One distinction to keep in mind. "God" is a title, not a name, like "President" or "Buddha." "Allah is a name -- "There is no God but Allah." That in and of itself is problematic -- that the one and only omnipotent God should have a proper name. There is a good deal of confusion on that subject in the OT, and the Jews ended up with a couple of names for their God, but they clearly didn't like it and made the names, rather superstitiously, taboo to speak out loud.
It seems to me that naming God is a form of idolatry -- a picturing of him of sorts.
It seems to me that naming God is a form of idolatry -- a picturing of him of sorts.
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