All G-dnames come from pagan sources.

Submitted by Blake (United States), Jul 16, 2008 at 15:01

Everyone wants to talk about how Allah is of pagan origin. I agree that it is. But so are all the names of G-d in the Bible. "El" used by Ugarits and Sumerians. Elohim is the plural of El. El-Elyon was used by pagans, Adonai is a form of Adonis. So whats the point in arguing? All monotheism developed from earlier polytheism.

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