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The Religious Ignorance of the Masses

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Submitted by Michoel Zeldis (United States), Dec 19, 2002 at 20:15

"KEVIN JAMES: The Koran teaches you that the saving of one life is as if you saved all of humanity, and that's one of the reasons why I became a firefighter."

To begin with Islam and Christianity, primarily Catholicism, are both taken from Judaism with many of the tenents of both faiths taken from Judaism. Such is the case above where it states in the Talmud, which was redacted several hundred years before Muhammed, that the saving of one life is as if you saved all of humanity and that is a major tenent of Judaism. Ask any Jewish Orthodox Talmudic Scholar and they can show you in writing exactly where that is written in the Talmud.
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