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Subject: Mahomet started a religion called Islam, which is apparently quite popular in some parts


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Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 12:36:05 01/11/05 Tue
In reply to: Scott 's message, "The Queen" on 12:17:36 01/11/05 Tue
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[> [> [> Subject: Ah, yes...


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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 12:39:47 01/11/05 Tue
I've heard of that. That's the one where they get reincarnated, right?

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[> [> [> [> Subject: Nah..


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Dave (UK)
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Date Posted: 12:45:15 01/11/05 Tue
It's the one where he's orbiting the Earth in an iron coffin, amongst all the geostationary satellites and other assorted space junk...

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[> [> [> [> Subject: That's the one


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Ian (Australia)
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Date Posted: 12:50:20 01/11/05 Tue
It seems to be pretty similar to some of the original forms Christianity, before they invented the idea that Jesus was the son of god.

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Hm.


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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 15:59:11 01/11/05 Tue
But, of course, Mohammed's position in Islam is closer to the Old Testament description of the Messiah than Jesus. When Isaiah first introduced eschatology into the Abrahamic religions by talking about the coming of a messiah called Emmanuel (lit. "god is with us"), he made no mention of that messiah being the son of god, just god's greatest and last prophet. Disraeli claimed that Christianity was Judaism completed, but frankly it can be argued from the texts that in fact El Islam is Judaism completed - not least because Muslims have not rejected the quotidian laws of Judaism: kosherdik, circumcision, keeping one's head covered, and all that stuff.

Personally, I think that Jews and Muslims should get together and boot the Christians out of their pretence that they are in the tradition of Semitic, Abrahamic religions, and expose their semi-pagan, Hellenised, Teutonised and generally barbarised fiction for what it is. Ave Julianus Augustus.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: What fools...


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Dave (UK)
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Date Posted: 16:36:27 01/11/05 Tue
...those who pay deference to the wrong work of fiction...

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Quite.


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Ed Harris (London)
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Date Posted: 16:56:55 01/11/05 Tue
Everyone knows that Arthur Dent was the Messiah, and his disciples Ford, Marvin, Zaphod and Tricia. Glory be.

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