Posted on 10/23/2001 8:39:39 AM PDT by spycatcher
That's OWK's general claim for religious fanaticism, ain't it?
The soikumstanse of birth???lol
I was hoping you'd get it. Actually he does have a point, but he keeps leaving out one nasty but important detail. In this country, if you choose to chuck the religion you were taught, the most you risk is pi$$ing off your parents. Over there in allaland, you might literally lose your head. A small but important detail when attempting to establish the moral equivalency of religions outside the context of how they relate to political power structures. Of course if you miss it, you can always underline.
"If there was no God, man would invent him" Voltare - #133 -
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" If there were no OWK, Jim Rob would invent him."
LOL...
Oh boy, Bible quotes. Now I am really convinced.
I'm not exactly sure of what you're supposed to be convinced -- because it seems that you're saying one thing -- while the quote was meant for another thing.
You see, I said (in reference to the quote) --
God, Himself makes it abundantly clear what the situation is between the Jews and the Christians.
Now, the issue was raised about "God" between the Jews and Christians. The quote was meant to clarify that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was the one which was spoken about here -- and thus, in that context -- it provides proof that the same God is being spoken about. They both are referring to exactly the same God.
That's the reason for the quote -- in this particular context. And you see..., no matter whether someone would actually believe the Bible -- it does provide evidence that we're talking about the same God.
And so, it would be easy to prove that we aren't talking about the god of Islam (because of the way they identify that god). In addition, it wouldn't work for any other god of some other religion (i.e., one outside of Christianity or Judaism).
You seem more concerned with some other issue -- of whether you want to believe the content of the Bible -- rather than the comparison of the "God" involved -- between other religions.
LOL Should we look for a hard or soft landing?
Okay, if you still can't see the difference, try the analogy of a dictatorship (Islam) and a democracy (Christianity). Islam teaches that apostates, (Moslems who decide to leave the faith) are to be killed. See if you can find that in the Bible.
Nope, it's not When Christians worship the God of Abraham they are worshiping a promitive Volcano and Storm God from the Sinai, Yahwah. There is also plenty of evidence left in the bible of this fact. It is a standard doctrine in Comparative religion.
So9
Have you ever considered you might be to blame for that? You and Richard Gere should get to work channeling more positive energy.
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