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To: uu who wrote (705)	12/5/2001 4:28:28 PM
From: DukeCrow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2926

<< As for your reference to the Old Testament, you do not see people blowing themselves up killing thousands of innocent people in the name of Old Testament these days, do you? >> Time is not static. Looking at religion only through eyes focused on the present is virtually equivalent to being blind, as you aren't really seeing much. If we lived in the times of the Crusades, I guess you would have a different view of Islam and Christianity (if you were looking at the two through unbiased eyes). The religions are the same now as they were then. However, the followers of the two religions are behaving much differently. I'm sure 100 years from now if you could be alive you would have another view of the religions based on how the respective followers are practicing them. BTW, for a balanced view of the events of the 3rd Crusades, check out the book "Warriors of God."