Is God still God if HE is called another name?
I have had a number of people tell me I do not worship God who is the creator of the heavens and the earth and all that is within them because I call God “Allah” and according to them Allah is not God. Last night I asked my husband “how do you say God in French?” and I was quite surprised to learn that in French HE is called “Dieu”. Being from the west I always thought God was called God around the world (except of course in Hebrew and Greek which refter to HIM with yet other names) until I came to Islam and learned HE is called “Allah” in the Arabic language (which is the language the Quran was given in and the language Muslims refer to for their obligatory prayers and to give thanks or praise to God). When referring to Allah I am referring to the same God I worshipped as a Christian. The God who created the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. Now, with the reasoning I have been given it would mean that people around the world do not worship “God” because they do not refer to HIM as “God”. Does that mean that only those people who speak English or call HIM by the English word for God are the real worshippers of God? I do not even need to ponder on this for a moment to answer. The answer of course is a resounding “NO”. I know Christians also believe I do not follow God because I have rejected Jesus as God but I did not reject God and I love Jesus very much albeit in a different way than before (however, that is another story for another time). For now, I just want to clarify that God is called God by many different names…all of which are referring to the Almighty, The Just, The Forgiving and Merciful Creator of the Universe…God.
All the above said I now present to you the following. This is how people refer to God in many of the various languages around the world.
AEolian.....................Ilos
Arabic.......................Allah
Armorian..................Teuti
Assyrian................... Eleah
Celtic........................Diu
Chaldaic...........…....Eilah
Cretan......................Thios
Chinese....................Prussa
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......................Alla
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
These references are taken from the book “Bepler’s Handy Manual of Knowledge And Useful Information” by David Bepler.
