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Subject: Mahomet started a religion called Islam, which is apparently quite popular in some parts
Author: Ian (Australia)	[ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:36:05 01/11/05 Tue In reply to: Scott 's message, "The Queen" on 12:17:36 01/11/05 Tue [ Next Thread \| Previous Thread \| Next Message \| Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: Ah, yes...
Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:39:47 01/11/05 Tue I've heard of that. That's the one where they get reincarnated, right? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Nah..
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:45:15 01/11/05 Tue It's the one where he's orbiting the Earth in an iron coffin, amongst all the geostationary satellites and other assorted space junk... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: That's the one
Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 12:50:20 01/11/05 Tue It seems to be pretty similar to some of the original forms Christianity, before they invented the idea that Jesus was the son of god. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Hm.

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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 15:59:11 01/11/05 Tue

But, of course, Mohammed's position in Islam is closer to the Old Testament description of the Messiah than Jesus. When Isaiah first introduced eschatology into the Abrahamic religions by talking about the coming of a messiah called Emmanuel (lit. "god is with us"), he made no mention of that messiah being the son of god, just god's greatest and last prophet. Disraeli claimed that Christianity was Judaism completed, but frankly it can be argued from the texts that in fact El Islam is Judaism completed - not least because Muslims have not rejected the quotidian laws of Judaism: kosherdik, circumcision, keeping one's head covered, and all that stuff.

Personally, I think that Jews and Muslims should get together and boot the Christians out of their pretence that they are in the tradition of Semitic, Abrahamic religions, and expose their semi-pagan, Hellenised, Teutonised and generally barbarised fiction for what it is. Ave Julianus Augustus.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: What fools...
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:36:27 01/11/05 Tue ...those who pay deference to the wrong work of fiction... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Quite.
Author: Ed Harris (London) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:56:55 01/11/05 Tue Everyone knows that Arthur Dent was the Messiah, and his disciples Ford, Marvin, Zaphod and Tricia. Glory be. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]