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You said you read the koran; I just figured you'd elaborate a little, such as, did you have an opinion; what is your point, etc. I know you were responding to another poster, but, I was just curious. Thanks.

Well, I am certainly no scholar, but I did read it for a class years ago.

My overall impression was that it was filled with a lot of saber rattling and chest pounding, tempered with minutia regarding every day life. I found it prescriptive rather than redemptive.

I should probably add that my point was in response to the poster who said I could benefit from "Islamic Scripture" which I took to mean that he thought I was naive because I had never been exposed to it.

I am certainly not a scholar on the subject, but I do have first hand exposure to the basic concepts. In addition, my grandmother used to be a sponsor for Jordanian students so they could come to college in the US. She met several members of the Jordanian royal family. So I do have first hand knowledge of how many devout Muslims practice. I have both positive and negative perspectives on that...depending on which student were talking about. I find I have similar perspectives on Christians as well.

That said, naive is pretty much a concept in the eye of the beholder, so anything I might say isn't going to change that. :-)