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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 21:25:03 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > 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."
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> > ?!? What were the Crusades about, then? Historically speaking, Muslims have
> > invariably been better neighbors than Christians, at least in terms of
> > religious co-existance.
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> Both of you got it about half right (about the Muslims, that is).
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> 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 were quite 'good neighbors' at first.
> (only much later did the Muslims turn on the Jews because of land problems,
> that was near the 20th century.)
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> HTH,
> -Shiri
Ummmm, that's exactly what I said. Muslims forced people other than Jews and
Christians to convert.
Bruce
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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