This is perplexing for me as well, not just why a Christian would convert to Islam but why anyone not indoctrinated from childhood would convert to Islam. To be frank, the sales pitch seems rather crude in comparison.
Everyone familiar with my posts knows I won't defend Christianity but I have to give it credit for presenting a slick marketing package that could take in the unwary and those uneducated in the true history of this faith. They've got a ton of faux history, elaborate folklore, forged documentation and supposed "eye-witness accounts" handy to close the deal. They've managed to intertwine their mythology into the historical timeline to give the impression their god walked the earth within relatively recent history. This is an accomplishment that no other religion shares. As a businessman, I have to admire the accomplishment and competitive edge they have over other faith product lines.
Now let's compare that sales pitch to the one Islam offers. Actually, I can sum it up in seven words:
Some guy claimed God spoke to him.
That's it, pretty much.
While he was alone in a cave, no less. I can go down to the nearby insane asylum and probably find a dozen inmates who'll tell me the same story with just as much evidence.
Oh, but wait, it gets better.
You see, it turns out that Jesus never told his followers he was the Son of God. He was actually a forerunner of Muhammad. The Christians got that nutty idea from Paul. As if Paul could come along only a few years after Jesus flew up into the sky and tell his followers to pay no attention to anything Jesus preached but to instead worship him as a divine intercessor. And his followers just went, "Duh, OK"?
And you also get...
Special pleading taken to a whole new level not seen by other religions. You see, not only did Muhammad know Jesus better than the Christians but he knew Jesus better than the only people he could have learned about Jesus from. He knew Jesus better than the sources he had on Jesus who he insists got it all wrong.
Is your head spinning yet?
Again, please don't get me wrong. The story of Jesus is crap but if I WERE to choose between the two religions, it would have to be based on who I think got the story right:
1. The people who knew Jesus, who established a church based on his teachings, who had all manner of faux history and forged documents and dubious eye-witness accounts but at least had something to offer.
OR
2. Some guy who came along six centuries later in another country who could only have heard about Jesus from group #1 and who claims group #1 got it all wrong and really Jesus was a forerunner for him.
Sorry Islam but you guys need a better marketing department.
Everyone familiar with my posts knows I won't defend Christianity but I have to give it credit for presenting a slick marketing package that could take in the unwary and those uneducated in the true history of this faith. They've got a ton of faux history, elaborate folklore, forged documentation and supposed "eye-witness accounts" handy to close the deal. They've managed to intertwine their mythology into the historical timeline to give the impression their god walked the earth within relatively recent history. This is an accomplishment that no other religion shares. As a businessman, I have to admire the accomplishment and competitive edge they have over other faith product lines.
Now let's compare that sales pitch to the one Islam offers. Actually, I can sum it up in seven words:
Some guy claimed God spoke to him.
That's it, pretty much.
While he was alone in a cave, no less. I can go down to the nearby insane asylum and probably find a dozen inmates who'll tell me the same story with just as much evidence.
Oh, but wait, it gets better.
You see, it turns out that Jesus never told his followers he was the Son of God. He was actually a forerunner of Muhammad. The Christians got that nutty idea from Paul. As if Paul could come along only a few years after Jesus flew up into the sky and tell his followers to pay no attention to anything Jesus preached but to instead worship him as a divine intercessor. And his followers just went, "Duh, OK"?
And you also get...
Special pleading taken to a whole new level not seen by other religions. You see, not only did Muhammad know Jesus better than the Christians but he knew Jesus better than the only people he could have learned about Jesus from. He knew Jesus better than the sources he had on Jesus who he insists got it all wrong.
Is your head spinning yet?
Again, please don't get me wrong. The story of Jesus is crap but if I WERE to choose between the two religions, it would have to be based on who I think got the story right:
1. The people who knew Jesus, who established a church based on his teachings, who had all manner of faux history and forged documents and dubious eye-witness accounts but at least had something to offer.
OR
2. Some guy who came along six centuries later in another country who could only have heard about Jesus from group #1 and who claims group #1 got it all wrong and really Jesus was a forerunner for him.
Sorry Islam but you guys need a better marketing department.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
