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[John Watkins]

Are we to believe that Mohammed derived veneration of Jesus Christ and His
mother from "corrupted Judaism" as well?   Mohammed's visitation by the
Archangel Gabriel--that too is from Jewish tradition, primarily, and not
Christian?

I suppose, if one's definition of "corrupted Judaism" is broad enough to
encompass "Christianity."

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> On 6/3/2010 11:37 AM, John Watkins wrote:
>
>> I'd also add, just for the sake of it, that there would be zero
>> Muslims and zero Christians if Jesus Christ had never been born.  It'd
>> be an interesting world with something like 3.5 billion religious free
>> agents.
>>
>
> I don't think that is supportable; Islam claims it began as Mohammed's
> reform of the corrupted Judaism of his time and place.
>
>
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