Re: Religious Discussion
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 1:08 am
Suederwind the similarities between Judaism, Christianity, Islam and their respective texts have been internationally recognized and verified for over a century, if not more. Many stories and songs in the torah are also in the bible, which are also copied (sometimes word for word) into the quran. All three religions share many of the same prophets, holy sites, stories and there is a great deal of shared history between them all. All three are said to be "people of the book" and generally recognize each other as being fellow believers in the same god, but also consider each other to be fundamentally and tragically mistaken in many of their views upon god. At many times in history the three have been engaged in war against each other over the same lands which all consider sacred.Thats an unusual remark from a historian... Have you read about how the Torah, the Bible or the Quran came to be? Something about their origins, transmission history, translations, etc...? Anything?
Suederwind if you have information which counters what I have been taught and what I have studied, I would ask you to please present it. We are both adults having an adult conversation and if something I have said is incorrect I will gladly admit that and apologize for it. To my knowledge, everything I have thus far stated is backed up by massive amounts of historical and scientific data.I won't comment the rest, as it shows some serious lack of knowledge in many areas.
Suederwind I am very interested in the beginnings of religion, truly I am. However as I am a citizen of the United States and as there has been an unprecedented attempt by religious fundamentalists to insert their religion into the secular functions of the United States, particularly into public schools, I am far more concerned with Christianity at this particular moment in time. I will review your link when I can, I hold little bias against Wiki articles, they are excellent places to begin the quest for knowledge.Please don't take this personally, but you should read more about how the first religions appeared, how this influenced humanity on social, biological and other areas. A start could be this article: Link. Yes, I know thats "only" Wikipedia, but English is not my first language and I have to improvise here.