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Darby · 30-09-2004, 11:41

Valid points A-Bob.

Mohammed didn't actually write the Qu'ran. I believe it was one of his relatives many years later who started to write it, and some of the Caliph's changed it to their own versions about 200 years later. Similarly, the bible (new testament) was not written until a few centuries after the death of JC. It underwent hundreds of changes before being written in Greek...which was many years later translated to Latin, and that in turn was translated into a modern language (I think it was the King James's edition in the middle ages). The monks who translated the Greek into Latin admitted that they interpreted different passages in different ways.

So it would seem like we've got a patchwork quilt of a document that could be a load of codswollop, or something near to the truth. Your guess is as good as mine!! And their god only knows what is reality in the Qu'ran.

I have a book entitled the Life of Mohammed, which I must read again...but its currently in Bavaria...next time perhaps when I want to read a farce!!

30-09-2004, 11:41	#14
Darby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Albions End Posts: 691 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 44	Re: Weapons in Iraq Valid points A-Bob. Mohammed didn't actually write the Qu'ran. I believe it was one of his relatives many years later who started to write it, and some of the Caliph's changed it to their own versions about 200 years later. Similarly, the bible (new testament) was not written until a few centuries after the death of JC. It underwent hundreds of changes before being written in Greek...which was many years later translated to Latin, and that in turn was translated into a modern language (I think it was the King James's edition in the middle ages). The monks who translated the Greek into Latin admitted that they interpreted different passages in different ways. So it would seem like we've got a patchwork quilt of a document that could be a load of codswollop, or something near to the truth. Your guess is as good as mine!! And their god only knows what is reality in the Qu'ran. I have a book entitled the Life of Mohammed, which I must read again...but its currently in Bavaria...next time perhaps when I want to read a farce!!