Its like i said some people will use religious texts to justify their own actions be they Muslim or any other religion.
basically you can pull out a text from the bible or the Quran and interpret it as a defense.
A little hard to do though if the society you live in and were brought up in...
People can use religious scripture to justify anything, cultural influences are involved here, If such acts were "unthinkable" in the culture you grow up in or live in day to day then it would be a lot harder to justify it.
They are Christians.
and sorry i dont understand what you are asking here. I think christian missionaries assimilated existing festivals and some sacred sites to make it easier to convert.
well if i take the view that Islam is the original religion:
If judaism and Christianity were not "corrupted" and they hadn't strayed from the original Islam, there would have been no need for the prophets revelation to correct this corruption, or remind anyone of the original Islam, so they...
the celebration of what we now call Easter is much older than Christianity so , i think we would still be celebrating ( if that's the right word ) Easter, with or without the introduction of the middle eastern religion to our shores. They couldn't wipe out all our festivals so they very wisely...
Yes those things would never have happened if they accepted his prophecy to begin with. Once Arabs were intent on leaving the Arabian peninsular and crossing the world people didn't accept the prophecy did they, hence the rise of Islamic Empires.
I suggest it was more about power than...
i am with Rick on this one, mankind has survived Ice ages ,catastrophic plagues, and natural disasters,Empires have waxed and waned. i am sure any predicted economic or social collapse wont see us all off, we will just continue to adapt to conditions or adapt those conditions to survive.
Its a matter of faith!! , you either choose to believe it or you don't. Unless your brought up by "believers" and its drummed in to you that its a truth, then i think its a little more difficult but not impossible to form your own opinions.
same for any "revelation"