Mohammed took what he wanted from the Bible (Torah - Old Testament) and ignored the rest.

Submitted by bob (United States), May 1, 2007 at 16:45

One of Mohammed's underlings came to him and stated that he wished to use one of his slave women sexually but did not want to cause her to become pregnant.
Mohammed advised him to use her as he pleased but to withdraw before inseminating her. Mohammed stated that the Jews lied when they cited the account of Onan and Tamar to show God's displeasure with this corruption of intercourse. Mohammed further told the man that if God chose to cause his act to beget a child, the man's efforts to avoid procreation would be in vain.

It has been stated that while Mohammed evangelized by preaching that he only attracted about 150 followers. It was upon his resort to "evangelization" by the sword that he gained thousands of converts.

Mohammed was not all bad. He vigorously opposed the pagan Arab tradition of murdering unwanted female infants.

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