Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Marc James Small wrote: > So, yes, the Bible is the literal word of God to me as the Koran is to most > followers of Islam. I anticipate that they will treat the Bible with > respect (though, as Augustine of Hippo noted, derogation of the text does > not diminish the efficacy of the text itself) and that we shall do the same > with the Koran. I think your anticipation is entirely correct. Jesus and Moses are both highly regarded within Islam. I'm not an expert and am only paraphrasing a discussion I had with the professor of Arabic here a few weeks ago: In fact they are bigger prophets, because they are older. Both have left "books" behind them (people of the book). So I seriously doubt that you would be able to get a religious Muslim to show disrespect for the Bible. Daniel