Which leads me to remark once again .... all religions are in the time of man, and where they were once used to explain natural phenomena that science had no explanation for, they have over the centuries been used to control the populace through fear of reprisal after death.
More tea, vicar?
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"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places". - Henny Youngman
This is an interesting article:
http://islam.about.com/od/history/a/crescent_moon.htm
Then again, all religions have been borrowing symbols from one another for centuries, as have non-religious entities.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_symbolism
Which leads me to remark once again .... all religions are in the time of man, and where they were once used to explain natural phenomena that science had no explanation for, they have over the centuries been used to control the populace through fear of reprisal after death.
More tea, vicar?
.
"I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places". - Henny Youngman