-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/27/07 15:28, Paul E Condon wrote: [snip] > > As to the respect for all Prophets, 'the Prophet' always means > Mohammed. Mohammed is the last in a sequence of prophets, not merely > the most recent. There will be no more prophets, according to their > belief. The job of revealing stuff to mankind is done. Any differences > in the several revelations are always resolved in favor of the last > prophet. He is surely the greatest prophet. There is not much > room for compromise in this position that I can see. When muslims > speak of tolerance, it is not in the same sense as that of Catholics > tolerating Jews in the modern world. Unbelievers are tolerated only if > they have been given a special protected status by the Sultan (no > democracy here). This tolerance is out of respect for the Sultan, not > out of respect of some idea of human rights. It is a very different > world view from that of modern Europe, or America. In nature (red in > tooth and claw) it may have greater survival value than my own > beliefs, or that of Christians or Jews.
That last sentence is very insightful. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGCYAtS9HxQb37XmcRAqYOAKC1Yl0DqRWO2HUUO2YGEH7jnvt9SACfW70t uu5rO1UEv3Crvki1sT6hxJ8= =QssJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
