RE: Did Muhammad exist?
February 12, 2018 at 11:27 pm
(This post was last modified: February 12, 2018 at 11:41 pm by vulcanlogician.)
You and I see eye to eye on finding comparative mythology interesting and worthwhile. I mean, if you go back far enough into Greece's history, you might find that there was some guy upon whom the god Zeus is based. From a comparative mythology standpoint this might interest us, but it would have no real bearing on how we interpret the stories. After all, at some point, the stories took on a life of their own, and "the real Zeus" is far less interesting than what poets from later generations had to say about him.
I'm going to make it a point to pick your brain about Christian history at some point, since you seem to know a thing or two about it. The stuff from early Roman Christianity up through Constantine interests me the most. Y'know, the interpretations of X, Y, and Z which was branded heresy in order to create "unity" among believers.
EDIT: LOL you edit-ninja'd me AGAIN... this response doesn't take your last paragraph into account.
Anyway, yeah I understand that some "legendary" figures from history don't have a real existence, or, if they did, the legends highly exaggerate or totally embellish aspects of their lives.
I'm going to make it a point to pick your brain about Christian history at some point, since you seem to know a thing or two about it. The stuff from early Roman Christianity up through Constantine interests me the most. Y'know, the interpretations of X, Y, and Z which was branded heresy in order to create "unity" among believers.
EDIT: LOL you edit-ninja'd me AGAIN... this response doesn't take your last paragraph into account.
Anyway, yeah I understand that some "legendary" figures from history don't have a real existence, or, if they did, the legends highly exaggerate or totally embellish aspects of their lives.
