Interesting post, thanks dachlostar.
Islam and christianity are very similar. I am not sure of all the differences. I once heard (now this is very simple and I don't know if I've got the ppl right, lol) that christianity and islam come from the same background but there was a prophecy about the messiah coming from Abraham's (or someone??) decendants (Abraham would have a child, the child of promise and the messiah would be a direct decendant). Abrahams wife couldn't have children and even though God said he would make her pregnant Abraham didn't believe him and slept with his maidservant just in case. So that child was born and muslims believe that was the child of promise which mohammed (sp?) came from. But christians believe that the child that Abraham eventually had with his wife was the child of promise which Jesus was descended from. This probably doesn't even make sense.
Now I have no idea where I heard that or if it's even true or if it was even Abraham!!! Do you know, I would be interested to find out.
Thankyou.