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From: rjb@akgua.att.com (Robert J Brown)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Muslim/Christian
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Date: 30 Aug 90 01:25:34 GMT
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> >>Correct me if I am wrong, but even if I am wrong,
> >>is it possible to be Chrsitian and Muslim at the same time?
> >

After thinking about it for 30 seconds or so, I'd imagine that
Islam might qualify for the Christian heresy of Arianism.

A basic tenet of the Arian position is that Jesus was a created
being. If Islam regards Jesus as a great prophet and simply a man
then they qualify on that point.  However, most Arians (such as
modern day Jehovah's Witnesses) believe Jesus was the highest
created being which Islam probably doesn't subscribe to.

So maybe on an Arian scale of 1 to 10, Islam would be a 1 ??

BB