(January 14, 2015 at 5:55 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote:(January 14, 2015 at 5:45 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: What do you say about the offspring of Fatima? Why were they labeled offspring of Mohammad?
I would say, where is it documented Fatima or any offspring existed and when was the documentation written? Or are these mere stories passed down as fact?
It's not that hard to create a whole chain of "personages", starting with real people and then as you go further back in time, the documentation gets a bit wispy. Case in point - the succession of Catholic Popes. If you go back far enough, there is essentially no evidence some of these people existed.
It's also easy to invent historical people from whole cloth. Case in point - William Tell. He was born, died, did some conquering, served in Swiss Parliament and so on. Problem is, he didn't actually exist.
I think history is extremely important to know. Where I have a problem is when apologists who are theologians, nothing more than salesmen try to twist history to prove the existence of invisible men and magic men.
When it comes to any religion occham's razor tells you the reality even without a record of overlap.
Which makes more sense?
A god handed down his message to mortals?
Or
Humans get their ideas from prior and or surrounding tribes?
It is painfully obvious that there is nothing original about any religion. Humans do not start them in a vacuum.
