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islamic similarities in christianity
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RE: islamic similarities in christianity
(July 30, 2014 at 9:38 am)fr33dom Wrote: Hello people,
could you please help enlighten me.
Is the bible older than the quran and are there similarities in some of the stories?

Thank you

fre33dom

You have google too.

But the short answer is YES, the truth is that some Arabs basically took the bible and rewrote it. But both ultimately stem from the Hebrew old testament god of Yahweh. But prior to Yahweh being a monotheistic god of the Hebrews, it was a lesser god of a "Divine Family" in the Canaanite pantheon.

All holy books are are the comic book reflections of the cultures of antiquity. Religion competes like Coke and Pepsi compete. An upstart sees the traditions, borrows from those stories and creates a new soda company.
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islamic similarities in christianity - by fr33dom - July 30, 2014 at 9:38 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by vodkafan - July 30, 2014 at 9:41 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Chad32 - July 30, 2014 at 10:27 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by theophilus - July 30, 2014 at 11:16 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by SteveII - July 30, 2014 at 12:28 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by theophilus - July 30, 2014 at 12:34 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by vodkafan - July 30, 2014 at 11:24 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by theophilus - July 30, 2014 at 11:42 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Crossless1 - July 30, 2014 at 11:28 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Chad32 - July 30, 2014 at 11:48 am
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Brian37 - July 30, 2014 at 12:14 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Napoléon - July 30, 2014 at 2:20 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by fr33dom - July 30, 2014 at 2:16 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by ShaMan - July 30, 2014 at 2:31 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Napoléon - July 30, 2014 at 2:48 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Napoléon - July 30, 2014 at 2:54 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Napoléon - July 30, 2014 at 4:22 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Napoléon - July 30, 2014 at 6:49 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by ShaMan - July 30, 2014 at 7:11 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Angrboda - July 30, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Dystopia - July 30, 2014 at 5:31 pm
RE: islamic similarities in christianity - by Chad32 - July 30, 2014 at 6:53 pm

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