We have an idea of what many notables of Rome actually looked like due to death masks and sculptures, alas we have no idea what the notables of our major religions looked like. The Shroud of Turin seems to fall in the fake category, granted the upstate returns aren’t in yet but there is a preponderance of evidence against it.
Watch out, I can see the top of His holy turban!In any case, it’s believed that as an old man he married a six-year-old named Aisha. So, in Alabama, not a pedophile :-).But when people start murdering in his name, clearly, they’re worshipping him, and not Allah.
Dante Alighieri who in the XIV Century had almost all the knowledge available at that time, in his masterpiece the Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXVIII verse 21 placed Mohammed in Hell among the Sowers of Discord. (As an aside. Hmm, no jihad then or now?)The camel trader had dizzy spells out of which came the Quran but in the late Iron Age King Josiah’s scribes were first with tall tales (plagiarized from earlier stories).
I recently saw a quotation from Voltaire to the effect that if you believe absurdities you will commit atrocities. There may be a few exceptions but atrocities seems to be the norm for religions in general.
Note that we are expected to accept and respect Muslim beliefs but they have no obligation to do the same for us. Even the Europeans are beginning to see that political correctness and cultural relativity are suicidal.
Muslims are now able to coerce governments into curtailing freedom of speech. For centuries men have been able to criticize religions without fear of retribution, but now, muslims are able to hobble freedom of speech because allah, mohammed, or any other fictitious muslim deity cannot be insulted. Why have we, who so value freedom of speech, allowed our governments to establish respect for a religion, and, thusly, force us to refrain from freely speaking our minds? Muslims and their fanatical, murderous islamists can kiss my grits.
When is a non-religion a religion? When it’s a “secular religion”? So what I hear you saying is that both religions and non-religions do bad things. So?
Not depicting the Prophet is a restriction in the same vein as “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” He is a prophet, not a Divine manifestation and so therefore not to be worshiped. Avoiding depictions is just a simple way of enforcing that rule.
rhtatro over 9 years ago
Does anyone alive today know what he looked like?
Cminuscomics&stories Premium Member over 9 years ago
Does anyone dead know what he looked like? I once sat down at a table with Saudis. That was not a welcoming experience.
Tue Elung-Jensen over 9 years ago
I just don´t see the issue in drawing some guy you don´t even know what looked like.
catzilla23 over 9 years ago
We have an idea of what many notables of Rome actually looked like due to death masks and sculptures, alas we have no idea what the notables of our major religions looked like. The Shroud of Turin seems to fall in the fake category, granted the upstate returns aren’t in yet but there is a preponderance of evidence against it.
kaffekup over 9 years ago
Watch out, I can see the top of His holy turban!In any case, it’s believed that as an old man he married a six-year-old named Aisha. So, in Alabama, not a pedophile :-).But when people start murdering in his name, clearly, they’re worshipping him, and not Allah.
TheEtruscan over 9 years ago
Dante Alighieri who in the XIV Century had almost all the knowledge available at that time, in his masterpiece the Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XXVIII verse 21 placed Mohammed in Hell among the Sowers of Discord. (As an aside. Hmm, no jihad then or now?)The camel trader had dizzy spells out of which came the Quran but in the late Iron Age King Josiah’s scribes were first with tall tales (plagiarized from earlier stories).
pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago
I recently saw a quotation from Voltaire to the effect that if you believe absurdities you will commit atrocities. There may be a few exceptions but atrocities seems to be the norm for religions in general.
Note that we are expected to accept and respect Muslim beliefs but they have no obligation to do the same for us. Even the Europeans are beginning to see that political correctness and cultural relativity are suicidal.
rgpope Premium Member over 9 years ago
Muslims are now able to coerce governments into curtailing freedom of speech. For centuries men have been able to criticize religions without fear of retribution, but now, muslims are able to hobble freedom of speech because allah, mohammed, or any other fictitious muslim deity cannot be insulted. Why have we, who so value freedom of speech, allowed our governments to establish respect for a religion, and, thusly, force us to refrain from freely speaking our minds? Muslims and their fanatical, murderous islamists can kiss my grits.
pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago
When is a non-religion a religion? When it’s a “secular religion”? So what I hear you saying is that both religions and non-religions do bad things. So?
Goblinopolis over 9 years ago
Not depicting the Prophet is a restriction in the same vein as “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.” He is a prophet, not a Divine manifestation and so therefore not to be worshiped. Avoiding depictions is just a simple way of enforcing that rule.