Philip Pullman (of His Dark Materials fame) is going to publish an alternative version of the life of Christ. It “strips Christianity bare.”
Have the publishers considered the fact that Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet? That a book like this might insult Muslims? I mean, I know they despise Christians, but what about the Religion of Peace?
Tip: Dale Nelson.
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Possibly insulting to Muslims–very good point to raise here. I hope nothing unseemly happens this publisher.
But it probably won’t. The imams whip their radicals into frenzy only for select political advantages, and passing insults to us aren’t one of them.
Ha, ha. Very funny.
Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet, not God. Therefore, they already believe some parts of the Gospel to be false. Saying that there was once a good man called Jesus, whose words were later twisted to make a scoundrel Christ, might be right up their alley.
There’s something to that, Ori. However, Pullman’s position is explicitly atheist–that God had nothing whatever to do with Jesus. Muslims teach that Allah had everything to do with Issa (their name for Jesus).
But Phil’s probably correct.