he wouldn’t be a full on messiah till he came back from the dead
I’m not at all sure about that bit. I speak Arabic and lived for several years in Muslim countries, but never heard that one before.
they also don’t buy into Easter and that he came back from the dead
The rationale I’ve heard is that Allah wouldn’t let one of his greatest prophets die such an undignified death. So the Islamic story is that JC magically escaped crucifixion somehow. Maybe he did an Elijah?
Like, Islam is basically “diet Christian” where there was still some supernatural shit
Muhammad flying from Jerusalem to heaven on a magical winged horse named Buraq, and hanging out with prophets such as Moses, is certainly at least slightly supernatural. The part where he’s reciting part of the Qur’an to some people at an oasis, is overheard by djinn, and some of the djinn convert to Islam is another good one. Apparently Mo got teased about that, some verses in the Qur’an have harsh words about those who doubted and mocked him.
Obviously there’s some wild ones out there today
The racist fundamentalists in the US who support Trump are, if not wild, at least insane. Half their beliefs are fanfic, the rest are cherrypicked or just fabricated with no reference to the Bible or Christian tradition.
I’m not at all sure about that bit. I speak Arabic and lived for several years in Muslim countries, but never heard that one before.
The rationale I’ve heard is that Allah wouldn’t let one of his greatest prophets die such an undignified death. So the Islamic story is that JC magically escaped crucifixion somehow. Maybe he did an Elijah?
Muhammad flying from Jerusalem to heaven on a magical winged horse named Buraq, and hanging out with prophets such as Moses, is certainly at least slightly supernatural. The part where he’s reciting part of the Qur’an to some people at an oasis, is overheard by djinn, and some of the djinn convert to Islam is another good one. Apparently Mo got teased about that, some verses in the Qur’an have harsh words about those who doubted and mocked him.
The racist fundamentalists in the US who support Trump are, if not wild, at least insane. Half their beliefs are fanfic, the rest are cherrypicked or just fabricated with no reference to the Bible or Christian tradition.