[muawiyah]

The "Moon God" stuff arises out of the ancient Middle Eastern practice of using the phases of the Moon as the basis for the calendar. This sort of thing happens the closer you get to the Equator because the changes in the Sun are not so apparant.

However, the Moon God is no more relevant to Islam than the Sun God is to Christianity.

Then there's Judaism that uses both kinds of calendars, and I don't think anyone would suggest that Judaism is driven by a Moon God/Sun God dichotomy!

Your friend who is a Moslem who is convinced of the Moon God business should see an Imam about that. The man definitely needs some counseling.

[Quix]

Thanks for the enlightenment. You may be right on your insights.

As to my former Moslem friend--He's doing quite well with his family and relationship with the God of The Bible and the Lordship of Jesus Christ. He has no need of any counsel from an Immam and would laugh derisively at the idea. Any time he spent with an Immam would be spent trying to convert the fellow to Christianity.

And, he's a relentless researcher and probably 110% convinced of his position at this point--regarding the moon god derrivations, the implications etc. of Islam.

He's totally convinced that Mohammad was listening to demonic spirit guides at the beginning of the religion of Islam.

I confess, I agree with him.