This Bishop however, is going in reverse all in the name of being politically correct. A sort of cultural relativism in reverse:
AMSTERDAM - A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate on religious tolerance in a country with one million Muslims.
Bishop Tiny Muskens, from the southern diocese of Breda, told Dutch television on Monday that God did not mind what he was named and that in Indonesia, where Muskens spent eight years, priests used the word "Allah" while celebrating Mass. Read More.
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The Bishop's head is in the right place in trying to offer some focus on the commonality of monotheism. However, the emotion (the heart) of the situation calls for more consideration of the differences.
Gott, Allah, Dios, are all linguistic equivalents of God. But "God" because its English and associated with western society and "Allah" because it Arabic and associated with the cry "Allahu akbar" can not yet be cultural equivalents. "Gott" and "Dios" have far less negative connotations associated with them.
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