Are you sure about that? It been a looong while since i read it, can you quote the relevant books, chapter and verses please? Although I myslef woud be considered an apostate :D i still know a few who have attained the level of hafiz.
Arab scholars made a lot of important advancements in sciences such as maths and astronomy but remember they could not have done so without access to the work of the ancient greeks.
ANYWAY!!!! LETS GET BACK ON TOPIC!!
Eldar, give teeth benefit of the doubt, i would put his poor choice of wording down to his immaturity (strictest non-perjorative sense of the word)
Put aside people's interpretation of the bible and instead lets look at influences and precursors to many of the stories cointained within, not in an attempt to discredit it but just cos its fun and we all love history. OK? IS that a good suggestion?