Another thing that people really sort of miss the boat on: Islam, is (to put it in a easy box) Christianity without the new Testament. Same God. Same Prophets. Books in the Old Testament appear in the Quran.
They even recognize Jesus Christ as a Prophet, just... Not the Son of God. The "Sharia Law" that everyone freaks out about? It's rooted in the Old Testament's Laws for the Followers of God.
Like I said, and Kevin expounded upon. Islam is going through the same revolution that Christianity and Catholicism went through, just a few hundred years later.
The world is a lot different place than it was when Christianity went through its revolution.
EDIT:
FiT, the days when I'm sure God is there, and the days I'm sure he isn't are an about 50/50. After being raised in a culture of fundamentalist Christian ideas, I find now that I struggle with just how I feel about God, and Religion.
They even recognize Jesus Christ as a Prophet, just... Not the Son of God. The "Sharia Law" that everyone freaks out about? It's rooted in the Old Testament's Laws for the Followers of God.
Like I said, and Kevin expounded upon. Islam is going through the same revolution that Christianity and Catholicism went through, just a few hundred years later.
The world is a lot different place than it was when Christianity went through its revolution.
EDIT:
FiT, the days when I'm sure God is there, and the days I'm sure he isn't are an about 50/50. After being raised in a culture of fundamentalist Christian ideas, I find now that I struggle with just how I feel about God, and Religion.
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