Re: REALLY OT: News Flash
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On 03/27/07 15:28, Paul E Condon wrote:
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> 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.
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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!
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