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To: JohnHuang2
Sorry. No can do.

That requires that Muslims tackle the huge challenge of adapting their faith to the realities of modern life.

There is no compromise in faith. No true religion gives up its absolutes. Regarding Islam, it seems to me that the Sword is Muhammad's favorite tool of conversion when the 'good' prophet gained in age and 'wisdom'. Since conversion is key to the spreading of any faith, it is simply impossible for true believers to ever quit following such a vital belief.

Regarding Christians, giving up slavery was not a scriptual issue. It was an issue of going beyond what our Bible told us, of being even kinder and more respectful of our fellow man than our Lord had demanded of us. Paying interest is an old testament issue, the same as eating pork. So for Christians, it is no great matter to pay interest. But if Jesus had made it clear that we must have slaves, we would still have slaves. Why Jews defy their scriptures is for them to say. I suspect that the Jewish leaders have more respect for Jesus than they officially claim.

5 posted on 07/31/2002 2:41:42 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March
You make good points. The only qualifier I would add is that I know many Muslims here---only as acquaintances---and they BELIEVE that their religion is not "violent." They interpret the violent stuff in the Hadith and the Koran as, well, interpretation by men, not word of Allah.

And we see the same thing in the Christian churches, right? Quakers are radical pacifists. Baptists, not. CAtholics somewhere in between. I'm not standing up for Islam---because I think that the TRUE Islam and the teachings of both the Koran and Hadith are overwhelmingly violent---but I do think that many Muslims don't, in essence, "believe" the Koran the way it is written. How many Catholics, Arthur, practice birth control?

10 posted on 07/31/2002 6:16:28 AM PDT by LS
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