There are people who believe in the Hollow Earth "Theory" and to criticize this may hurt them. There is a difference between being critical of a subject and critical of a person. No reasonable person would agree that the Earth is Hollow since it is established as a fact it is not. From a point of morality one can be critical of any historical person in their actions if not their beliefs. I do not see that Mohammad should be exempt from such standard from a moral point of view.
I'd like to know why the Prophet is held so sacrosanct in the Islamic religion that some Muslims are willing to commit acts of violence or terror to any act they would consider a slight. As i understand it, the Prophet is mortal and not God.
Are there any Muslims who would like to explain all this?
The advantage of contemporary reporting.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad#Non-Arabic_sources said:The earliest documented Christian knowledge of Muhammad stems from Byzantine sources. They indicate that both Jews and Christians saw Muhammad as a "false prophet".
In the 'Doctrina Jacobi nuper baptizati' of 634, Muhammad is portrayed as being "Deceiving[,] for do Prophets come with Sword and chariot?, [...] you will discover nothing true from the said prophet except human Bloodshed."[39]
Just 2 years after his death:
The advantage of contemporary reporting.
All prophets arr held in the upmost respect in Islam. Muhammed (saw) moreso as he is the last Prophet, bringing Gods final revelation to humanity, but all the prophets before him are recognized with Honor. Jesus, Moses, Elijah (saw) are all esteemed. But since Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the example we should live by according to the Quran and (depending on which sect) the Hadith. He is followed much like Jesus (saw) in Christianity besides the Deity notion or Moses (saw) and his teachings in Judaism. Its not that he is revered to a godlike status but that he was a Holy man of God.I'd like to know why the Prophet is held so sacrosanct in the Islamic religion that some Muslims are willing to commit acts of violence or terror to any act they would consider a slight. As i understand it, the Prophet is mortal and not God.
Are there any Muslims who would like to explain all this?
I don't care if Mohammed existed.I don't care. I continue to maintain that there is no scientific or historical proof Muhammed ever existed, but so what if there were?
The result of that determination should have ZERO effect on my freedom to trash talk the man, if I so choose. After all, Nixon actually existed, and I have trash talked him since the 1960's.I f\
I don't care if Mohammed existed.
My post wasn't to show he did, though it lends credibility to that position.
My post WAS to show what the West thought of him, or at least reports of him, and the Islamic philosophy.
I don't believe we have any such near-term outside acknowledgment (if it is an acknowledgement), of Jesus.
For the record; I believe this religion is tantamount to constructing a cult around Blackbeard the Pirate, a tale of a Buccaneers exploits and code for dividing up the booty. With perhaps the addition of some extranea afterwards.
Huh?The whole point of freedom of speech is that I am free to say things the listener might find it very difficult to hear.
Huh?
No kidding! (see my sig)
How is that a response to what I said.
Incorrect"What you said" and what others have said is that you question whether any individual answering the Koran's description of Muhammed ever existed. "What I said" in reply was, that's fascinating to convo about but irrelevant to a debate on freedom of speech.
And BTW, your sig line is annoying and inaccurate.
Just sayin'.................
Does that sound like I care about offending or disagree with free speech?mbig said:I don't care if Mohammed existed.
My post wasn't to show he did, though it lends credibility to that position.
My post WAS to show what the West thought of him, or at least reports of him, and the Islamic philosophy.
I don't believe we have any such near-term outside acknowledgment (if it is an acknowledgement), of Jesus.
For the record; I believe this religion is tantamount to constructing a cult around Blackbeard the Pirate, a tale of a Buccaneers exploits and code for dividing up the booty. With perhaps the addition of some extranea afterwards.
Hell no. That would violate the 1st amendment.
Incorrect
Here's "what I said" (not difficult to find for most.)
Does that sound like I care about offending or disagree with free speech?
Reading, a wonderful skill.
I didN'T invite you to "join me in trashing Islam". I was pointing out that I had already exercised the Right you somehow thought (^$!#) I was denying you in your Goofy previous reply:I don't have to join you in trashing Islam in order to approve of your freedom of speech, and I decline the Snotty invitation to do just that.
Have a lovely day.[/COLOR]
I didN'T invite you to "join me in trashing Islam". I was pointing out that I had already exercised the Right you somehow thought (^$!#) I was denying you in your Goofy previous reply:
"The whole point of freedom of speech is that I am free to say things the listener might find it very difficult to hear."
See, I was pointing out I had ALREADY said something that was "very difficult to hear", and I would certainly Not deny you the same.
But you weren't able to grasp that or anything else.
Yet another Obtuse Mischaracterization of one of my posts. (I'd call it "lying Mischaracterizaton" but I don't think you understood well enough To lie)
*Puzzled look*
You responding to the poll question, cpgrad?
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