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  Gods Monopoly
 
I dunno/don't care. He apparently does have a monopoly on LUGNET at the moment. Someone please wake me when it gets back to Lego topics. Oh yeah, Thanks to everyone that checked out my Eiffel tower and signed my guestbook! (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) Both of you got it about half right (about the Muslims, that is). The Muslims did force people to convert, but only people who believed in dieties and/or held polytheistic beliefs. They DID NOT force Jews or Christians to convert, in fact they (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Mormon bashing again
 
(...) Yes, but where do you draw the distinction between Jewish by heritage and Jewish by religion? I'm Jewish by lineage, but I am not Jewish by religion. Are all heritage-Jewish people in Isreal automatically assumed to be religion-Jewish? If not, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) ?!? What were the Crusades about, then? Historically speaking, Muslims have invariably been better neighbors than Christians, at least in terms of religious co-existance. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
 
(...) No no no no no... :-, God basically told Adam and Eve, "eat of any of the fruit in the garden, except for the fruit of *that* tree over there, or you'll die, so don't even touch it" (i.e. eating the forbidden fruit made them mortal.) To which (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)


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