01-11-2007, 05:01 AM
As an aside to these similarities I'd like to point out that Christians and Jews at the back of their minds are often taught to accept some of the illogical resentment of the Islamists.
This is because some portions of the biblical mythology apparently identifies the Arabs/Islamists as descendents of Esau (Arabs belive they are descended from Ishmael), the older brother of Jacob, who stole Esau's birthright.
There is no proof of this and the mythology is uneven but I thought this was a subtility Hindu's may not readily get. Biblically Jacob and Esau were permanently set against one another, right from the womb. In some ways some Christians/Jews/Muslims actually have a messianic belief in this clash. Some sense of inevitability. We may even enjoy it.
This is because some portions of the biblical mythology apparently identifies the Arabs/Islamists as descendents of Esau (Arabs belive they are descended from Ishmael), the older brother of Jacob, who stole Esau's birthright.
There is no proof of this and the mythology is uneven but I thought this was a subtility Hindu's may not readily get. Biblically Jacob and Esau were permanently set against one another, right from the womb. In some ways some Christians/Jews/Muslims actually have a messianic belief in this clash. Some sense of inevitability. We may even enjoy it.