01-26-2010, 02:14 AM
Quote:So we're left with what? Your general impression that Mohammed was probably just fakin'?My implication here is that hearing what I've said from ex-Muslims should be more convincing. If not, then we're no where. If you'd like to believe that Islam is valid, and that Mohammad's mish-mash of Gnostic, Judaic, and other proto-Christian beliefs coupled with revisionist prophecies in hindsight, then I'm at a loss as to how to show you the truth.
Which makes more sense? Mohammad was a prophet and heard God speak to him, or Mohammad was a war lord who sought to justify his rule through co-opting various popular local religious beliefs and adding his own spin to it. I choose to believe that he was that latter, and my reading of the Koran, and other early historical references to him (which I listed) do not sway me from that opinion. So, read them and choose for yourself, or, you can trust your Oxford politically correct Bell and Witt, or you can look into the opinions of various ex-Muslims.