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From: ta00est@unccvax.uncc.edu (elizabeth s tallant)
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Subject: Re: Born Again
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Date: 23 Apr 91 07:03:18 GMT
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In article <Apr.22.04.04.56.1991.13653@athos.rutgers.edu>, why@kpc.com (Will Hyde) writes:
> 
>     "Abraham, the common patriarch of all three religions, came from
>     there.  To the Jew and the Christian, Abraham's first-born son
>     was Isaac;

Christians and Jews acknowledge that Ishmael was Abraham's firstborn
son, but that Isaac was the child from whom Jesus was to be descended.
> 
> Islam recognizes Jesus as a 'prophet of God' equal to Mohammed, does
> it not...?

Moslems believe that Mohammed surpasses all other prophets, including
their "prophetic" version of Jesus.  Note that Moslems do not have
the same stories/beliefs regarding Jesus that Christians have.