BlueAnorak
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On a serious note, I read most of it and found myself questioning the same sort of thing yesterday. People are of course reluctant to address the religion issue directly but when you consider how Judaism, Christianity and Islam evolved (the Abrahamic religions) - Christianity building on Judaism, Islam building on Christianity - it reeks of ancient propaganda. Different peoples within the same region (or the same that separated themselves), wanting to twist and manipulate for their own power grab. There is an inherent selfish nature in many people (but a minority, still an effective one) to vie for power and manipulation of things and others is a basic tactic to do so.
At the same time, banning religion isn't fair as it also helps a much larger number of people deal with things in a moral way.
Islam does not "build on Christianity". It cherry picks bits and ignores the most important facets of the religion. The two faiths may be waiting for Jesus to return but their concepts of Jesus are totally different.