when muhommed's violent and brutal lifestyle is very clearly documented in black and white in the Quran, i still cant understand how anyone can call him a holy man. as an atheist before i go to my grave i like to know the answer to this question that has been troubling me for the past 7 years?
2006-09-17 03:05:11 · 7 answers · asked by walking stick 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
mindrizz, thats no answer to my question
2006-09-17 03:13:19 · update #1
james wrong answer
2006-09-17 03:14:12 · update #2
kardaleen, thats a bloody stupid answer
2006-09-17 03:15:02 · update #3
people attacked his village and he fought back - you call that violence?
2006-09-17 04:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by Niqabi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you were a believer, it would probably make sense to you. The sense of any circumstances is different depending on your viewpoint. Religion and politics amply show this. We overlook or interpret what would otherwise not fit into our world view. There are many instances of this kind of thing. The same thing could be said of Moses who killed the Egyptian overseer. How can you call him a holy man? Monotheists see polytheism as bad and wrong, why? Is less better than more? If so then atheism would be best of all if logic was followed. It's not a logical understanding; it's about faith, and faith is believing and to believe requires no logic. This doesn't make it wrong, though, just not logical to the unbeliever.
2006-09-17 10:17:37 · answer #2 · answered by Sincere Questioner 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like all historical figures you have to sift through the chaff to get to the wheat. He was a man like other "holy" men and as such has to be viewed as a multi faceted figure.
Only Christians are saying that Jesus was not only a "holy" man but a divine creature. Seen subjectively,he (Mo hammed) should be viewed more in line with a St. Augustine, or Joan of Arc.
2006-09-17 10:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by onelonevoice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because he had anyone who disagreed with him killed since he had gathered a group of like minded people around him who would kill because he told them it was god's will. Soon everyone is bowing and scraping and trying to avoid getting offed. Use of standard brainwashing tools rounds out the rhetoric and the next generation doesn't know that they are being fed a line of bull so it continues until modern day where the leaders find that western ideals and education programs threaten their power base so they have to fall back to killing again and try and keep the population ignorant and obedient.
So basically death threats and being trained to obey and believe without question about how holy and peaceful a man he is.
2006-09-17 10:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by DogbertCarroll 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many wars were fought in the name of Christianity, too. It's from my understanding that Islam is based on some of the same core beliefs of Christianity. Peace, compassion, etc. It's too bad the violent people get all the press, gives peace-loving folks a bad rap by default.
2006-09-17 10:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by mindrizzle 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Which book you are reading?!? Maybe you can give it a try and read the Quran yourself? Instead of just believing what Islam-haters are writing about our beloved prophet Muhammad (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him).
P.S. He was not a holy man, he didn't claim to be holy man either. He was a normal human being - prophet of Allah (SWT).
2006-09-17 14:04:58 · answer #6 · answered by ATK 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
did you really read it in Quran?? coz i also read it and didnt see such a violence... instead of it he behaves everybody equal...
and as everybody knows Bilal was black and one of Mohammed's best friends...
pls re-read it carefully, and find a mosque imam to explain your questions...
2006-09-17 10:11:06 · answer #7 · answered by kardelen 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋