I think the real answer to this question if anyone sincerely seeks it is that if it was fabricated then it can be reproduced & replicated very easily.
That's a ridiculously dishonest request off course, because who is going to judge this "reproduction" and based on what variables and parameters?
Secondly, what does "reproduce and replicate" even entail? Coming up with the exact same nonsense?
For example: replicate for me the books of Star Wars or Lord of The Rings.
You won't be doing that either me thinks.
So, does that mean these books have divine origins too?
That about 1.7 billion people use the Quran to model their daily lives upon even 1400 years later speaks for itself in my opinion.
The only thing that speaks to, is that there are 1.7 billion people who believe it and 6.3 billion people who don't.
If this were just a man made book then any person today should be able to replicate it
As explained above: this is a nonsensical and dishonest request / challenge
, convince people to sacrifice their lives for its Cause
We have nonsense sects TODAY of which the members happily take their own life for "the cause".
Again, the only thing this speaks to, is that people who hold strong beliefs
about anything will be prepared to do stupid things, like sacrifice their lives.
Just like that Iranian woman who set herself on fire because she wasn't allowed in a stadium to watch a soccer match.
and eventually win over kings and nations and establish a worldwide following of billions.
As several, mutually exclusive, religions have done over the course of human history.
So what?
To date the only Ones Who have achieved this influence are Figures like Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, and Moses. They arise single handedly, opposed by one and all and despite things like crucifixion, torture, imprisonment and exile, their Cause becomes established all over the world.
So?
We can not deny the influence of the Prophets and Messengers but neither can we replicate Their influence. The majority of the world’s population follows one or another of these Great Beings. And there is only a handful of Them. Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Christ, Zoroaster, Muhammad the Bab and Baha’u’llah being most recent.
And they can't all be correct, as they are mutually exclusive.
If islam is correct, then christianity must be wrong - eventhough there is some overlap (since islam is abrahamic religion 3.0)
It is a phenomenon that cannot be dismissed
It's also a phenomenon that does not, in any way, prove that what the people believe is actually also accurate.
It ONLY proves that people are able to hold beliefs with such passion that they're willing to suffer for it.
And the many many religions of this world, really don't have a monopoly on that either.
Throughout history, people have suffered as a direct result for standing up for what they believed in - regardless of those beliefs being accurate or not.
They claimed to possess a power from God which to me is much more believable than claims I’ve read here saying They were just charismatic.
Only because you already hold theistic beliefs.
Plenty of people claim godly powers. Some of them gain traction and manage to convince people and others don't. How many they are able to convince really isn't of any interest to me.
To say that because someone gathers a sizeable following, what that person claims MUST be accurate, is really nothing but an argument ad populum. Which is a logical fallacy. This is not how one evaluates claims in terms of accuracy.
No one today has seen Jesus or Muhammad yet Their influence is very real as if They were present in the flesh. Their Spirit permeates the universe and influences the entire world even though physically They are not present.
No. Their followers do that.
Jesus has no influence on things.
Christians have influence on things.
Mohammed has no influence on things.
Muslims have influence on things.
So compose a religion from today’s religions and run with it. Then you’ll get your answer.
Ever heared of scientology?
1 follower in the 1950s.
Millions worldwide in 2019
That's growth rate of millions of %
