Ok so I just finished doing research on Islam for a paper I'm writing. And from what I found, Muhammad was the only person responsible for starting Islam.(feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) So my question is, why do so many people put so much faith in the opinion of only one man? Couldn't he have been wrong about his visions and such?
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Validity of Muhammad's message.
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Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Yes, but people put his faith in him and believe he was right. I for one don't believe with a lot of his things, but Muslims have found SO much good he has done...
That is a question that has baffled me aswell,and why do thousands of people go round and round that rock at mecca.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Ita more then a rock England... Its where Islam started... That was the city where Muhammed lived. That Kaaba was where the idols of many gods were, until Muhammed destroyed all hte people and idols there. Then it became entirely Muslim.
People can say the same about England...Why do we have the highest teenage birth pregnancy birth rates? Why are kids killed on our streets? Why is our youth turning on our elders? Why is our nation going down the drain? Why is Gordon Brown to be the secong Prime Minister to be questioned by police? Why is our goverment so corrupt that they let John Abrahams donate illegal money? They all knew about it and did nothing.
It has to work both ways.
People can say the same about England...Why do we have the highest teenage birth pregnancy birth rates? Why are kids killed on our streets? Why is our youth turning on our elders? Why is our nation going down the drain? Why is Gordon Brown to be the secong Prime Minister to be questioned by police? Why is our goverment so corrupt that they let John Abrahams donate illegal money? They all knew about it and did nothing.
It has to work both ways.
Just to clear up a point here. Muhammad (peace be upon him) did destroy all the idols in the Kabah, but he DID NOT kill anyone in Mecca. Read a reliable history source. They are all unanimous on the fact that when Muhammad did march on Mecca, he conquered the city without so much as a drop of blood, and when he was in full control of the city, he forgave all his past antagonists who had killed many of close followers and friends.
They go around the rock during Ramadhaan for the Hajj, or the annual pilgrimage, in remembrance and honor of the sacrifice of Hadhrat Abraham, when he was ready to sacrifice his only son Ismael on divine revelation.
What do you mean opinion of one man? Weren't all the major religions in the world, Christianity and Judaism, founded by one man, with a single opinion?
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Major religions of the world...Hmmm, HINDUISM??? Dont over-generalise it. Muahmmed had 3 wars with 1 army, he killed em, the army of mecca. Therefore meccans were in the army.
Smoke
Done here.
Not in Mecca.
Before I say anything: I am not a Muslim (although Islam is a religion I'm very interested in), so I'm basing anything I say here off of what I've read. If I'm wrong about something I apologize.
But in all honesty it's no different than Christians following Jesus & his teachings. And the Muslim community are not "following Muhammad". They are following God's will, which God chose to pass on to the masses through Muhammad.
Also Muhammad did not "start" Islam. Muslims believe Islam is the faith of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, etc., etc. Basically the same religion as Judaism & Christianity. Both started as Islam but went off track. The Qu'ran is the absolute, pure, untarnished "version" (for lack of a better word) to bring everything back where Jews and Christians might have gone astray.
As for "couldn't he have been wrong?". Sure but that's where the whole absolute belief/faith thing comes into play.
Super Universe
Defender of God
John Lennon wrote some songs that I don't really care for. They're bad, terrible. Things I would never listen to again, ever. But there's this one song he wrote that I think is really special.
Why do people put so much faith in the opinion of one man? It's not the man they are putting their faith in, it's what came from him that is special to them.
Why do people put so much faith in the opinion of one man? It's not the man they are putting their faith in, it's what came from him that is special to them.
mcteethinator
Idiosyncratic Muslim
Why are you singling out Islam? Nearly all of the popular religions of the world today were started by one man, save Hinduism.
I suspect he's singling out Islam because he just finished a paper on it.
I really think that all the major relgions of the world are just a form of control with the carrot of going to paradise after death if they behave a certain way.I believe in god yet i follow no set religion and have no need to read something written 2000 years ago.As for prothets David Eicke(hope i have got the name right)believed he is the son of God but nobody believes him because we know he is just a mortal man so why believe things men have said 2000 years ago.
Mr. Peanut
Active Member
Hi!
Perhaps many have no choice? Perhaps they do not have the resources to study other scriptures, etc. to determine whether he or his teachings could have been wrong. Perhaps some fear to question it due lack of religious freedom, intimidation and even threat of death. Despite these obstacles, some have left Islam.
Cheers!
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
THINK! All major religions? Hinduism? Do some reasearch into it! Dont go making assumptions of Eastern and Dharmic religions! The Abrahamic religions problems dont make all the religions in the world like them,
Melissa G
Non Veritas Verba Amanda
March 642ad, 353 muslim warriors from Medina defeated 900 commanded by Amr ibn Hisham, one of the poltheist leaders in Mecca.Not in Mecca.
melissa
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Muhaammed (pbuh) killed lots of people. Whether we like it or not, he did. Deny all you want, but he did.
Don Penguinoini
Modi.
Im sure plenty of people are willing to dispute that...