[OWK]

I would have read the Old Testament of Abraham and figured out that God and Allah are different.

That flies in the face of reason.

Had you been indoctrinated into the Islamic tradition as a youth, you would worship Allah and read the Koran today. But instead, you were indoctrinated into the Christian tradition, so you worship God and read the Bible.

If you don't recognize this truth, then I submit that you are deluding yourself.

[The_Reader_David]

On the other hand, St. Ahmad and St. John the Dervish, two Turkish saints, were indoctrinated in Islam from youth, taught that the God of Abraham is identical with Allah-as-conceived-by-Mohammed, and yet became Christians and were martyred.

Why do you think that religious belief and theology are always the result of indoctrination when there are clear counter-examples?

[spycatcher]

The fact that I'm even attempting to seriously understand how Islam is supposed to be a "great religion of peace" and that I read and admire Mahatma Ghandi makes your point silly. It's just that I found out in several seconds that I have zero admiration for Mohammed, and question who gave him his wacky ideas.

Unfortunately for relativists, Christ happens to be unique, essential, infallible, and easily superior in character to all men who ever lived. Millions that aren't even Christians realize he was the greatest man in history, but just don't want to accept his hard truths and unique claim to be the lamb and son of God. So they just say he was the greatest of all the prophets.

[AmishDude]

Into what faith were you indoctrinated?

If you rejected it, does that make you nothing more than contrarion?

Would you have been a contrarion if born in an Islamic country? (If so, it would not have been for long.)

Of course, if you were born in an Islamic country, you wouldn't have been you. You would have been someone else. Thus, at best the question is foolish.

At best.

[Bryan24]

If you don't recognize this truth, then I submit that you are deluding yourself

"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world...."

Who is deluded?