02-04-2006, 05:44 PM
Occhidiangela,Feb 4 2006, 07:46 AM Wrote:Jester: Follow a line of reasoning with me, OK? A False prophet leads to a False Faith, thence to a False religion, which leads to Mohamed's religion being False by its very nature and its foundation in the eyes of God, which thus makes the ludicrous cultural taboos on drawing people and animals nothing more than mummery over which to get over wrought.
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I'm not following the part where your line of reasoning changed from what I said it was: priveledging one version of religion over another.
Mohammed, like all prophets in that tradition, claimed that he was just the latest interpreter of God's message. In that, I think he is as wrong as everyone who came before him, and after. But, from his perspective, it makes perfect sense. He is operating under false premises, but he is not contradicting himself.
His religion is not automatically false, unless you presume the complete and final truth of the religions that came before. He obviously did not presume that, and there is no reason we should, either.
-Jester