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To: CGVet58
I believe Islam can only survive ..if it has a similar "reformation".

This book shows that a reformation isn't possible. In Christianity, the passages where God commands the Jews to war against their enemies are considered in the context of that era. In Islam, it is herasy to relegate any passage from the Koran as not applicable to today. To become devout in Islam, the Koran will always lead back to militancy.

11 posted on 12/07/2004 12:11:53 PM PST by aimhigh
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To: aimhigh
In Christianity, the passages where God commands the Jews to war against their enemies ....

More precicely, there are no OT passages giving a general command to kill. God told specific people to kill specific foes for specific reasons. As such, these passages are perfectly useful today. They show how angry God was about those particular sins (infanticide, ritual sex abuse, occult practices, et al.)

14 posted on 12/09/2004 2:41:51 PM PST by derheimwill (Love is a person, not an emotion.)
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