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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 20:18:18 GMT
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jsproat@io.comANTISPAM
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> Muslims would force people to convert by the sword, but not Jews and Christians
> inasmuch as they were "followers of the Book."
?!? 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
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Christians (...) I'm not sure what the Crusades has to do with my statement. Oh, wait, I think you are reading it as two seperate statements. The Muslims converted all those except Jews and Christians by the sword because they were followers (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) in (...) no (...) Muslims would force people to convert by the sword, but not Jews and Christians inasmuch as they were "followers of the Book." Whether that is solely a reference to the Old Testament only I'm curious to know. I can't think of (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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