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   From: morestelx@hotmail.com   
      
   nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
   > On Apr 15, 7:02 pm, Morgil  wrote:   
   >   
   >>It means that assuming the educated *Christians* actually   
   >>*believe* in God and Jesus, they don't necessarily believe   
   >>that Allah whom Muslims worship and God they worship are   
   >>the same almighty divine being, even though Muslims say so.   
   >   
   >   
   > It is, of course, a contradiction in terms for a "Monotheist" to   
   > imagine TWO "almighty" divine beings.  It is virtually impossible,   
   > therefore, for a Christian to acknowledge that Muslim's are, indeed,   
   > monotheists, without acknowledging that their One Almighty God is the   
   > same One Almighty God.   
   >   
   > The logical solution, is for each to acknowledge that the other   
   > worships the same God, but to argue that the other's understanding of   
   > Him is imperfect, which is in fact what both sides do.  The other   
   > solution is for one to deny that the other is a monotheist, which was   
   > an approach adopted by some Christians during the Middle Ages.   
      
   In my experience the Christians who are hostile toward   
   Islam would say that Muslims either worship a false,   
   imaginary, nonexisting god, or perhaps even the Devil   
   himself. In their logic it makes perfect sense.   
      
   Morgil   
      
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