XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis, rec.arts.books.tolkien   
   From: bbwebpage+usenet@gmail.com   
      
   John W. Kennedy (jwkenne@attglobal.net) wrote:   
      
   > Bill Baldwin wrote:   
   >> Derek Broughton (news@pointerstop.ca) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I agree with John that since Islam _does_ say Allah is the same   
   >>> God as the God of the Jews & Christians, then it must be so.   
   >>> Just as Christians say they worship the same God as the God of   
   >>> Judaism.   
   >>   
   >> (By the way, I wonder if we're boring the good folks of   
   >> rec.arts.books.tolkien and alt.books.inklings. I recall the   
   >> original poster saying he couldn't get replies via   
   >> alt.books.cs-lewis and so wanted the follow-ups to the other   
   >> groups preserved. But this discussion has taken us perhaps in a   
   >> direction that is no longer on- topic in those other groups.)   
   >>   
   >> Anyway, I don't agree with that. Let me see if I can locate the   
   >> point of our disagreement. Suppose a man comes up to you and   
   >> says, "The God I worship is the God who appeared to Abraham. She   
   >> later revealed herself as Semiramis to the Assyrians and the   
   >> Virgin Mary. Some have worshiped this God under the name   
   >> 'Lucifer' (whom others have wrongly claimed to be in opposition   
   >> to the God of Abraham). There are other names and manifestations   
   >> as well."   
   >   
   > Now you're talking nonsense.   
      
   I don't believe so. The position I represent is one that some people   
   hold to. Were you not aware of that?   
      
      
   > If that is the best you can do, we   
   > can assume that you've conceded the point.   
   >   
      
   If you can explain why you believe this, ok. But if you're going to   
   abandon reasoned and just declare yourself the winner, then yeah,   
   we're done.   
      
   --   
   Bill Baldwin   
   http://bettercovenant.wordpress.com/   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)