[Jason_b]

"Do you think they''ll be able to teach "God made everything" without teaching "Allah made everything", also?"

I prefer to hear God made things. Allah is what Arabs call God. They consider it His proper name just as Jews consider God's proper name to be YHWH. I'm not sure why God would need a proper name. Names distinguish members of a group. My name is Jason, so you know I am not someone else. God is not a member of a group so why does he need the proper name?
With the Greek gods I can see, Zeus, Thor, Mercury, you need Proper names. But for the I AM THAT I AM, the Alpha and Omega what's the point?

One thing I hear from muslims is they obsess that the koran is the same today as the day it was originally written. They think that is a big deal. Why? They marvel that this 1600 year old document has not been changed or edited. Isn't the Torah much much older and the same? I believe the Jews have preserved the Torah for what is more like 4,000 years or so unless I'm gravely mistaken.

[JeepInMazar]

One thing I hear from muslims is they obsess that the koran is the same today as the day it was originally written. They think that is a big deal. Why? They marvel that this 1600 year old document has not been changed or edited. Isn't the Torah much much older and the same? I believe the Jews have preserved the Torah for what is more like 4,000 years or so unless I'm gravely mistaken.

You are right. The argument from the Muslims is that the Jews and the Christians have changed the Bible.

On the other hand, there will be more extensive studies published this year about how the Quran that exists today is different from the original manuscripts which are finally being studied in a critical manner.

[Maria S]

"They marvel that this 1600 year old document has not been changed or edited. Isn't the Torah much much older and the same?"

I hope that all of these so-called 'converts' are taking the time to research Islam, Mohammed, and the Koran. Once they do, they will go back to either Christianity or Judaism, whichever they left.

Mohammed could neither read nor write, and he 'reported' all of the stuff that was to be written in the Koran after his wife had read to him from the Torah. (This is a greatly simplified version, but you get the gist.) The Koran is probably THE largest plagiarized piece of literature ever created.

How former 'Christians' can convert to Islam is beyond me, especially the way muslims seem to feel about Jews. What on earth is happening in this country?