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Awesome! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! You'll have to post your thoughts!

Oh, good heck, thank you for all of these! Laughing about this stuff does me some real good!

Deacon Blues, Yes, I agree- an agnostic Jew definitely has a bias! She presents the facts as inconclusive, making agnosticism appear quite logical. It's just a bit more approachable and less heavy handed than someone who is overtly trying to convince you whether or not Muhammad is God's one true pro...

That sounds like a fascinating experience! I find it pretty hard to stick myself into a situation like that these days. I think I still worry too much about what other people think, and find it hard to break out of patterns and habits. That said, the Muslims I have met have all been wonderful, since...

Yeah, I had pages of notes covering more parallels. I left out a lot. The "Satanic Verses" episode was super interesting, too. For those who haven't heard the story, at one point, under extreme pressure, Muhammad reveals some Quranic verses that honor the idols of Mecca. This, of course, pleased the...

Recently, I read Lesley Hazleton's "The First Muslim", a biography of Muhammad. I felt it would be helpful for me to examine another faith as an outsider, without a horse in the race, so to speak. It was absolutely fascinating! Not only was Muhammad's life story truly amazing, I had no idea that the...

I'm keeping mine. I agree that they are a record of me, and how I became who I am. Memories are incredibly fallible. I want the real record of what I was feeling at a given time. When we look back, we reinterpret what happened. We re-create the memories in context of what we know, think, and feel no...