As I was attempting to process my response to your post, hustler, "poof" the thread disappeared. Anyway, took the time to make sure you got this, as it's something you need to learn.
The archaeological findings bring a clear historical account of the genesis of "Allah." And not only is it not known by 5th graders, but far too many, period. The word "Allah" meaning, supreme God in Islam, is something everybody knows since Islamic terrorism has been on the forefront of world events. However, history behind the adoption of, "Allah" should also be known:
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In 1944, G. Caton Thompson revealed in her book, The Tombs and Moon Temple of Hureidha, that she had uncovered a temple of the Moon-god in southern Arabia. The symbols of the crescent moon and no less than twenty-one inscriptions with the name Sin were found in this temple. An idol which may be the Moon-god himself was also discovered. This was later confirmed by other well-known archeologists.
The evidence reveals that the temple of the Moon-god was active even in the Christian era. Evidence gathered from both North and South Arabia demonstrate that Moon-god worship was clearly active even in Muhammad's day and was still the dominant cult. According to numerous inscriptions, while the name of the Moon-god was Sin, his title was al- ilah, i.e. "the deity," meaning that he was the chief or high god among the gods. As Coon pointed out, "The god Il or Ilah was originally a phase of the Moon God." The Moon-god was called al- ilah, i.e. the god, which was shortened to Allah in pre-Islamic times. The pagan Arabs even used Allah in the names they gave to their children. For example, both Muhammad's father and uncle had Allah as part of their names.
The fact that they were given such names by their pagan parents proves that Allah was the title for the Moon-god even in Muhammad's day. Prof. Coon goes on to say, "Similarly, under Mohammed's tutelage, the relatively anonymous Ilah, became Al-Ilah, The God, or Allah, the Supreme Being."
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Back when I was a member of a bible-believing church, I studied many of the fundamental doctrines from a variety of cults. That was long before al Queda, but not Arafat.
