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I have no interest in learning the quranic arabic or in entertaining more scholarly acrobatics from people whose main aim is to make the unattractive look  attractive. This is not a personal attack against you. You've delivered the party line to the best of your ability. But if that pleases you better , you can tell yourself that I just DONT WANT TO LEARN THE TRUTH goddammit.[/quote]

Honestly, I can't imagine telling anyone who wanted to learn more about my faith to go talk to a priest.  I'd direct them to an internet site or books--might even lend them some.  And I'd probably slip in some referrals to critiques of my faith as well for good measure because people should be shown both the pros and the cons for a good understanding.  I really, really do not understand why talking to some Islamic scholar is necessary for an understanding of the faith.  I suspect these referrals are made because they think the scholar will be more successful in converting someone than mere reading up on the subject.[/quote]

I absolutely agree with PP that people need to come to a faith based on wide-ranging exploration of sources, both pro and con. Conversion should never be about just racking up ever higher numbers in your faith (the team!) by directing potential converts to the guy who can deliver the most polished sales pitch.

For that reason, [b]I've been uncomfortable every time Muslim PP suggests we go to a mosque for the official explanation[/b]. This is the first time I've said it. I'm not interested in talking to a guy who gets paid to sell his religion. I'm actually already familiar with parts of the Muslim sales pitch and we've seen bits of it here.

For the same reason, I love my own minister and I think he's extremely articulate (and progressive, and not a literalist, and never pushy). But I would never suggest somebody make an appt at my church to talk to him. Conversion should be an informed choice, and anything that even gives the appearance of a sales pitch just seems so wrong. Like PP, I'd probably offer some books with a range of views.[/quote]
I'm not really uncomfortable with it, I'm amused, because it implies that there is an explanation out there that will make you slap your forehead and say "Ahh! Now I get while you guys do that, and why that's an excellent thing to do!" Sometimes things are black and white, and things you don't like are also black and white. No scholar can make it all white. [/quote]

Looks to me like you are afraid to meet with a muslim. [/quote]

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