It seems more likely to me that the Moslems would have hijacked a pre-existing Arabic word for "god" and turned it into one of the myriad proper noun names of the false Mohammedan deity.

Hence I am still left with my question,which I shall rephrase as, what is the generic Arabic word for "god"?

I'm not sure we can progress this question much further without some solid linguistic expert.

I share your assessment of the Qu'ran, having given a seminar survey of real quotations from the Qu'ran side by side with Bible truth myself.

But, on the question of Arabic linguistics I would rather follow the lead of Reformed pastors who know Arabic, Greek and Hebrew than western websites. I've never visited prophetofdoom.net and am in no position to judge the content of their website anyway (not knowing Arabic, Greek or Hebrew) but I am sure you will agree that there is a huge amount of strange and weird stuff out there on the web.

All I know is the blessing and joy of being with Arab believers in the public worship of God in the Middle East, and I distinctly recall their use of the term "Allah".

I am truly saddened to see you say that.

Sorry, DB, I can't see any logic in that statement. I've never seen anyone argue that we need a plurality of pastors because the men are not "true and faithful". That's simply an argument for removing a disqualified man from office no matter how many pastors you have.

"I will state more clearly that science is interested in finding the most reasonable explanation in a case like this."

I have a problem with a statement like that because many explanations can be both "reasonable" and "wrong".

Innocent men and women have been hanged as a result of a trial verdict in which they were held to be guilty beyond a "reasonable" doubt.
(But I probably shouldn't venture to raise scientific method and compare it to legal due process again as we've been there all too recently on another confused thread.)

Christ is the head of the Church. Any pastor that loses sight of that is disqualified from office. btw, I believe in a plurality and parity of pastors as it is biblical. Not by analogy to government.

My main point however is that your political analogy breaks down because of your focus on an American executive "presidential" model as normative for government.

Many (possibly most?) democratic countries have figure head presidents or monarchs, and the countries are actually governed by a government with a Prime Minister or Premier. That tag however is fitted with the motto "primus inter pares" (sp?) which means first among equals. Thus the Prime Minister is not to be regarded as any more significant than any other minister gathered at Cabinet meetings. Cabinet government governs collectively.

Yesterday he could think of one when he wrote:
"It turns out that human chromosome 2 contains those exact structures and that the genes on that chromosome can be mapped to two separate chromosomes in the apes. If that doesn’t mean we share an evolutionary history with apes then it must mean God purposely designed our chromosome 2 to look like it is the product of a fusion event."

Sounds like a good enough alternative explanation has already been voiced by Bravo_777 himself.
I'm not sure why he dismissed it with the words:
"Why would he [i.e. God] do that?"
That is not a reason to dismiss this alternative explanation.
Same with the repetition of essentially the same point to Protestant 3 hours ago:- "What are we expected to believe in that circumstance?"

But yes, incredibly thick skins are often necessary around here, and if and when you return into the background I will fully understand.

Your brother in Christ,

I suspect that your own case of privately holding the pastor to biblical account over ecumenism could be interpreted as "bullying" by such pastors and journalists.

I watched as my own previous "pastor", his "deacon", and the "pastor"'s brother-in-law (a "pastor" in another church in supposed biblical oversight) bypassed all biblical process and set out to bully a Christian brother out of the church. They had explicitly agreed there were no grounds for a biblical charge of church discipline.

Their gloves off pastoring and process of Matthew 18'ing was the ecclesiastical equivalent of "You know when you've been Tango'd".

Needless to say, my former “pastor” was very quick to publicly accuse me of bullying when my turn soon came to wise up and refuse relentless demands to meet with him and his "deacon". (In fact, I had invited him to meet with me with any man from the church except for just two men.)

I see The Current has a webcast available:
[URL=http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/]]]The Current[/URL]

I remember you very well. I was thinking of you just this last week, I was remembering many of the contributors who came on here and made these forums rigourous and edifying over the years.

The term "faggot" is unbiblical and therefore not apt in your usage.
The Bible is the Christian's rule of faith and practice.

May Christ continue to sustain you by His Grace in your walk with Him.
I have had Christian friends who have known the same daily struggle.