Drifting wrote:How do they go on in Spain?
What Spanish words do they have to use from the past when praying to ensure they don't offend God?
My Spanish isn't good enough to give a good answer, but my wife is a native Spanish speaker and she said that a formal agreement must be arrived at between the addresser and the addressee to use the informal 'tu'. Otherwise the form of 'usted' must be used. She told me how her kids were laughed at when visiting relatives in South America when her children had used the informal 'tu' to their relatives. To avoid confusion and until an agreement is reached it would be proper to say, "Would Engineer, first class, Sanchez, please pass the salt?"
God has 99 names of attributes in the Qur'an. These are adjectives, by definition, but there is no formally agreed upon list, and therefore actually more than 99 names. There are arguments that continue to this day about which words qualify as attributes. Each scholar has his own list.
How many of these do you think fit as attributes to the Christian-Judean God?
The Exceedingly Compassionate, The Exceedingly Beneficent, The Exceedingly Gracious
The Exceedingly Merciful
The King
The Holy, The Pure, The Perfect
The Peace, The Source of Peace and Safety, The Savior
The Guarantor, The Affirming
The Guardian
The Almighty, The Invulnerable, The Honorable
The Irresistible, The Compeller, The Lofty
The Majestic, The Supreme
The Creator
The Evolver, The Fashioner, The Designer
The Fashioner of Forms
The Repeatedly Forgiving
The Subduer
The Bestower
The Provider
The Opener, The Victory Giver
The All Knowing, The Omniscient
The Restrainer, The Straightener
The Extender / Expander
The Abaser
The Exalter
The Giver of Honour
The Giver of Dishonour
The All Hearing
The All Seeing
The Judge, The Arbitrator
The Utterly Just
The Gentle, The Subtly Kind
The All Aware
The Forbearing, The Indulgent
The Magnificent
The Much-Forgiving
The Grateful
The Sublime
The Great
The Preserver
The Nourisher
The Bringer of Judgment
The Majestic
The Bountiful, The Generous
The Watchful
The Responsive, The Answer
The Vast, The All-Embracing, The Omnipresent, The Boundless
The Wise
The Loving
All-Glorious, The Majestic
The Resurrecter
The Witness
The Truth, The Reality
The Trustee, The Dependable, The Advocate
The Strong
The Firm, The Steadfast
The Friend, Patron and Helper
The All Praiseworthy
The Accounter, The Numberer of All
The Originator, The Producer, The Initiator
The Restorer, The Reinstater Who Brings Back All
The Giver of Life
The Destroyer, The Bringer of Death
The Living
The Subsisting, The Guardian
The Perceiver, The Finder, The Unfailing
The Illustrious, The Magnificent
The One, The Unique
The Unity, The Indivisible
The Eternal, The Absolute, The Self-Sufficient
The Omnipotent, The All Able
The Determiner, The Dominant
The Expediter, He Who Brings Forward
The Delayer, He Who Puts Far Away
The First, The Beginning-less
The Last, The Endless
The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer
The Hidden, The Unmanifest, The Inner
The Patron, The Protecting Friend, The Friendly Lord
The Supremely Exalted, The Most High
The Good, The Beneficent
The Ever Returning, Ever Relenting
The Avenger
The Pardoner, The Effacer, The Forgiver
The Kind, The Pitying
The Owner of all Sovereignty
The Lord of Majesty and Generosity
The Equitable, The Requiter
The Gatherer, The Unifier
The Rich, The Independent
The Enricher, The Emancipator
The Withholder, The Shielder, The Defender
The Distressor, The Harmer, The Afflictor
The Propitious, The Benefactor, The Source of Good
The Light
The Guide, The Way
The Incomparable, The Unattainable
The Immutable, The Infinite, The Everlasting
The Heir, The Inheritor of All
The Guide to the Right Path
The Timeless, The Patient
The Baha'i think they have the 100th name, but that is a discussion for another day.
And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love...you make. PMcC
