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Jesus did not say to spread his ideology by force. OTOH, Muhammad did
I disagree a bit---------it is not really clear what Muhummad said------he was illiterate. His followers SAID and WROTE.----later on. Jesus was literate in Aramaic and Hebrew---but left NO WRITINGS AT ALL (ambitious Israelis are digging
up their cellars) Holy roman empire used LOTS OF FORCE to enlarge itself-------muslims emulated
Muhammad was literate. Muslims later made up that he was illiterate to embellish the “miraculous” nature of the Koran.
Islamic sources say Muhammad threatened foreign rulers such as Heraclius to convert (Look up Muhammad’s letter to Heraclius) which was interpreted to mean that Muhammad wanted Islam imposed on the world
oh----I never bought into the "muhummad was illiterate" BS---persons with normal brains in their heads DO NOT REMAIN
densely illiterate if they live amongst literate people ----like in
MECCA ----stopover for CARAVANS of the east --west, west - east trade with HIGHLY literate hindus, Zoroastrians, jews and Christians ALL OVER THE PLACE. One would be
forced to accept that the guy was BRAIN DAMAGED
Here, for example, Muhammad is recorded as having been literate
Muslims invented Muhammad’s illiteracy as a defense against charges that he plagiarized the Bible (he did) and to show that it had to have come from “Allah”
one good reason-----another---to attract the illiterate (most arabs) to the "faith" Over there in mecca------arabs faced
off with------HIGHLY LITERATE PEOPLE------hindus, Christians, jews, Zoroastrians ---etc. THINK HOW
INFERIOR THEY FELT. Then their "god" chose an
illiterate----just like them, to be HIS PERSONAL PAL
and HANDED HIM A WHOLE BOOK------now arabs could see themselves as "HUMAN BEINGS WITH A BOOK" ----just like
hindus and Zoroastrians and Christians and Jews
Koran was simply the Bible recycled for Arabs without scripture Here the Koran embarrassingly boasts “Hey look at me, I’m written in Arabic!” The Bible doesn’t boast it’s in Hebrew LOL