I signed in under my Google account [making sure I was using the new Blogger sign in with Google and not just Blogger]. I then clicked post under the agrumentative prose topic and I'm here now. ^^
Also, when I read "The Straight Path of Islam," it seemed to contrast somewhat [especially on violence] with a book I read by a man who converted from Islam to Christianity after having taught at the largest Islamic university in the world. The man, Mark Gabriel, seemed to have a decent knowledge on the topic since he has a doctorate in both Islamic and Christian theologies, if Islam calls their's theology. On the other hand, I have also read nice portions of Huston Smith's book The World's Religions and his style always seems to emphasize similarities, draw comparisons, but never draw sharp contrasts. However, if Smith's portrayal of Islam is a true one, I am very happy and smile to think of our similarities.
Brian Zinser
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Thanks, Brian, for leading the way here!
Everyone else: go ahead this week & post your essay ideas as well. Remember, you can simply post what reading you've chosen to interpret & perhaps a sentence or two about how you'll be interpreting your chosen reading.
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