HONDO74 wrote:Can a good Muslim be a good American?
This question was forwarded to a friend who worked
in Saudi Arabia for 20 years. The following is his reply:
Theologically - no.
Because his allegiance is to Allah, The moon god of Arabia.
The claim that Allah (the name of God in Islam) historically originates as a moon god worshipped in pre-Islamic Arabia originates in early 20th-century scholarship, most prominently advocated by American evangelicals from the 1990s. Some scholars have argued that the epithet "the god" was first used as a title of a moon god, but this is purely "antiquarian" in the same sense as the origins of the English word "god."
How many Americans give allegiance to God? Which god? There are so many gods, who even knows the name of the god they worship?
Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honor of the god Saturn. The popularity of Saturnalia continued into the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, and as the Roman Empire came under Christian rule, many of its customs were recast into or at least influenced the seasonal celebrations surrounding Christmas and the New Year.
Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish holiday marking the first and second days of the Jewish year.
I do not believe Muslims think they worship the Moon any more than Christians or Jews think they worship Saturn. Satan, on the other hand, probably throws our Christmas and New Years celebration in Gods face.
What did Jesus say about who to give allegiance to?
Acts 5:29 New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.
Based on Acts 5:29 I pose the question, "Can a good Christian be a good American?"
