Within the past couple of days an obscure Dutch bishop suggested it was OK for Christians to call God (Jehovah, Yweh, I AM etc.) Allah.

How about if your name is John and someone who poses as you is called James. Would you want to be called James if the two of you were exact opposites?

Thursday’s Omega Letter written and owned by Jack Kinsella, gives a better explanation:

The Doctrine of Demons

A Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands made headlines this week when he issued a statement urging Catholics to refer to God as “Allah.”

Martinus “Tiny” Muskens, the bishop of Breda, argues that there is no difference between God and Allah, and anyway, God doesn’t mind what you call Him. According to Muskens, “the Almighty is above such discussion and bickering.”

He says the Netherlands should look to Indonesia, where the Christian churches already pray to Allah. It is also common in the Arab world, where he said that Christian and Muslim Arabs use the words God and Allah interchangeably.

“Someone like me has prayed to Allah yang maha kuasa (Almighty God) for eight years in Indonesia and other priests for 20 or 30 years,” Muskens said. “In the heart of the Eucharist, God is called Allah over there, so why can’t we start doing that together?”

According to Bishop Muskens, “Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we will name God Allah? … What does God care what we call Him? It is our problem,” Muskens told Dutch television.

Bishop Muskens is not without allies in his quest to rename God: Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations backs the idea as a way to ‘help interfaith understanding’ — or something.

“It reinforces the fact that Muslims, Christians and Jews all worship the same God,” Hooper told FOXNews.com. “I don’t think the name is as important as the belief in God and following God’s moral principles. I think that’s true for all faiths.”

Christians who are Arabic speakers speak of Allah when they speak of God, Hooper added.

“There’s not a theological leap to make on the part of Christians,” Hooper said.

The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago supports the idea.

“I think it will open up doors,” said Janaan Hashim, a spokeswoman for the group representing more than 400,000 Muslim Americans in the Chicago area. “Language is a man-made limitation. I think what God cares about is how we fulfill our purpose in life.” (more…)