[aruanan]

I am sorry. You misunderstand ... and I didn’t speak clearly enough.

No, you spoke clearly enough. It's just that Islam has about 1300 years or so development on Mormonism.

The high tech civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula during the time between Christ and the birth of Islam were built by Christian and Jewish people fleeing the internecine conflict between Rome and Persia. The first permanent cities there were built by Christians and Jews. The Bedouins, of which Muhammad was a member, had as one of their chief trades serving as mercenaries for both Rome and Persia. It took a bout of Black Death to weaken both Rome and Persia to the point of not requiring mercenaries, thus resulting in a bunch of mercenaries available for other pursuits. Muhammad first designed his religion to attract Christians and Jews, including Friday prayers toward Jerusalem. The Jews told him to pound sand. He arranged for a peace conference and wiped out almost everyone who attended, destroyed the Christian and Jewish kingdoms of the Arabian Peninsula, wrote anti-Christian and anti-Jewish sentiments into his developing dogmas, and then turned his attention to surrounding areas, such as the major center of Christianity, Egypt. Vast tracts of productive land were laid waste as they plundered functioning societies and left them with just enough control to forward tribute money.

[Belteshazzar]

Now I am confused. If I spoke clearly enough, where did this come from?

“There were Mormon agents up there?”

Otherwise, what you say about Islam I have no particular problem with.