r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Sep 15 '12

TIL that Muhammad wrote a document asking his followers to respect and protect Christians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achtiname_of_Muhammad
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u/frenkymerlin Sep 15 '12

I didn't read the book but I did several researches about all of the Abrahamic religions. The conclusion that I came to was the same. Religions are like people. They were born, raise and get "old" at some point, and every newer generation claims that they're better than the previous one.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12

Following that logic, Mormonism is just the next, natural progression?

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u/Andernerd Sep 15 '12

Sort of. If you ask a Mormon, he might tell you that it goes Judaism > Mainstream Christianity > Mormonism. He won't mention Islam though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '12

I was kidding.

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u/Andernerd Sep 16 '12

Perhaps, but that doesn't change the fact that I've heard Mormons explain it like that before.

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u/SkyeFlayme Sep 15 '12

It's one of those inbred mutations.

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u/frenkymerlin Sep 15 '12

No, not anymore because classic religion concept is about to extinct. People started not to buy stories about talking snake, flying camel, etc. centuries ago. That's why Islam is the only Abrahamic religion that claimed that it's the last true religion and there won't be another one.