10-12-2004, 01:48 PM
But there are varying interpretations of the Quran just as there is for any other document. I'm a little confused by that statement. Even though a majority of Muslims today read from a standard text, there is yet variation....
Is it not Muhammad who predicted that the ummah would eventually divide into 73 different sects? Are there not sects today that differ with one another? They differ with one another on one or more points. I actually found the list of names on the internet yesterday.
I have never understood this argument, because there is not a faith system on earth that doesn't have people with differing views/opinions.
And as I said about this Jesus Seminar group, I wouldn't even classify most of them as Christian.
How, for instance, could a person claim to be a Muslim but then they also believe that Muhammad was not the last prophet? Wouldn't that be denying a very basic tenet/belief of Islam?
It's the same with these people who wrote this book.