1) Everyone "loves to censor". That's why you don't say most of the stupid stuff that pops in your head. That said, since I pay for this website, if I choose to delete your comment, I can and you have nothing at all to say about it.

2) I don't really have an interest in substantively rebutting your first points because you obviously aren't interested in a conversation. You're simply interested in trying to tick me off and getting me to edit your post so you can sit in your basement with that nice warm feeling of having won a tiny battle in some large religious war that only you are fighting.

However, you have to cut things down the middle. It is important to my beliefs that Jesus is divine. It's also important to a Muslim that Mohammed received the words of Allah directly from him and that the Koran is the direct words of Allah. I believe that is incorrect but I have no problem believing that Mohammed was a generally noble guy who did some pretty good things in his life. To me, that's no big deal to accept. To a Muslim, especially a Muslim of Talebzadeh's stripe, that's enough to have me executed. See the difference?

Everything else is a theological discussion that's not really relevant to the issue (but which I'll take up a little bit here if you want). As for what John said…I was pretty much responding in kind to his comment and at least trying to tie it to the point of the original post.

But I will. I'm of neither religion, and from my perspective, they are alomst the same. Same God, same history (almost), and very similar teachings (most are from Jesus in both). The primary difference, as you pointed out, is in the divinity of Christ. From an outside perspective, that's pretty much irrelevant. To you, it's important. But to the Muslims, the belief in the divinity of Christ is wrong, but a fairly minor faux pas. From their perspective, they see the similarities, not the differences. Maybe you should look to see the same.