arabic for alan who the hell is he
What an idiot! Allah,is Arabic for God.
First off it was a joke, just like the boob thing. As for the idiot remark you need to be taking that back. That was uncalled for.
Hi neeley,
let me first follow this up by saying this is not a religous sermon nor do i claim to know the best about religion.. and i think deep religious topics should be added to "banned topics of the forum". it is so touchy..
i wasnt sure if you were joking or being serious.. not everyone knows the word "Allah" and the "h" does look like an "n".. so that is why i didnt reply.. but if you were joking then yes. that is funny..
my guess. and this is only my guess.. Nitrous Junkie got upset becuase you said "who the Hell is alan" instead of just
"who is alan"
i know it seems indifferent with just throwing in one little word. like "Hell".. .but you see imagine if someone believes in their God whos name is lets say "Bill".. and everyone says Bill in their prayers and so on.. for generations.. now when you hear "Hell" and "bill" in the same sentence, it subconsiously angers you.. you go into defense mode.
i think this whole thing started just because of a simple 4 letter word.. "hell"
on a different note.. "Allah" is the arabic word for God.. just like Hebrew there is a word for God "Elohim". I have a Portuguese friend, i overheard him say "Duege" not sure how to spell, but thats how he pronounced the word.. i asked him, i thought you are Christian.. he said yes. but in Portuguese, thats how they say God.. i thought he was worshipping some other god..
most of the time its miscommunication that starts a rant.
for more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allah
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God#Names_of_God
i laughed at the boobs comment because they were not making fun of God but the writing out of the word in Arabic and "alan" is a funny joke, i just think it was taken the wrong way and spiraled way out of control..
sorry if i offended any one. peace.
thanks, khalid