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There is only one God

December 31st, 2009 Posted in Personal Thoughts

I may have to thread carefully with this entry.  Anyways it was announced today that the High Court has ruled a Catholic weekly publication, Herald to freely use an Arabic term for God.  The ruling in effect allows all other parties also to free use of the term which Christians and Muslims all over the world synonymously to mean God.  With this ruling Christians in this country will no longer regard the term as “taboo” or to regard it as an allergent and quickly go search for an allergy relief.

I remembered one of my uncles who is a Muslim convert said all these terms mean the same thing to Christians and Muslims alike so there’s no reason for being confused.  As a Christian myself, what matters most is that we worship one God.

Here are some names of God in different languages (use with care validity not checked):

AEolian…………………Ilos

Arabic………………..Allah

Armorian……………..Teuti

Assyrian……………… Eleah

Celtic………………….Diu

Chaldaic…………. Eilah

Cretan……………….Thios

Chinese………………Shangdi

Coromandel…………..Brama

Danish…………………Gut

Dutch…………………Godt

Egyptian (old)………….Teut

Egyptian (modern)………Teun

English………………..God

Finch……………….Jumala

Flemish……………….Goed

French…………………Dieu

German………………..Gott

German (old)……………Diet

Greek……………….Theos

Gallic…………………..Diu

Hebrew………..Elohim, Eloha

Hindoostanee…………..Rain

Japanese…………….Goezur

Irish……………………Dia

Italian………………….Dio

Madagascar….. …….Zannar

Malay…………………Allah

Norwegian……………..Gud

Latin…………………Deus

Low Latin……………..Diex

Low Breton…………….Done

Lapp ………………….Jubinal

Olalu Tongue…………..Deu

Old Saxon………………God

Peruvian……….Puchecammae

Persian………………..Sire

Pannonian………………Istu

Polish…………………Bog

Pollacca……………..Bung

Portuguese…………….Debs

Provencal……………..Diou

Runic… ……………….As

Russian……………….Bojh

Spanish……………….Dios

Swedish……………….Gut

Slav………………..Buch

Swiss………………….Gott

Syriac………………..Allah

Tartar…………….Magatal

Turkish………………Allah

Zemblain…………….Fetizo

Local dialects

KadazanDusun ………….. Kinoingan/Kinorohingan