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To: The Great RJ
I picked this up some time ago... every appropriate.

Yahweh wants us to choose. Allah wants us to submit. One wants to be loved, the other feared. There may be a reason the Islamic prostration requires one to bow their head toward Hell while their posterior moons Heaven.--Author Unknown.

27 posted on 08/23/2007 10:23:17 AM PDT by BigFinn (islam= a caustic blend of paganism and twisted Bible stories.)
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To: BigFinn
Yahweh wants us to choose. Allah wants us to submit. One wants to be loved, the other feared.

I take your point, but just as piece of information I do believe that love and fear of the creator are both componants of faith in Christianity and Judaism. Also, there is an expression "Yoke of the Torah". This refers to someone who accepts the burdens of faith that are demanded of the individual (Judaism).

Islam, does dwell on fear and submission, however this is as much a cultural dimension of the Arabic world. Islam, as it is practiced in places like India and other non-Arab countries tends to be more tolerant. Yes, Islam borrows Bibical ideas, history, and language and twists it for its own but it is not true that their dogma is void of "love".

51 posted on 08/23/2007 10:50:52 AM PDT by Nachum
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