by David Wood
Why should the entire world reject Muhammad as a prophet? Here are 50+ reasons, arranged by category (some reasons could have been listed under more than one category).
MUHAMMAD'S SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS
Why should the entire world reject Muhammad as a prophet? Here are 50+ reasons, arranged by category (some reasons could have been listed under more than one category).
MUHAMMAD'S SPIRITUAL PROBLEMS
- When Muhammad began receiving revelations, his first impression of these revelations was that they were demonic.
- Muhammad was so traumatized by his encounter with "Gabriel" that he repeatedly tried to commit suicide by hurling himself off a cliff.
- According to Muslim sources, Muhammad once delivered a revelation from the devil (the "Satanic Verses").
- Muhammad claimed that he was a victim of a magic spell that gave him delusional thoughts and false beliefs.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH PAGANISM AND IDOLATRY
- Islam promotes idolatry (e.g., bowing down to the Kaaba and kissing the black stone).
- Islam promotes pagan rituals (e.g., the pilgrimage to Mecca).
- Islam deifies Muhammad by requiring unconditional obedience to him and by requiring Muslims to talk to him during their daily prayers. This is the same pagan idolatry committed by Roman Catholics by deifying Mary and praying to her.
MUHAMMAD'S PROBLEMS WITH VIOLENCE
- After leaving Mecca, Muhammad supported his religion by robbing people.
- Muhammad ordered his followers to torture a man named Kinana to find out where some money was hidden. Muhammad then had Kinana killed, and took his wife for himself.
- Muhammad commanded his followers to kill critics of Islam.
- Muhammad ordered his followers to kill apostates, even if they had good reasons for leaving Islam.
- The Qur'an commands Muslims to violently subjugate Jews and Christians.