Mark Siljander
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Now, how one views God, maybe through their lenses, is different. There are 56,000, give or take, sects and denominations of Christianity all over the world, hair-splitting every little theological difference here. But I would say that there are more dynamic synergies between the Quran and the Bible.
I'm not saying so much Islam and Christianity, because they have their history, dogmas, culture, and politics.
I'm not saying so much Islam and Christianity, because they have their history, dogmas, culture, and politics.
I'm not saying so much Islam and Christianity, because they have their history, dogmas, culture, and politics.
But you mean in terms of the texts?
But you mean in terms of the texts?
But you mean in terms of the texts?
Yes, interpretations. But the text in Aramaic, in the New Testament, the text of the Quran in Arabic, merge much more smoothly and consistently than would an Islamic imam debating a Christian pastor.
Yes, interpretations. But the text in Aramaic, in the New Testament, the text of the Quran in Arabic, merge much more smoothly and consistently than would an Islamic imam debating a Christian pastor.
Yes, interpretations. But the text in Aramaic, in the New Testament, the text of the Quran in Arabic, merge much more smoothly and consistently than would an Islamic imam debating a Christian pastor.
Is it reasonable? There's two pathways we could walk down now. We could continue to pick up the biographical story, let's say, that begins with your interactions with the Palestinians. Let's do that. Let's do that. I have a very troublesome question to ask you as well, but I'll forestall that for the time being. So tell me what happens after you... start to make contact with the Palestinians.
Is it reasonable? There's two pathways we could walk down now. We could continue to pick up the biographical story, let's say, that begins with your interactions with the Palestinians. Let's do that. Let's do that. I have a very troublesome question to ask you as well, but I'll forestall that for the time being. So tell me what happens after you... start to make contact with the Palestinians.
Is it reasonable? There's two pathways we could walk down now. We could continue to pick up the biographical story, let's say, that begins with your interactions with the Palestinians. Let's do that. Let's do that. I have a very troublesome question to ask you as well, but I'll forestall that for the time being. So tell me what happens after you... start to make contact with the Palestinians.
Now, you've pointed out that what you were doing was like a constituency outreach and the beginnings of an investigation into a culture that you had regarded with enmity and as foreign, and that there was an exhilarating aspect to that, but there was something deeper driving it, which was the search for profound commonalities. Like, my sense is that with regards to the Islamic world, unless we
Now, you've pointed out that what you were doing was like a constituency outreach and the beginnings of an investigation into a culture that you had regarded with enmity and as foreign, and that there was an exhilarating aspect to that, but there was something deeper driving it, which was the search for profound commonalities. Like, my sense is that with regards to the Islamic world, unless we
Now, you've pointed out that what you were doing was like a constituency outreach and the beginnings of an investigation into a culture that you had regarded with enmity and as foreign, and that there was an exhilarating aspect to that, but there was something deeper driving it, which was the search for profound commonalities. Like, my sense is that with regards to the Islamic world, unless we
we meaning Christians, Jews and Muslims concentrate on what we have in common and work out a framework for collaboration and fair competition that the alternative is something like capitulation. It's always the alternative to negotiation, capitulation or war. And those are both dreadful alternatives.
we meaning Christians, Jews and Muslims concentrate on what we have in common and work out a framework for collaboration and fair competition that the alternative is something like capitulation. It's always the alternative to negotiation, capitulation or war. And those are both dreadful alternatives.
we meaning Christians, Jews and Muslims concentrate on what we have in common and work out a framework for collaboration and fair competition that the alternative is something like capitulation. It's always the alternative to negotiation, capitulation or war. And those are both dreadful alternatives.
And so it seems to me that we should at least pray, hope and pray that there's more that unites us than there is that divides us because otherwise it's gonna be a real brutal time. And the Abraham Accords seem to be a real positive move in that direction, especially with regards to the UAE's attempt to initiate this tri-faith process. Okay, and obviously that idea gripped you.