Thank you ~ so many people forget the Nestorians. There were other Christians as well, and Jewish missionaries had been hard at work out in the mountainous areas of Central Asia for centuries!
I'm absolutely amazed that we've been at war to one degree or another in Afghanistan for 3 years now and we still have Freepers who seem to have absolutely no idea of the history of the place (or places).
181 posted on 12/17/2004 6:34:44 PM PST by muawiyah