-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to GARY PERKINS <=-   
      
    BK>  ...   
      
    BK>>  Summary: The whole thing seems to depend on the Islamic group in   
    BK>>  question.   
      
    GP> Yep.  Our religions require a lot of things we don't   
    GP> actually practice. Same with Islam.  For many of the things   
    GP> Islam requires, the root can actually be found in the Bible.   
      
    BK>  Ah, you are ahead of the pack on that last.   
      
   I read the Bible with an open mind, and with all the talk of Islam, it   
   got me interested in learning more.  So, I read up on Wikipedia quite a   
   bit, and started reading the Bible again for the first time since I was   
   a child.  I found out through Wikipedia that Islam and the other Christian   
   religions have a common root, and that Muhammad came several hundred   
   years after Christ, and that Islam even considers Christ to be a prophet.   
      
   I went on to read many of the requirements of Islam, then went to the   
   Bible.  I keep it in my bathroom and read when I'm on my throne... ;)   
   It looks to me like Islam is simply a more rigorous and spiritual   
   religion, whereas what most of us follow now has simply done away with   
   most of our rituals.   
      
   I recently received a translated Quran in the mail (you can get one free   
   from freequran.com), so I'm looking forward to reading it directly.   
      
      
       
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