tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post116784924607548176..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1167891184957833522007-01-04T01:13:00.000-05:002007-01-04T01:13:00.000-05:00I don't know Tom. The Old Testament God says some...I don't know Tom. The Old Testament God says some pretty harsh things along the line of Allah. Indeed, many of the brutal rules in Sharia come straight from the OT.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1167864633869266022007-01-03T17:50:00.000-05:002007-01-03T17:50:00.000-05:00Mohammadeanism is usually referred to by the Found...Mohammadeanism is usually referred to by the Founders' happy talk in an inchoate soup along with other non-Christian religions.<BR/><BR/>It is doubtful they knew much about it. <A HREF="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EL02Aa01.html" REL="nofollow">Certainlythat benevolent, providential God</A> they took for granted as a result of their Judeo-Christian acculturation is scarce to be found there. Neither is natural law.<BR/><BR/>As much as some Founders tried to modify or edit the God of the Bible into one more of their liking, theirs (He) conforms to no other belief system than the Judeo-Christian one. But, for the sake of happytalking ourselves, we could in theory go with "Abrahamic."<BR/><BR/>(Altho there were few Jews in America at the founding, <I>Judeo-</I> is often appended to "Christian" in these discussions, precisely to obviate the question of Jesus' divinity, which is immaterial to the central issue.)Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com