It amazes me how some people just gloss over the fact that, Muhammad, unlike Buddha or Jesus (fyi - I reject all religion), was a slave owning warlord. This is no small detail, and let me explain why.
The FOUNDER of a religion is always the central figure. Consider the famous "WWJD". Its the simplest way to breakdown the tenets of the religion by asking "what would X have done". After all, each religion claims that their prophet was God's guy, the one he wanted us all to emulate.
In Christianty and Buddhism, thats not to scary...both Jesus and Buddha were pacifists in the extreme (if you ask me, to the detriment of the society from which they came). On the other hand, Muhammad was a warlord.
Of course, all Muhammad's wars were righteous, and when pressed, an Islamist will insist that each battle was "just" or "defensive", but clearly, the singular model of exemplary conduct in Islam comes from an outright killer. Its way easier to justify murder in Islam. Period.
2007-09-18
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