# God, not "Allah" **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965 "2004-03-18T02:47:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965/41 "2010-01-20T08:04:43Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Al’lah translates to “The God”, does it not? I was raised a Presbyterian, and I was taught that Al’lah, Jehovah, and Father-Son-and-Holy Ghost were all the same being. Maybe that’s true, and maybe not, but it sure seemed to make sense at the time. It still sounds true to me. > > That is my humble opinion. A number of years ago, some Jehovah’s witnesses in Indonesia–a predominately Muslim country–were harassed by a Protestant clergyman who decided to take his complaint to the local police chief, who was himself Muslim. The clergyman wanted the witnesses stopped. “Do they worship the same as you do?” asked the policeman. “No,” said the clergyman. “They worship one God, while we have a three-in-one God.” The police chief said, “I have never read in your Christian Bible about a three-in-one God. Now if you want the Jehovah’s witnesses stopped you should also have the Muslims stopped because we also believe in one Almighty God.” Touché! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965/42 "2010-01-20T08:12:34Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > A number of years ago, some Jehovah’s witnesses in Indonesia–a predominately Muslim country–were harassed by a Protestant clergyman who decided to take his complaint to the local police chief, who was himself Muslim. The clergyman wanted the witnesses stopped. > “Do they worship the same as you do?” asked the policeman. > “No,” said the clergyman. “They worship one God, while we have a three-in-one God.” > The police chief said, “I have never read in your Christian Bible about a three-in-one God. Now if you want the Jehovah’s witnesses stopped you should also have the Muslims stopped because we also believe in one Almighty God.” > Touché! 🙂 Geebus, talk about resurrecting the dead Messiah **dougie**! 😃 Do you want to report your zombie-loving or leave it up to the mods to discover mate? ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965/43 "2010-01-20T08:46:13Z")
I just happened to find this thread among the search results for “Jack Chick,” and saw the reference to a triune god, and that rang a little bell in my head; I decided to reply no matter how old the thread was. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965/44 "2010-01-20T10:06:45Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I just happened to find this thread among the search results for “Jack Chick,” and saw the reference to a triune god, and that rang a little bell in my head; I decided to reply no matter how old the thread was. Well, there’s sort of a convention around here that threads over x years old aren’t meant to be replied to. Given that this one started back in '04, I reckon it might just fit the criteria for a ZOMBIE THREAD. I’m not _dobbing_, but I’m sure one of our more vigilant mods will be along any time now to give you a dressing down. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965/45 "2010-01-20T10:12:35Z")
Dressing down? _ **Dougie Monty** _? I don’t _think_ so! Not sure if anyone wants to see that… 😉 \ But on that note, let’s kill the zombie. Closed. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-not-allah/234965.md?page=2)