The Abrahamic Faiths
For the past several years I have undertaken a critical look at the three Abrahamic faiths. Needless to say, my views are quite controversial, but I believe my assessments to be objective and honest. I have many Christian friends, their beliefs and political perspectives range greatly (from Baptists to Presbyterians). I have a few Muslim friends (and I do call them friend), and I know a few Jews, though not as well as my Muslim and Christian brothers and sisters. There can be no question that these faith traditions have dramatically impacted the course of human history and culture. One of those impacts is rooted in the assertion that each hold an ineffable text that is in one way or another from God and that each tradition is the only true tradition of the only true god. When one group of people tell another that their traditions and beliefs are all false and wrong and that they should abandon them for another 'true' god it invariably drives a wedge between the two groups. Luc...