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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (185)	10/22/2001 9:28:17 AM
From: James Calladine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2926

'There were many messengers , there is only one "Truth". ' Thanks for offering that! A reasonable test of whether a religion is really worth giving the time of day, so to speak, is whether such a notion is contained in it. Because RECORDED HISTORY tells anyone who inspects it for 5 minutes, that there have been religious teachers and inspired beings IN EVERY WORLD CULTURE, from time immemorial. If the religion says, in essence: "WE are the only ones with the Truth, everyone else is an infidel" that sets up the basic conflict that has been the core of religious wars from the beginning to THIS very day! If you think that God's Will Is done through conflict and war then I guess you belong in one of those religions. If you don't, then you belong in some religion that allows for the fact that other sincere people may see things differently than you. In other words, including some aspect of TOLERANCE. If the religion does not have that as a major tenet, it is highly suspect, in my view. Most likely that is so because of the "additions" to the religion since the time of the original Teacher, and not necessarilly because of the failure of that Teacher. Namaste! Jim

To: 2MAR$ who wrote (185)	10/23/2001 6:56:06 PM
From: IN_GOD_I_TRUST	Respond to of 2926

2MAR$, I do not want to fight over anything. I have a belief that I feel is a true belief. But I not going to fight someone to believe it. Someones relationship with God is between God and the person. If someone is a willing participant to have a conversation about the belief with another, then the belief should be discussed, in the forum in which they define. But fight about it, no way! This board is intended to understand Islam. And that's what we are trying to do. But not fight about it! IGIT