Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Sorry . . . but this is utter nonsense. I belong to no one, have to submit to no one, and live according to the rules I deem appropriate. I CHOOSE to mirror the attitude of Jesus and those of others who hold similar views on life because it feels right TO ME.
every one his family tree will end to Adam and Adam was created by Allah.
The Prophets and Messengers are many, of whom Allaah has mentioned twenty five in the Qur’aan, and we are obliged to believe in all of them. They are:
Aadam, Idrees, Nooh, Hood, Saalih, Ibraaheem, Loot, Ismaa’eel, Ishaaq, Ya’qoob, Yoosuf, Shu’ayb, Ayyoob, Dhu’l-Kifl, Moosa, Haaroon, Dawood, Sulaymaan, Ilyaas, al-Yasa’, Yoonus, Zakariyya, Yahyaa, ‘Eesa and Muhammad – blessings and peace be upon them all.
The Qur’aan is the greatest and last of the heavenly Books, and it abrogates the books which came before it and is a witness over them, so we must follow it and ignore those which came before it:
“And We have sent down to you (O Muhammad) the Book (this Qur’aan) in truth, confirming the Scripture that came before it and Mohaymin (trustworthy in highness and a witness) over it (old Scriptures). So judge among them by what Allaah has revealed”[al-Maa’idah 5:48 – interpretation of the meaning]
84 Say (O Muhammad): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the tribes, and that which was vouchsafed unto Moses and Jesus and the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered.
85 And whoso seeketh as religion other than the Surrender (to Allah) it will not be accepted from him, and he will be a loser in the Hereafter.
While you guys are here trying to outdo each other with font colors, the reality-based universe is quietly leaving your faith-based carnival behind. See ya.
"If greatness of purpose,
smallness of means,
and astonishing results
are the three criteria of a human genius,
who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?
"Philosopher, Orator, Apostle, Legislator, Conqueror of Ideas, Restorer of Rational beliefs...The founder of twenty terrestrial empires and of one spiritual empire that is Muhammad.
As regards all standards by which human greatness may be measured, we may well ask, is there any man greater than he?"
.............. Alphonse de Lamartine in 'Histoire de la Turquie,' Paris, 1854.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history.
number one in the list is the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be prayer and peace .
Prophet Muhammad upon him be prayer and peace Isaac Newton Jesus Christ upon him be prayer and peace Buddha Confucius St. Paul Ts'ai Lun Johann Gutenberg Christopher Columbus Albert Einstein
Now, let's be fair. You only mention this because you happen to agree with this particular author's ranking. If he had put Muhammad at #57, you'd be calling Hart a blind fool.
"There are Lies, damned lies and statistics!" Courtesy of Mark Twain.
Quote:
Originally Posted by moonsun
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history.
number one in the list is the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be prayer and peace .
Prophet Muhammad upon him be prayer and peace Isaac Newton Jesus Christ upon him be prayer and peace Buddha Confucius St. Paul Ts'ai Lun Johann Gutenberg Christopher Columbus Albert Einstein
Hmmm. I got quite a different list.
LEADERS & REVOLUTIONARIES APRIL 13, 1998 (not 1978, like your aged list!)
--David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister --Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister --Mohandas Gandhi, father of modern India --Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet reformer --Adolf Hitler, German dictator --Ho Chi Minh, first President of North Vietnam --Pope John Paul II, religious leader --Ayatullah R. Khomeini, leader of Iran's revolution --Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader --Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, founder of the Soviet Union --Nelson Mandela, South African President --Mao Zedong, leader of communist China --Ronald Reagan, U.S. President --Eleanor Roosevelt, U.S. First Lady --Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. President and New Deal architect --Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President and...
They also debated whether they should have included Adolf Hitler, Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Minh and Vladimir Lenin, all of whom certainly had a major impact on about 50M people who died because of WW-II, or in Russian or Chinese or Vietnamese gulags. (Not to mention the virulent Ayatullah R. Khomeini... a Muslim hero no doubt..)
So your list, though charming, is highly biased.
But still, so what? The easily debunked "Argument from [supposed] Authority" fails on so many levels. If Hitler can be on just such a list, then in what light does that place your buddy Mohammed?
Influence can be in many forms, and just being "influential" does not validate much of anything, now does it?
If Muhammed, Jesus or Buddha were REALLY all that influential, a great deal more people would be influenced by them. Nearly everyone in the world rejects what has been handed down by at least two of them, which is not a good record, compared to Newton, or even Jefferson or Gandhi or Caesar or Henry Ford or Sam Walton upon him be prayer and peace, who are not even in the top ten of this phony one-man's-opinion list.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart. It is a ranking of the 100 people who most influenced human history.
number one in the list is the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be prayer and peace .
Prophet Muhammad upon him be prayer and peace Isaac Newton Jesus Christ upon him be prayer and peace Buddha Confucius St. Paul Ts'ai Lun Johann Gutenberg Christopher Columbus Albert Einstein
I think the prophet Muhammad has an image problem:
Terrorism
Theocratic Tyranny
Subjugation of women
Intolerance of criticism
Persecution of Moderate Muslims
Fear of Western Culture
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
"There are Lies, damned lies and statistics!" Courtesy of Mark Twain.
and everyone is free to agree or disagree with it..
