Mohammed claimed that the Quran was recited to him by the angel Jibril (Gabriel), about 600 years after Christ.
The Quran directly contradicts the core tenets of Christianity - it claims that Jesus was not God, that Jesus did not die on the cross, and thusly that Jesus did not rise from the dead. (https://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/)
In 1 Corinthians 16:22, "As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."
Where Mohammed was raised, polytheism was common. Mohammed travelled with his uncle who was a trader. He was exposed to monotheism of the Jews and Christians, and thought that was a better system than one of multiple gods. He selected the moon-god of Allah (al-ilah, literally "the god") as the single "god" of Islam. (https://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-moon-god-allah.htm)
If you are Christian, and believe that Jesus was the final revelation, then why would God provide conflicting revelations to Mohammed 600 years later? The answer is simple. Allah of Islam is not the God of Christianity.
They could believe in any thing as a justification for their motives for all I care, it doesn't change the landscape.
I certainly don't advise treating them as allies, but more than one angle indicates they are being used as a scapegoat.
Protesting Islam is a fight for another day. Hell, if we take down the power structures pulling all the strings, we might not have to confront Islam at all. They could just wither away in the wind with what might happen.
Mohammed claimed that the Quran was recited to him by the angel Jibril (Gabriel), about 600 years after Christ.
The Quran directly contradicts the core tenets of Christianity - it claims that Jesus was not God, that Jesus did not die on the cross, and thusly that Jesus did not rise from the dead. (https://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/)
In 1 Corinthians 16:22, "As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed."
Where Mohammed was raised, polytheism was common. Mohammed travelled with his uncle who was a trader. He was exposed to monotheism of the Jews and Christians, and thought that was a better system than one of multiple gods. He selected the moon-god of Allah (al-ilah, literally "the god") as the single "god" of Islam. (https://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-moon-god-allah.htm)
If you are Christian, and believe that Jesus was the final revelation, then why would God provide conflicting revelations to Mohammed 600 years later? The answer is simple. Allah of Islam is not the God of Christianity.
Come one, you're completely missing my point.
Again, they aren't our allies.
But they aren't our primary enemy either.
They could believe in any thing as a justification for their motives for all I care, it doesn't change the landscape.
I certainly don't advise treating them as allies, but more than one angle indicates they are being used as a scapegoat.
Protesting Islam is a fight for another day. Hell, if we take down the power structures pulling all the strings, we might not have to confront Islam at all. They could just wither away in the wind with what might happen.