Page 67 - Countering Trinitarian Arguments With Historical Reference

Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Patricia Turner & Charles Coulter Oxford University Press 2001, page 37, under Allah. “Allah (Mohammedanism, Islamic; South Arabia) Also known as: Ala, Alilah. Sole divinity. The name may derive from Ailiah, a god of Arabia’s pre-Islamic, polytheistic tradition. Similar to El, Il, Ilah. Jehova. [or Jehovah] Certain descriptions of Allah seem to draw upon pre-Islamic [Pagan] tradition as well, especially the characteristics of certain moon deities such as Ilmugah, Kahil, Shaker, Wadd, and Warah. See also El.”
Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Patricia Turner & Charles Coulter Oxford University Press 2001, page 164, under El. “El Al, Elah, Il (Ugarit, Canaanite, Semite, Phoenician, Ugarit) Also known as: Agros, Allah, Elat (femine from of El), Elioum, Eloah, Elohim (plural of El), Elyon, Ilah, Ilu. Supreme Semitic god. Chief god in the hierarchy of the Phoenician pantheon. Father of Gods, mortals and time. Fertility [sexual perversion] god. Sun god. (and moon god).”
Sacred Origins of Profound Things by Charles Panati, 1996, page 293 under EL to ELOHIM: The Evolution of God’s Name: “Let’s further pursue the way in which the word “God” emerged from the word “gods.” The popular Hebrew word for God, Elohim, which appears more than two thousand times in Hebrew writings in reference to the God of Israel, is plural and translates in its oldest [original pagan] usage as “gods.” (Later it’s used as “divinity.”) The singular eloha, is relatively rare in the Bible outside of Job, where it is found about forty times. In the Near East, the plural elohim was used to address pagan gods, a single god, and also female deities...Elohim is believed to be an elongation of the very first Semitic word for god, El. And El was the chief god in the Canaanite pantheon of deities in ancient Near Eastern myths.” Elohim is an elongation of El Elohim. This was a term used of the ancient gods. No wonder Trinitarians are so confused when they go to terms of ancient paganism or Witchcraft for insight on the Godhead. Below Witches to this very day use the terms El and Elohim in their sorcery.
Moses was also called elohim in the Old Testament in Exodus 7:1. However, no one teaches today that Moses was three persons or a Trinity. This proves that using this term to show that God is a Trinity is erroneous and shows a lack of scholarship. Moses was not
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