thank you for your post and your information. i did not know that in Iraq they still speak of form of aramaic. very interesting. we pray for the Catholics and Christians who are in Iraq.
According to this website, welcome-back.org , “One never converts to Islam, but only returns to his or her original nature.”
I agree Hadi, but I think our “assalaam” poster will return…
Yeah, yeah…and I’m the head of Al-Azhar…
Yes, I’ve heard from them that everyone is born a muslim and when they leave say Christianity and head towards islam, they call them “reverts” - as if they are reverting back to it.
i suppose that’s you’re egyptian !! man you know islamWow. This is so seriously weak, I can barely believe that this person is serious…Ronyodish’s excellent post completely destroyed any sort of argument that could be made from the Arabic language regarding Jesus. I guess the really obvious stuff is hard to see when you’re brainwashed from who-knows-where to believe that Jesus was an Arabic-speaking Muslim. While every Muslim I’ve ever known has insisted that Jesus Christ is a Muslim (blasphemy of the highest order, mind you), none of them have suggested that he spoke Arabic! Thank GOD (al-Ab, w al-Ibn, w al-Ruh Qudus, Allahu al-WAHID, Amin!) that my Muslim friends never argue such nonsense…it would be hard to keep a straight face.
No disrespect intended, but my family, who is Arabic and Christian, uses this same greeting; it is a traditional Arabic greeting.
Assalaam O Alaikyum Sister,
Interesting number of prophets established for islam.
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7 Sorrows,
Rony - BEAUTIFUL! Thank you for your post.7 Sorrows,
You’re welcome. Yes, we still speak the Aramaic (Syriac) language as our common day to day family language, though we speak a modern dialect of it, and we speak a version of it known as “Eastern” Aramaic, as opposed to “Western” Aramaic, which is spoken by the Antiochenes. Jesus spoke what is known in scholarship as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which is very close to what we and the Antiochenes speak, since it is all part of the one Aramaic language.
In my own family, I grew up with three languages. My parents speak Aramaic with one another, but they chose to speak Arabic with us as children, and we speak English amongst each other as siblings. It’s pretty funny actually, we have all three languages going on at the same time! I have a relative here in the States who does not allow anything other than Aramaic to be spoken in his family, and so they speak Arabic and English outside, but within the family, Aramaic is what they speak. Many Chaldean and Assyrian families continue to guard the language from being forgotten or lost, and it remains to this day, the official and traditional language of our people.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
Rony
i did wonder when mel gibson made the movie Passion of the Christ how they were able to have the actors speak aramaic. i thought that it was almost forgotten. so i am happy to read in your post that it remains very much in use today. i will continue to pray for all Chaldean and Assyrian families, especially those living in those countries where Catholics and Christians are persecuted. May God bless you!7 Sorrows,
You’re welcome. Yes, we still speak the Aramaic (Syriac) language as our common day to day family language, though we speak a modern dialect of it, and we speak a version of it known as “Eastern” Aramaic, as opposed to “Western” Aramaic, which is spoken by the Antiochenes. Jesus spoke what is known in scholarship as Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, which is very close to what we and the Antiochenes speak, since it is all part of the one Aramaic language.
In my own family, I grew up with three languages. My parents speak Aramaic with one another, but they chose to speak Arabic with us as children, and we speak English amongst each other as siblings. It’s pretty funny actually, we have all three languages going on at the same time! I have a relative here in the States who does not allow anything other than Aramaic to be spoken in his family, and so they speak Arabic and English outside, but within the family, Aramaic is what they speak. Many Chaldean and Assyrian families continue to guard the language from being forgotten or lost, and it remains to this day, the official and traditional language of our people.
Thank you for your prayers.
God bless,
Rony