Muslims are Buddhists?

Submitted by the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan (Australia), Nov 7, 2009 at 20:03

Anne-marie writes;
"O "the grand Infidel of Kafiristan", you probably know that Muslims believe and teach that Islam is the natural religion of mankind and that it has existed since the beginning... . ALL HUMAN BEINGS, THEREFORE, ARE BORN MUSLIMS.

And as you would probably realise Buddhists speak of everyone having a Buddha-nature - which is defiled by contact with the world. So then , we can ask 'is everyone a Buddhist' ? If so then obviously all Muslims are Buddhists - especially since Buddha espoused his teachings some 2000 years before Mo appeared on the scene.
The Muslim 'argument' besides being incredibly puerile, is based on false premises - where is the proof that Muslim beliefs have existed since the beginning? Aside from this doesn't one have to recite the 'shahada' and 'accept' Mo as a prophet (indeed the last prophet) in order to become a Muslim? If so - then people born before Mo's time can never have become Muslim.

But we know that Muslms are not Buddhists. The two philosophies could hardly be further apart.

".......It is the action of their parents which changes their religion to something else. That is why Muslims talk about people CONVERTING to Islam by using the term "revert" (returning to Islam) . They are just returning to their ORIGINAL RELIGION."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6296157.stm

This girl reverted to a more natural state in a big way - with no input from her parents. Has she automtically found the 'original religion'? Is she now a Muslim?

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