Salam all!
first of all i would admire someone for researching on something and then going into it. it was a nice topic but lacks some details or some points mislead. every one and any one can make a mistake in expressing ones thinking... as it is just a matter of words... so he needs to clarify these things... and he must know now what are these.
I dont know stephen for how long u have been muslim... but to deliver u thoughts about a religion u need to be very carefull... so u will find most of the ppl very fanatic or extreme coz its abt the religion.

Secondly, pointing to that anonymous person who criticised abt that 613 mitzvot!! religion means that i should effect u... i should take u deepinside u effect u feeling, emotions and every thing... that is the only reason that u accept any religion... why do u love ur religion... is it bcoz of it is being forced to u? or that was something that u were borned with?? then u are just deceiving ur self and making ur self miserable indeed. u are just calling ur self a jew, christian or muslim or who ever just for marketing i guess or some of ur benifits... or may be there is a posibility that some one will harm u for that... my excuses... i am just pointing out the truth...

For a religion: u need to be sincere with it and accept it with ur heart. so i agree that he felt 613... coz he felt something right... it made him skake from inside... just to wake him up that u have found something right! these are the things that change a mans life...

One more thing: u dont know even the "A" about islam... thats why u called muslim terrorist! Islam is the most peacfull religion and the most righteous. why dont u open the history of jews and christian... they fought against each other just for power... that all medieval period... the same with jews... u just believe on the media and listens to the things that interest you... and which are more easy for u to except... thats what lots of ppl do! dont they??

u dont even know the truth about 9/11...so i would suggest that u read more abt 9/11 and history and also read about the religions... atleast ur own religion....

and yeah one more thing: no righteous religion says any thing about abusing others religion... u should respect him/her for what he/she is and tell him/her that u are right by showing ur religions qualities, the ethics and the culture. becuase a personality represent the whole nation, culture, religion, ethics and family.

anways its a long discussion....

i would like to point out a couple of things:
1. if u are a muslim then why is ur name still stephen??? its not a muslim name ? its strange...
2. I also really didnt get the point "muslims need you more than others" as they are also more developed?? that was something absurd... u chose islam for it the rightous one and u are following islam to help muslims... that makes sense... but they muslims need u more just says that as they are down at the moment so thats why! otherwise u would have preferred jews or christians?? thats really misleading... either u wrote it incorrectly... or i would say it again... u are disceiving urself...

and last thing: for chosing a religion u need to read it thorowly... and if u believe that the religion is righteous... u need to follow it completely... not a mixed mode... i.e. u found one thing good in one religion and another thing good in some other religion so u are following both.

About Islam: no doubt it is the right religion and the one intact in its true form till now... for any one seeking the right path... one must read the islam carefully.

i am open for discussion and comments.
- khalid