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Old 01-24-2010, 14:05   #11
Richard
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Perhaps studying the Quran (and the Bible) would further your education in this matter.
IMO - the common failure to study both in the historical context in which the manuscripts appeared and for which they were written - neither being for or by their protagonists - along with how they have arrived at their currently perceived states after much word smithing - makes any such argument tantamount to the 'word of mouth'* scenario illustrated in this Norman Rockwell cover for the Saturday Evening Post.

However - YMMV - but IMO it's much like trying to teach Calculus to a pig, you'll only get frustrated and the pig won't be interested in anything you're saying...and so it goes...

Richard's jaded $.02

* NOTE: The word 'Gawd' purposely ommitted.
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