Muslims are rioting in the streets over some perceived insult.

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I care very little for Prophets. They pop up at random when and where there are people who can be lead. It might be different if different Prophets were revealing the same message from the same god, but there is no profit in that. Each prophet needs his own faith and his own followers. Prophets apparently do not like to share.

Getting into the prophet business doesn't seem like it would be all that difficult. All you need to do is convince a number of people that all of the other prophets were fake and you speak with the true voice of the All Mighty. Viola - Insta-Prophet. I suppose it would probably help if one believed in some sort of deity to start with.

So the chief representative of the followers of one prophet said some unkind things about another prophet and his followers. Protests, riots murder and church burning ensued. I guess when it comes to things like god and religion it doesn't take a lot for a little trash talking to get out of hand.

Of course when the followers of one prophet have demonstrated a real proclivity for violence it doesn't take much of a slight to set things off.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 12:35 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment