Message from @Eoppa
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i'd reckon either because of legitimate zelaoutry or political reasons
muhammad had a sort of "kill all pagans policy"
Mass convertion tends to lend credibility to charismatic, that's what I'm saying
when he destroyed the idols in mecca and nothing bad happened i'm sure that left an impression on the pagan arabs
If all of India converted, I'd possibly believe it
sure, but this dude was a king in hindu india
It was literally only him who converted
if all of india converted i'd definitely believe it, lol
India had such a large population, some others must have seen it no?
his astronomers saw it supposedly
and then when muslim traders came to malabar they explained what happened to the king
so he went to visit muhammad for himself and converted
That's not a minor thing, it was only the king and his close men according to the tradition. I'm asking for something substantial outside of the oral tradition
idk man, it's pretty scary to me
What could have happened is he heard of a great conqueror, on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad, and all of this converted him.
That story has the same backing as this
>on his way there someone explained that the moon split according to Muhammad
but if he didn't see him split it this would disprove islam, no?
Why would it disprove Islam?
The entire world didn't see it split
I'm pretty sure the moon split could somehow be explained astronomically or scientifically, and if not I'm pretty sure it's not as we think it was.
Do we have any precise description of how the moon looked like btw?
Some Muslims think it's allegorical
It probably was not an eclipse imo
It split in half completely iirc
Bc I think there was only one eclipse during the time of his life
And the Quran already used that one up earlier I believe
Tribal
People knew what an eclipse was and how it worked very well, it was definitely not an eclipse.
I haven't done any research on the subject, I'm gonna look it up.
I mean it doesn't need a scientific explanation
As it's only been noted within Islamic tradition
i've always found it scary how successful this religion is
besides that point
Christianity has more converts, Islam just has more babies
Battle of yarmouk?
En toto
but you don't consider other churches to be christian
Sure I do