>On 03/09/2013 02:05 PM, Bob Casanova wrote:
>> On Sat, 9 Mar 2013 08:47:39 -0800 (PST), the following
>> appeared in talk.origins, posted by SkyEyes
>> <
skye...@cox.net>:
>>
>>> On Mar 9, 12:54 am, Thrinaxodon <
biolo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 1:25:15 AM UTC-5, SkyEyes wrote:
>>>>> On Mar 8, 4:39 pm,
omar...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Learn About The Religion Of Islam
>>>>
>>>>>> Visit the following location Free:
>>>>
>>>>>>
https://sites.google.com/site/listen4quran/
>>>>
>>>>> I know all I want to know about the origins of islam. Kindly FOAD.
>>>>
>>>>> Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
>>>>
>>>>> skyeyes nine at cox dot net OR
>>>>
>>>>> skyeyes nine at yahoo dot com
>>>>
>>>> It was "divinely" inspired by an "angel" according to muslims, but much more likely, it was made up by ignorant near-savages like the rest of the western or eastern religions.
>>>
>>> Indeed, that seems to be the case, as much of the Quran seems to be
>>> composed of badly remembered Bible verses and rehashed Jewish and
>>> Christian mythology.
>>
>> Well, since it derived from early Christianity (the same as
>> Christianity derived from Judaism) that's hardly surprising.
>
>There was some syncretism with previously established Arabic cultural
>traditions no? Islam didn't arise out of a vacuum.