Help Defend the Faith Against Muslims on Facebook!

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Aydan said:
haha a word of caution though don’t forget Allah is just the Arabic And Turkish word for God. So even I use it when I’m saying Catholic prayers in Turkish. So just be careful when you’re referring toAllah because otherwise they might think you’re an atheist or someone who has rejected God which I don’t think is the message that you want to convey. must have been a lot of fun though. I will have to go check it out later I haven’t posted in there yet.
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The Turkish word for God is not Allah, but TANRI. 🙂
 
that’s my first time hearing that all the dictionaries I have list say allahand that’s what I’ve been told it is. So now I’m really confused
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The Turkish word for God is not Allah, but TANRI. 🙂
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Okay I did find it in a couple my dictionaries :confused: so then does Tanrı. refer to the Muslim concept of God, the Christian concept of God i.e. the holy Trinity or both of them? And they don’t have a lot of Catholic prayers that have been translated into Turkish so is it better to useTanrı or Allah in Catholic prayers?
 
I just want to say “thank you” to all the Catholics who are participating on that Facebook page. I was just reading through some of the responses on the link and I am really grateful that some of you are so patient in correcting their errors, lest any Christian stumbling in be led astray. Some of the comments trying to establish Muhammad as a prophet are strange, like the one that said Moses begins with the letter “M” and so does Muhammad, so Muhammad must be a prophet!

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Aydan said:
Okay I did find it in a couple my dictionaries :confused: so then does Tanrı. refer to the Muslim concept of God, the Christian concept of God i.e. the holy Trinity or both of them? And they don’t have a lot of Catholic prayers that have been translated into Turkish so is it better to useTanrı or Allah in Catholic prayers?
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Most of the conservative Turks, who are Muslims, object to the usage of the Turkish word TANRI instead of ALLAH, for they presume that TANRI is a general word signifying every certain thing adored by humans whereas ALLAH is the name of the supreme deity and a collective term associated with Islam.

Catholic and Orthodox Christians generally tend to use the word ALLAH in their translations because Arabic Christians use the same word (ALLAH) in their worship and translations and because the use of ALLAH is more common. Protestants, on the other hand, almost alway insist on replacing ALLAH with TANRI since they think ALLAH, as an Arabic word, reflects Islamic faith and culture unlike the word TANRI, which is purely Turkish and is generally avoided by Muslim Turks.
 
Hi,

I’ll give it a go, although I’ve not had much experience in defending the Faith from non-christians. I’m better with anti-catholics.:knight2:
 
ahh I see. I’m still at the beginning level and my friend probably didn’t want to confuse me so that’s probably why he told me Allah because he knew I was already familiar with that term. He’s done the same thing with other words as well and then once my Turkish improves then he teaches me the other words. But anyway thanks for the explanation. At least now I have a choice:) Are you Turkish?
Angelos said:
Most of the conservative Turks, who are Muslims, object to the usage of the Turkish word TANRI instead of ALLAH, for they presume that TANRI is a general word signifying every certain thing adored by humans whereas ALLAH is the name of the supreme deity and a collective term associated with Islam.

Catholic and Orthodox Christians generally tend to use the word ALLAH in their translations because Arabic Christians use the same word (ALLAH) in their worship and translations and because the use of ALLAH is more common. Protestants, on the other hand, almost alway insist on replacing ALLAH with TANRI since they think ALLAH, as an Arabic word, reflects Islamic faith and culture unlike the word TANRI, which is purely Turkish and is generally avoided by Muslim Turks.
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Selamlar.

When ‘Allah’ is used in Turkish it specifically means God, as in the one supreme being of Abrahamic tradition. ‘Tanrı’ is a more general word for deity and is associated with Turkic Shamanism, so Turkish Muslims tend not to use it to refer to God.
 
Merhaba,
very interesting indeed! Wow I didn’t realize there would be people on here that could help me learn about the Turkish culture too! Awesome!🙂
Kadaveri said:
Selamlar.

When ‘Allah’ is used in Turkish it specifically means God, as in the one supreme being of Abrahamic tradition. ‘Tanrı’ is a more general word for deity and is associated with Turkic Shamanism, so Turkish Muslims tend not to use it to refer to God.
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Aydan said:
ahh I see. I’m still at the beginning level and my friend probably didn’t want to confuse me so that’s probably why he told me Allah because he knew I was already familiar with that term. He’s done the same thing with other words as well and then once my Turkish improves then he teaches me the other words. But anyway thanks for the explanation. At least now I have a choice:) Are you Turkish?
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I am Bosnian, but I can speak fluent Turkish 🙂
 
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