Some of your article was cut off on the right margin, but I will try and answer from what I can read.  In article <C5ssqE.Dps@odin.corp.sgi.com> kaveh@gate-koi.corp.sgi.com (Kaveh Smith ) writes: >I have found Jewish people very imagentative and creative. Jewish religion was the foundation for Christianity and >Islam.  In other words Judaism has fathered both religions. Now Islam has turned against its father I may say. >It is Ironic that after communizem threat is almost gone, religion wars are going to be on the raise. >I thought the idea of believing on one God, was to Unite all man kind. How come both Jews and Islam which believe >on the same God, "the God of Ebrahim" are killing each other? Is this like Dr. Frankenstien's story? >How are you going to stop this from happening? How are you going to deal with so many Muslims. Nuking them >would distroy the whole world? Would God get mad, since you have killed his followers, you believe on the same >God, same heaven and the same hell after all? What is the peacefull way of ending this Saga? > Judaism did not father Islam.  We had many of the same prophets, but Judaism ignores prophets later prophets including Jesus Christ (who Christians and Muslims believe in) and Mohammed.  The idea of believing in one God should unite all peoples.  However, note that Christianity and Islam reflect the fact that there are people with different views and the rights of non-Christians and non-Muslims are stated in each religion.   >Man kind needs religion, since it sets up the rules and the regulations which keeps the society in a healthy state. >A religion is mostly a sets of rules which people have experienced and know it works for the society. >The praying, keeps the sole healthy and meditates it. God does not care for man kinds pray, but man kind hopes >that God will help him when he prays. >Religion works mostly on the moral issues and trys to put away the materialistic things in the life. But the >religious leaders need to make a living through religion? So they  may corrupt it, or turn it to their own way to >make their living. i.e Muslims have to pay  %20 percent of their income to the Mullahs. I guess the rabie  gets his >cut too! > We are supposed to pay 6% of our income after all necessities are paid.  Please note that this 6% is on a personal basis - if you are poor, there is no need to pay (quite the contrary, this money most often goes to the poor in each in country and to the poor Muslims around the world).  Also, this money is not required in the human sense (i.e. a Muslim never knocks at your door to ask for money and nobody makes a list at the mosque to make sure you have paid (and we surely don't pass money baskets around during our prayer services)).  >Is in it that religion should be such that everybody on planet earth respects each other, be good toward each other >helps one another, respect the mother nature. Is in that heaven and hell are created on earth through the acts >that we take today?  Is in it that within every man there is good and bad, he could choose either one, then he will >see the outcome of his choice.  How can we prevent man kind from going crazy over religion. How can we stop >another religious killing field, under poor Gods name? What are your thoughts? Do you think man kind would >to come its senses, before it is too late? > > >P.S. on the side > >Do you think that Moses saw the God on mount Sina? Why would God go to top of the mountain? He created >the earth, he could have been anywhere? why on top the mountain? Was it because people thought to see God >you have to reach to the skies/heavens? Why God kept coming back to Middle East? Was it because they created >God through their imagination?  Is that why Jewish people were told by God, they were the chosen ones? > God's presence is certainly on Earth, but since God is everywhere, God may show signs of existence in other places as well.  We can not say for sure where God has shown signs of his existence and where he has not/.  >Profit Mohammad was married to Khadijeh. She was a Jewish. She taught him how to trade. She probably taught >him about Judaism. Quran is mostly copy right of Taurah (sp? old testement). Do you think God wrote Quran? >Makeh was a trade city before Islam. Do you think it was made to be the center of Islamic world because Mohammad >wanted to expand his trade business? Is that why  God has put his house in there? > The Qur'an is not a copyright of the Taurah.  Muslims believe that the Taurah, the Bible, and the Qur'an originally contained much the same message, thus the many similiarities.  However, the Taurah and the Bible have been 'translated' into other languages which has changed their meaning over time (a translation also reflects some of the personal views of the translator(s).  The Qur'an still exists in the same language that it was revealed in - Arabic.  Therefore, we know that mankind has not changed its meaning.  It is truly what was revealed to Mohammed at that time.  There are many scientific facts which were not discovered by traditional scientific methods until much later such as the development of the baby in the mother's womb.   >I think this religious stuff has gone too far. All man kind are going to hurt from it if they do not wise up. >Look at David Koresh, how that turned out? I am afraid in the bigger scale, the Jews and the Muslims will >have the same ending!!!!!!!! > Only God knows for sure how it will turn out.  I hope it won't, but if that happens, it was the will of God.  >Religion is needed in the sense to keep people in harmony and keep them doing good things, rather than >plotting each others distruction.  There is one earth, One life and one God. Let's all man kind be good toward >each other. > >God help us all. >Peace >. >. Please send this mail to me again so I can read the rest of what you said.  And yes, may God help us all.