one of the reasons Islam is the way it is now is that it has not gone through its own reformation. that would help a lot I would imagine, but I also think it is almost impossible at this point.
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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
*snip*(And Mohammed, as I understand it, began as a Christian, and originally saw himself as someone attempting to reform Christianity. When the Christians didn't listen, he formed his own religion. There were immense schisms in Christianity at the time between the Orthodox and those who were seen as Monophysite hereitcs, and a good deal of strife and violence based on the divisions. I believe a lot of the Monophysites converted willingly to Islam, as Islam's tenets were a lot closer to what they believed about God than those of Orthodox Christianity of the time. The Monophysites saw the Arab conquerors as liberators freeing them from the oppression of the Orthodox.)
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I thought he was fascinated by Judaism and studied with Rabbis?