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To: MHGinTN
How can I put this?

You posted that Islam was a ridiculous religion because it (according to you) had borrowed from earlier pagan religions.

If this is so, then Christianity (which has borrowed much more from similar sources) must be at least equally ridiculous.

I was making fun of your premise, not your religion.

I notice you have still not attempted to show that Christianity has not borrowed from pagan religions. I advise against it, since even the Catholic Encyclopedia freely admits such.

A parable about glass houses comes to mind. Jesus had something to say about the need to remove the beam from one's own eye before presuming to address the splinter in your brother's eye. Perhaps this should be taken to apply to religions as well as to individuals.

If you want to diss Islam, I think there are far more effective ways to go about it than dredging up ancient names of forgotten gods.

You're the one claiming the broadest knowledge, rattle loudly for your own entertainment.

I claim no special knowledge. Everything I have stated about the background of Christian religious practices is readily found in any standard encyclopedia.

BTW, I have been polite and respectful in addressing you. Why do you reply with insults rather than reasoned discourse?

118 posted on 11/09/2001 8:24:52 PM PST by Restorer
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