(October 23, 2014 at 11:03 am)Chad32 Wrote: Taking something from another religion and adding what you like isn't an offshoot? christians took from judaism, added their own guy, and said he was the son of Yahweh, so the jews should totally convert to christianity.
No, it isn't necessarily. None of the original adherents were Jews or Christians, they weren't basing the new cult on anything but the ravings of Mohammed.
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