“Islam is not a pagan faith, although there are elements of pagan thought in it. Mind you, there are elements of pagan thought in Christianity too. More than we might like to admit...”
I recall reading somewhere that the “black stone” was once called after the pagan god Allah and three other goddess’ (can’t remember their names - along with many more gods/goddess’)...that’s if the Satanic Verses was correct and I think it was proven as such.
You’re vague in your moral relative allegations toward Christianity - perhaps you can expand a little more?
Oh I’m not making any “moral relative allegations towards Christianity”. I’m simply pointing out that nothing exists in a vacumn, not even Christianity. The gospel is for everybody of every race and culture, but different cultures interpret it in different ways, and over the centuries some of all that has become “attached” to Christianity. Christianity, wherever it is practiced, is a fusion of a lot of elements - of which the “plain truth of the bible” is only one. A lot of what we think of as being a “Christian” way of doing things is in fact a “cultural” way of doing thins. That doesn’t neccesarily mean its bad or wrong or not worth defending of course. After all, it also works in reverse. Christianity alters cultures - sometimes very markedly.