the story of Our Lady "the Virgin Mary" in the muslims holly book (quran)

[TantricSoul]

My friends and esteemed contributors to the forums,
So here we are, once again, the current subject isn’t even closely related to the thread title or what I believe the intention of the thread was . I agree with denu that this thread might have lead to a rather interesting conversation, yet instead has become the all too familiar cyclical and unchanging battle of words between faith and facts.
I also agree with Thorne that he has a right, like us all, to contribute his opinion or challenge others on their opinions. And having been on the opposing side of debates with him in the past, I know he has a “take no prisoners” approach.
So where to from here? Because I would like to see if we can make some space in these religious threads for some viewpoints and discussions other than the atheist/theist discussion. You both are heavy contributors here and I cut you both slack because of that fact, but cmon, thread after thread is ending up on the same topic.
I’m tempted to encourage you both to have it out, once and for all, in a single thread, in the hope that you can come to a place where you can respect each-others (and other contributors) viewpoints without feeling the need to turn every thread into this same discussion. Yet I am not confident that will work either. Denus’ faith is not likely to change Thornes’ mind, just as his facts won’t change her faith, so why? Why keep doing it over and over?
So I’ll ask you both nicely, please, if you must continue to rehash this, contain it to a thread or two, and leave some space for other topics and viewpoints.
Thank you,
Tantric