-=> 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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