(October 24, 2012 at 12:51 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(October 24, 2012 at 12:30 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I have to go with John V on this, in that this is something Christianity has over Islam. From our perspective Christianity has an advantage, in that, the character was most probably not a real person or if he was, a lot of fake stories were attributed to him.
Actually, mohammed suffers from the same problem.
http://youtu.be/VUC5Su5P8D4
Heh, I have to disagree. I've seen refutations to the tape and think they have a stronger case, also, I don't think Muslims were all that dishonest in recording history myself
. Also you have people like his grandson being killed in an uprising or the grandson of his grandson uprising, and it is well known they were descendants of the Prophet.
You also have conflicts between the daughter of the Prophet and the first Caliph, not something you really want to write about, if you are trying to show they are both of excellent character.
But just look at the issue of miracles in Quran. If someone was making a story, why would he not just attribute miracles to Mohammad, instead of being caught unable to respond to such requests, and have to resort to fallacies as a response?
