Quote:I can't read Joseph Smith's mind either. His contemporaries are committed (or should be).Committed to their religion? Or committed to an asylum?
Quote:Only fundamentalist Christian's (<3% of all Christians) "believe" the bible in the way you are interpreting it.Less than three percent of Christians believe that all the works of the Bible are scripture, divinely inspired by God? That number seems shockingly low. This is a different belief from inerrancy, or biblical literalism. Even so, I would suspect even those numbers are higher than three measly percent, especially in the US, but probably worldwide as well. Got a source? A quick google gives me Gallup, with vastly higher numbers: 31% believe it is the literal word of God, and nearly 80% believe it is either that, or inspired by God. That's a lot higher than 3%, at least for the US.
Quote:Back to Mohammad, you don't know if he was sincere and you haven't read the texts. I believe he was manipulative, and I have read the texts. What is missing is that you have no basis to make an informed decision, and I feel that I do.Are you mistaking me for Zenda? Or just assuming I haven't read the Koran?
-Jester