11-16-2018, 10:08 AM
(11-15-2018, 04:06 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Spain, Italy, Tunisia (Carthage), Greece, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and Iraq have richer antiquities. The Hebrews avoided depictions of the human form out of fear of idolatry in doing so, and generally did not build great monuments of any kind. Their treasure from antiquity consists of the Torah and the Talmud, and one need do little travel to get those.
You're right about art and architecture, but I was thinking of morality. The Ten Commandments were morally ahead of the era when most nations practised human sacrifice. Athens gave us its art and philosophy, Rome its organisation, but our morality comes from Jerusalem.
Quote:Change "Allah" to "God", and "disbelievers" to "sinners" to. and I have seen much of the same said by self-professed Christians!
What is unique about the Koran is that it commands the Muslim community to go war against Disbelievers. Jesus didn't issue such commandment. Even if some medieval popes did, their words are not considered infallible. Therefore I cannot accept Islam being on the same moral level with Christianity.