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From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant)
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Subject: Re: Excerpt from USRA Family Magazine: (Forgiveness)
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Date: 29 Nov 90 17:58:28 GMT
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Hello Mark,

I am an orthodox Christian who was once confused by Islam.  Perhaps I can
answer some of your questions.

First, in your posting, you quoted Jesus.  Well, the Koran has different
stories of Jesus than the Bible does, and I have yet to find a single passage
in the Koran which says "love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and
pray for them that despitefully use you."  I have yet to even find a single
passage which resembles this.  The only thing that comes close are passages
that deal with forgiving OTHER MOSLEMS.

Further, Moslems do not believe that Jesus was divine.  They will tell you
"we believe in Jesus" but the truth of the matter is that they do not believe
in Jesus and instead believe in someone different than Christians believe in.
Further, Moslems will tell you that they believe in the Torah and in the Bible,
but the truth of the matter is that they believe only in the parts of the Bible
which agree with the Koran, and they totally disregard all of the other parts
as heresies.

Elizabeth
ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu