre ... as long as your intentions are noble and you don't start thinking along the lines that you are the Most Glorious and Most High ALLAH )-
Louise Guggenheim
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Also ... during our travels to the northwest frontier province of pakistan, pakistani side of kashmere, provinces of sind, punjab and balochistan a few years back ... we came across quite a few wonderful people with the names like Allah Bux, Allah Baksh, Allah Rakh; etc. I don't think it is blasphemy to use the word "Allah" as your name or nom de guerre ... as long as your intentions are noble and you don't start thinking along the lines that you are the Most Glorious and Most High ALLAH )-
Louise Guggenheim
on the way to Hawaii ....Jesus dude! I think you should have an exclusive stickied thread on this forum where you write about your tremendous amount of adventures around the globe yes yes. Man I wish I would have as much money in my old age so I could do the same thing as you and your wife are doing.
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Jesus dude! I think you should have an exclusive stickied thread on this forum where you write about your tremendous amount of adventures around the globe yes yes. Man I wish I would have as much money in my old age so I could do the same thing as you and your wife are doing.
jankren -
you have a great sense of humor ... remember, my husband Harry's last name is Guggenheim )-
we have good retirement, we made good investments and now spending away our kids' and grandkids' and great grandkids' inheritance away in our old days and in their middle-age days. they are all grown and settled into their professions and doing well. So we travel all around the globe, we have an RV in which we live with no mortgage and stuff to worry about.
btw, yes, we are writing a book ala James Michener of the Alaska, Hawaii, Mexico and other namesake books. but our book will be compendium of all Micheners combined titled "Going Global At Eighties". we are almost done (give us another six months) and we will post it here first with Brother Layth's permission.
-louise guggenheim