Jesus, Paul, And Mohammed: Com

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wrong, and that Jesus should be one. In some sense those who believe that Jesus are right because the amount of Christians in the world almost doubles that of the Moslems. Yet if we carefully look at Hart’s reasons for ranking them the way he does, you would see that his ranking seems more understandable.
First we should start by analyzing Hart’s reasons for ranking Muhammad one. His main point for ranking him one, above Jesus, is because “ Muhammad played a more important role in the development of Islam then Jesus did on the development of Christianity”(9). He believes this statement to be true because St. Paul complemented Jesus in helping to spread the belief of Christianity. Though Jesus was responsible for the main ethical and moral precepts it was St. Paul who was the main developer of its theology, its proselytizer, and for writing a large portion of the New Testament. While on the other hand Muhammad was the only one responsible for the ...

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who helped to shape the theology of Christianity. Since Christianity became such an important factor in the shaping of history, St Paul had to be put near the top of the list. The most important factor that St. Paul contributed to Christianity was his missionary work in which he was very successful in converting non-Jews into Christians.
To me there are a few factors that I would consider important to be considered a person who has a great impact on history. I believe that probably the single most important factor is for the person to think individually. I believe that the person should have his own ideas and beliefs, because it always seems to be the people who are considered to be ...

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