[Nachum]

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".

[BigFinn]

Any religion that throws their children “to the fire” is void of love.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Kern could have made his article even more credible by instead of merely using "Historians" and "some scholars" actually naming some of these historians and scholars, and maybe even quoting them.

While Islam is a pagan religion, many non-Christians draw parallels between Christianity and Mithras. Satan can corrupt things to throw people off.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Bump for your rational post.

[metmom]

but it is not true that their dogma is void of "love".

You sure could have fooled me.

[TalBlack]

“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.”

Only in the sense that the fear of God is a choice that one makes and then lives for no other reason than that one wants to. Many people have no fear whatsoever of God and suffer in no apparent way for their lives.