Comments by "Chris Nilsson" (@GenerationX1984) on "Corey Gil-Shuster"
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Isn't it odd how all the other prophets were Jews except for Muhammad? Nobody respects Muhammad because he was born into a pagan Arab family.
"Yawn," says God. "I'm tired of appearing to Hebrew prophets. I think I'll change it up and appear to a Chinese guy. Or I could appear to another middle eastern group. Maybe an Arab this time. That seems more geographically convenient since there are Arabs who have already been exposed to the 2 Abrahamic religions that already exist. Judaism and Christianity. If I appear to a Chinese guy he'll be confused. He'll start asking questions like 'Who is Abraham? Who is Moses?' I'm God. I can't be bothered explaining a religion to a guy who has never encountered anybody east of Tibet? I think I'll send Gabriel."
Then Gabriel says," What you doing in that cave Muhammad?"
And Muhammad says: "WTF? Who are you?"
"I'm Gabriel. You know. The famous angel from Judaism and Christianity. I was gonna appear in a more exotic part of the world where nobody has heard of Judaism and Christianity but I decided to appear to one of you dark-skinned sand people instead. God didn't want confusion to ensue because of the cultural isolation of the Chinese."
"What are you talking about?" Muhammad asked, scratching his head. "I'm illiterate. I can't even read, let alone understand what you mean. What do you want?"
"I want you to be the first and last prophet."
"Wow! The first Arab prophet is also the last."
"Yeah," Gabriel replied. "Funny how that works. Listen, this new religion is gonna be awesome. It's gonna keep some of the weird Arab pagan elements like flying carpets and djinn and combine them with religious ideas stolen from the Bible. But the Bible got it wrong in some ways anyway. So we'll switch things around for our new holy book that is more perfect than the Bible. We'll call it the Koran."
"Can we say that there was a djinn named Iblis?" asked Muhammad.
"We can say whatever we want," Gabriel said. "This is a new revelation."
"Oh, good," replied Muhammad. "We Arabs would hate to let go of our belief in genies and djinn. Can we put fairies in there, too?"
"Let's not overdo it," replied Gabriel. "People might think the Koran is a bit, eh, iffy if we overdo it with the mythical spirits and creatures."
"Understood," Muhammad agreed.
And that's the story of why Muslims believe in weird mythical things on top of believing that God appeared to an Arab. The End.
The funny thing about this story is that if you take the angel out of it then it seems more plausible than the real story. Truth isn't discerned by faith in God. Truth is discerned through critical thinking and deciding what seems plausible. Are superstitions really more plausible than logical explanations? Faith is for children. Faith in God is no different than faith in the Tooth Fairy. People, like children, prefer to believe in things that are fun and mysterious rather than believing in things that are grounded in reality. Reality is boring to people because they live such mundane lives as it is. When you have a religion like Islam that combined elements of Arab superstition with monotheism, you have a pretty interesting mythology. You have to admit that the fusion of these two belief systems into one faith is amusing.
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