Are there any peaceful muslim nations?

ok accept your superior understanding. But my point is that God promised exclusivity to three sets of people, which in anyone's book (or should that be Book?) is a recipe for trouble.

Ibn

I really do believe that monotheism is one of the worst ideas mankind has ever had. Why not live and let live, why the need to insist the other lot have got it wrong?

But I was being ironic in my post.

Steve, perhaps I was not clear. A non-Jew is not denied an afterlife. I just found this article on the differences between Judaism and Christianity if you are interested.

http://www.campusprogram.com/reference/en/wikipedia/c/co/comparing_and_contrasting_judaism_and_christianity.html

I would reccomend the entire article which is quite informative.

Exclusivity in Judaism means being bound to extra and sacred commandments. The bar is just raised for us. But their are enough admonitions within Judaism, even biblically, that this is not for our sake, lest we think we're better than others.

good link dauer, thanks

that'll teach me to be flippant eh?

I get you, Steve.

--Ibn

war is not relevant islam