Posted on 11/29/2001 4:54:31 PM PST by ccmay
Mohammed was evidently well-versed in the Bible, and perhaps other metaphysical writings and concepts. He made a close analogy, which holds up well, to many. He did his homework, and added his own metaphors, and mechanisms. He developed his own topical religion upon the philosophies which existed before him, which he read.
I understand that later in his life, after suffering some military and political defeats, he became embittered, and added self-serving, beaurocratic, mean-spirited prohibitions, rules and punishments. Is this the case, to your understanding?
According to the 40-year-old rule, Jesus would only qualify for the Lower Heaven, pumping his own water, eating inferior fruit, and fetching his own spouse, from somewhere.
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