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    Eid Mubarak

    Okay :) Me too. A friend of mine went to seminary and he's learning both Greek and Hebrew. I think it'd put everything into much more perspective, because English is a very simple language. I've read the Bible in Korean too, and even that opens your eyes so much more. No worries. I guess...
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    Eid Mubarak

    okay i copied something from another site, but that doesn't mean i didn't think about it myself. Why try to phrase things in my own words when somebody's already taken them straight out of my head? I'm not just taking someone's word for it. I read the page and did the necessary editing I...
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    Eid Mubarak

    Thanks for that Majed. As you sort of implied, we'll never agree on this, because Muslims believe that it was Ishmael, while Christians and Jews believe that it was Isaac. Okay now your turn to be patient with me :D I know that Muslims believe that the Bible supports this by its...
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    Eid Mubarak

    Really? I thought Abraham only had one son, because his wife was barren, but God gave them Isaac. That's why it was such a big deal for Abraham to sacrifice his son, because Isaac was his one and only. Genesis 22:1-2 "Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I...
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    Eid Mubarak

    Ahhh... we call him Abraham, and his son Isaac :)
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    Eid Mubarak

    So is it an Islamic tradition, or something that was set out in the Quran? Also, what is the reason for the sacrifice? (Sort of the same question, but...yeah :))