027 – Is Islam a personality cult with Abdullah Gondal
We discuss the topic of Is Islam A Personality Cult. Convenient Revelations from Muhammad
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Timestamps for this podcast:
0:00 Introductions
6:00 Verses on obeying Muhammad – Why is God’s mercy contingent upon obeying a seventh-century fallible man? Is this truly from God or Muhammad just speaking? Using threats to scare the masses into submission. Quran 4:88, Quran 4:115, Quran 47:33, and Quran 5:92.
11:00 Muslims being instructed to follow and obey Muhammad without questioning. The most pious people are the ones obedient to Muhammad?
18;15 War booty – Muhammad allowed sex slavery and authorized his companions to have sex with married women. How some verses were simply convenient verses.
21:00 Quran 9:61 – Is this verse from the creator or just Muhammad trying to stop people from critiquing and mocking him?
22:20 Verses on Muhammad’s self-admiration – How Muhammad declared himself the best of character, the luminous lamp of God, the best for his wives, and the best among mankind. Quran 33:56 – 57. Quran 33:06. Was Muhammad making up things as he was going and using God to appeal to authority?
29:22 The different teachings that are pushed in Mosques to give Muhammad an almost Godlike status.
32:55 Was Muhammad a narcissist? Was he consciously manipulating people?
34:17 Quran 33:40 – Muhammad declares himself the epitome of prophethood.
35:26 Addressing the apologetics argument “What about the times when Allah criticizes Muhammad?” – the self-criticisms of Muhammad in the Quran.
39:30 Verse on people demanding a miracle from Muhammad and Allah
41:40 Equating Pledging allegiance to Muhammad to Pledging allegiance to Allah. The self-appointed noble messenger of God.
45:30 Muhammad using the Quran for self convenience – Verse on adoptions and marrying his adopted son’s ex-wife. The parallels between this verse and the cult leader Bent’s story.
49:28 How Quran 33:36 ties in with the concept of self-serving verses. Quran 33:53
52:51 Quran 66:4 Muhammad slept with slave girl Maria and how a verse is quickly revealed to save the day. Did these women have a choice in these cases?
57:30 Muhammad’s jealous – Muhammad’s wives complained about not having enough and how he used Allah to shut them down. Quran 33:31
1:02:53 The satanic verses and how they show the self-serving aspect of Muhammad’s revelations. The cover-up of the satanic verses – Quran 22:52
1:06:28 A verse that exempts Muhammad from the four wives-rule.
1:09:20 The Qibla. How Muhammad justified changing the direction of the Qibla. The evolution of language used to refer to Jews and Christians in Medina and Muhammad’s frustrations as he was trying to convert them to Islam.
1:15:50 Muhammad demanding respect from followers.
1:17:00 The fanaticism among Muhammad’s followers – Drinking Muhammad’s ablution water, holy spittle, the blind believer who killed a pregnant woman for blaspheming against the prophet.
1:24:30 A quick summary of the stream.
1:30:33 Will Abdullah Sameer transition to Christianity? A quick review of Abdullah’s debate with Hugh Ross.
1:37:00 Final remarks.
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