[beebuster2000]

dont want to bust your balloon but all religions, including judaism and christianity have precursors in practice. islam isnt any different in that respect.

there are a bunch of “relics” in christianity that are sound similarly ridiculous to the meteor in mecca.

i was on a greek island last year and people were crawling on their bellies a couple miles to kiss the glass box that supposedly had some saints bone in it.

whats the diference?

[ovrtaxt]

There's a difference between religion and the Person of Jesus Christ.

It was religious people who insisted that He be nailed up. Remember? Religious people pursued Paul and tried on multiple occasions to murder him. Religious people killed scores of Jews and Christians during the Inquisition. Religious people killed scores of famous martyrs throughout history, in fact.

There's a vast difference between following some religion and being friends with Jesus on a personal level.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

there are a bunch of “relics” in christianity that are sound similarly ridiculous to the meteor in mecca

And not all christians 'honor' relics. Some would say no christians 'honor' relics...

Would it be 'neat' to find Noah's ark, the ark of the covenant, a splinter from Jesus' cross, etc - I suppose. Many let these things become distractions from our relationship with the one we worship.

I may have a pocket knife from my grandfather, but it is no more than a reminder of the relationship that I had with him, and it doesn't replace him. If it were gone, I would still remember him...Since my God is alive again and with me constantly, having a 'relic' to remember Him by almost seems silly...

[Cronos]

whats the diference?

The difference is that this particular amalgamation of beliefs (Islam) is particularly virulent, not passive like Christianity or Buddhism. You can imagine a world of Buddhists, Christians, Jews etc. who would just about get along (maybe not very well, but...), however, wherever Islam goes, it obliterates other religions, civilisation and progress: e.g. Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Turkey, North Africa were all Christian before Islam, Iran was Zoroastrian, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia were Hindu, Afghanistan was Buddhist. And these were amongst the most progressive of civilisations. Yes, the progress continued for a few centuries after the conquest of Islam when there were still large %s of non-Muslims, but as the number of Muslims % increased, the degression, or reversion to the 7th century increased.