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In fact, it is easier to make the historical case that the
Bible was written by people who knew Jesus while the claim
that the Koran was written by anyone that knew the Prophet
Mohammad is nearly impossible to substantiate. Parts of
The earliest known New Testament piece is a fragment written
about 150 AD or CE whichever you prefer. That would be about 120
years after his death, and resurection as Christians hold. It is
certainly not original to anyone who knew Jesus, and it's
actually impossible to know if it is a copy from someone who
knew Jesus. This is especially true since there is no historical
record that Jesus existed.
In looking this up I was surprised to find that forgeries were
already common by 160 AD/CE.
That and all the ancient texts of that time were written in
Greek, yet Jesus and all his apostles were Jews who spoke
Aramaic or Hebrew, and were ruled by Rome where Latin was the
language.
Oh, and all the prominent early texts were found in Egypt.
the Bible have been determined as having been written
within the life times of people that would have known Jesus
personally.
The are believed to have been so, but no texts from that time
have been authenticated.
On the other
hand, there is no proof that the Koran was written any time
closer than 100 years after Mohammad's death, long after
anyone that might have known him would have been dead.
Again, the oldest known Christian text is dated 120 years after
the time Jesus would have died.
OH, and that fragment contains only a few words in the same
order as they would be in a portion of John.
There is no "proof" of anything before that.
While I do not know a lot about Islamic history I have been
Studying Christianity for a long time.
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Christian reforms have brought tolerance and peace between
factions of Christianity as well as between Christians and
Not in Northern Ireland all that much. Not between many fundies
and Catholics.
people of other beliefs while there has been no such
tolerance infused into Islam.
Actually, Muslims tolerate each other about as well as
Christians tolerate each other.
Remember, the Muslims who were massacred in those internment
camps were massacred by Christians, not Jews or other Muslims.
Do not make the mistake that this really isn't about
religion, though. It most certainly is. This incident
cannot be divorced from Islam as some sort of aberrant
behavior. Unfortunately, it is just one small incident of
thousands
Since the only significant source ofanti-US terror identified as
Islamic is actually Wahabi, that is what you have to consider.
BOB KLAHN
bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn
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