(January 28, 2015 at 5:32 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(January 28, 2015 at 5:27 pm)SteveII Wrote: Except with Muslims and Mormons, god was supposed to have imparted the basis of the religion to one man. With Christianity, God imparted the basis of the religion to a multitude of people, performed miracles, died, and rose again--not really apples to apples. The more witnesses to the God-->man communication, the better the quality.
And in christianity, god imparted his religion through one man, in the form of Jesus. There's no difference here, no matter how much you want there to be one; in islam, Mohammed preached the word of god and did miracles, and in christianity Jesus did exactly the same thing. Functionally, the spread of the message was identical, and just because you assume the conclusion of the christian message while equally assuming that the muslim one only existed in one guy and nobody ever believed his words or miracles, doesn't mean there's some fundamental difference between the two.
You're looking at two apples, and trying to pretend that one is an orange when comparing.
It is not the same if you believe Jesus was God. Mohammad and Joseph Smith never claimed to be god, just passing on a message only available to them. People interacted with Jesus (God) and asked question and received answers dynamically.
