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See in Protestant Christianity we're allowed to interpret for ourselves what unclear passages of the Bible mean.[/quote]

And in traditional Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam, we are not.  It gets kind of tiresome that folks expect every other faith tradition to be just like Protestant Christianity (which BTW, historically still had limits on what you could believe).    [/quote]

I'm not Muslim, but my understanding was always that the Quran was supposed to be accessible without a priestly class to tell you what to believe. This explains why the (Sunni) Muslim theological leadership is very diffuse/diverse. But it doesn't explain the development of a (Sunni) priestly class in the first place.

I think that's what PP was getting at with the Protestant analogy, but I could be wrong.[/quote]
That the Quran is not accessible without expert interpretation is clear on its face.

As for the development of a priestly class, the reason is only one no matter what the religion: job security.[/quote]

Right. But I'm talking about the historical origins, which were in part a reaction to the growing priestly class in early Christianity (as well as disagreement with some of the early Christians' theological stances). [/quote]

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