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I recently read an article discussing the theory the Prophet Muhammad’s life was greatly fictionalized in the Koran and/or that Prophet Muhammad never existed in the first place but was a fictional composite of several real people/local legends. Of course, similar hypothesis exist about Jesus Christ.
And that is when a strange though stuck me: similar controversy surrounds the figure of Robin Hood. It could also be argued that Robin Hood had certain “messiah” characteristics. So regardless of whether Jesus and Muhammad existed or not, could Robin Hood become a central figure of a religion? Could legends arise about Robin Hood spreading God’s message across England and the world, telling people to live justly and fairly while punishing the greedy and wicked? Could the “steal from the rich and give to the poor” aphorism become the foundation of a new religious movement?