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The Power to Give and the Power to Live in the Light are two of the six ethical principles that John draws from the Bible as unique requirements for Christian living. You can find out more at his Web site.

Shalom.

Thanks for the flag. I enjoyed this article. I think the key to understanding Islam is that Allah is not the G-d of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Muhammed was not accepted by the Jews or Christians and was run out of their lands--so he turned to the preaching to the pagans of Mecca and Medina. They had 360 gods, one for each day of the year. Their three most important gods were the moon, sun and stars. If you look at the Islamic flag, you'll notice the same symbols -- moon, the sun, and the stars.

Muhammed got rid of 257 of the gods and eventually got rid of the sun and the stars. He took the greatest of the 3 gods [I am going to spell this phonetically, since I don't know the correct spelling] "ee-lah-hee" which means "moon cresent" and made him their "Allah" which was the pagans generic name for a monotheistic god.

Islam is a "monotheistic religion" but it is based on "ee-lah-hee" the moon god, the sword god, the war god--a pagan god.