Christianity had deeply infiltrated the culture that later became Muslim. Sufi mysticism is directly related to Orthodox mysticism, just as Islam grew out of a culture heavily influenced by Christians, Jews, and ancient animism. As an Orthodox Christian, I obviously believe that Islam changed and corrupted the Christian beliefs. Muslims would obviously say they corrected them. It is no accident that they look and act so similarly. Truth is Truth. Finding the heart of that truth is where we all end up going our own ways. As I keep pointing out the truths in ancient myths and beliefs to my own kids as we study them, show them the truths we believe running like threads through history, so we all have to look for that common ground.

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