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William Seger

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4. I thought that Jews, Christians, and Muslims were all descendants of Abraham

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 04:17 AM

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I looked it up to be sure: Arabs are descendants of Abraham via Ishmael, and Jews and Christians are descendants via Isaac. Anyway, Huckabee's "thinking" is the kind of nationalism (a.k.a. tribalism) that we don't need and shouldn't want in the modern world.

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