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To: ApplegateRanch
That, along with illiteracy and a rich wife, plus seizure disorders, combined with a taste for pedophilia, will get you "prophet" status in 7th Century Arab society....

Isn't it interesting that Islam really is a reflection of Muhammad..not so much so their god Allah?

As a side note, I'm not so sure that Muhammad was illiterate...I realize that is the muslim claim, but consider, this is a guy who for years handled the business dealings for a very rich widow. The most literate group of people in that era were the businessmen (and in cultures with written scriptures the priest class was also among the most literate). So it seems very unlikely that Muhammad was illiterate and still successful in managing the wife's business holdings.

30 posted on 11/15/2005 1:21:10 PM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: highlander_UW

I've often wondered about the 'illiterate' part, too. He probably wasn't; but he likely was unable to write for some while after his siezures.

It was definitely the "companions" who wrote down the Koranus verses, either from dictation, or by listening to his mumblings during the attacks.


32 posted on 11/15/2005 2:31:33 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: highlander_UW
Isn't it interesting that Islam really is a reflection of Muhammad..not so much so their god Allah?

Excellent observation!!

34 posted on 11/15/2005 2:38:19 PM PST by airborne (Al-Queda can recruit on college campuses but the US military can't!)
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