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Now if , I'm saying IF we agree with this "possibility" , how on Earth did he choose what's right and leave the huge loads of falsehood ? You're not convinced if we say he's illiterate , you're not convinced if we say he never left his land , you're not convinced when we tell you his life is recorded in detail and the many enemies of Romans , Persians , and Arabians would have knew if he had been "quoting" someone . Not to mention that they failed completely to state what these imaginary sources are .
It's your belief that he chose what's right and left out falsehoods. The fact weather or not prophet Mohammed was illiterate or not makes no difference really. Sure, I find it odd that he ran his wife's business and over his lifetime despite being chosen as a prophet (your belief) he never thought that it be better to become literate the better to serve Allah. Does not Allah wish for people to educate themselves? However, he employed scribes, he was intelligent, he could hear and see... So assuming he spoke to people.. Jews and Christians of the time, of which there is evidence he did do... Then I still don't see how you can rule out the possibility that he heard and was influenced by those around him.
Yes, his life was recorded in detail.. In the aHadith? Of which there seems to be a great quantity which are considered as authentic or not as the case may be.. Who decides what is authentic? And when was it decided?
In regards to his enemies not noticing.. Or people not mentioning something they disagreed with.. Well, you don't know for sure they did not notice... Maybe someone corrupted or changed the texts... Are you sure no one mentioned the similarity of certain sources.. From Jewish writings etc? There must have been good reason for Jews and Christians of the time chose to reject Mohammed's claim as a prophet.. Otherwise they would have all been muslims. I can see why the Christians would not.. But the Jews were still awaiting their "Messiah" they had already rejected Jesus... Yet also rejected Mohammed.

Im not convinced of a lot of things... That is why I question things that do not add up to me.. I accept this could be down to my own misunderstanding when it comes to interpreting the Quran... As I have to compare it with what I already have and when I do that.. Then certain things do not make sense to me. I can respect that you have no such issues because you do not compare Islam to anything or see any faults. I struggle to see what the Quran brings that is "new" or improvement on what I already have in Jesus.


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Now let's say it's not a mistake in hte Bible , Quran would be more accurate . That's the point .
Fair enough..

Peace.