Would it be possible for Islam, in some form, exist if Christianity died with Jesus? (assuming Jesus existed)
Would it be possible for Islam, in some form, exist if Christianity died with Jesus? (assuming Jesus existed)
Would it be possible for Islam, in some form, exist if Christianity died with Jesus? (assuming Jesus existed)
Not really; the pagan Arabian contribution to Islam is relatively minor. The practice of setting one's calendar by the Moon is fairly universal (and still followed to this day by the Jews), as are pilgrimages and ritual circumambulations such as those performed during Hajj around the Kaaba (at least, these things are common in the ancient Near East).But you could argue that it did steal many of the cultural practices of moon worship.
Not really; the pagan Arabian contribution to Islam is relatively minor. The practice of setting one's calendar by the Moon is fairly universal (and still followed to this day by the Jews), as are pilgrimages and ritual circumambulations such as those performed during Hajj around the Kaaba (at least, these things are common in the ancient Near East).
You can't really "steal" a practice anyway because that would imply that you had taken it from someone, depriving them of it in the process. If you had said that it ad(a/o)pted ritual or cultural practices from Zoroastrianism (five daily prayers), or Near Eastern Christianity (prayer niches, prostration, etc.), or Judaism (circumcision, codified oral law a la Talmud), I would agree whole-heartedly, but there's not much in Islam that's recognizably pagan.
I don't think that christianity caused the fall of the roman empire but it gained much from its fall.I believe that Christianity was one of the major causes of the fall of the Roman Empire so I think that without Christianity, possibly, a hypothetical more powerful Eastern Roman Empire (Roma still think that would be divided), would get control over all Arabia and with that, over an hipotetical Islam (without all Christian influence) reducing its size and capacity of expansion.
Further, one of the great strengths of Islam to expand it was made based on Christian conversions, so if an Eastern Roman Empire or even a Persian empire woldn´t get control over Arabia, the Islam expansion would be at least slowly
I believe that Christianity was one of the major causes of the fall of the Roman Empire so I think that without Christianity, possibly, a hypothetical more powerful Eastern Roman Empire (Roma still think that would be divided), would get control over all Arabia and with that, over an hipotetical Islam (without all Christian influence) reducing its size and capacity of expansion.
Further, one of the great strengths of Islam to expand it was made based on Christian conversions, so if an Eastern Roman Empire or even a Persian empire woldn´t get control over Arabia, the Islam expansion would be at least slowly
I don't think that christianity caused the fall of the roman empire but it gained much from its fall.
But back to the topic: Without Christianity now Islam. It the same as without jews no christianity.
Would it be possible for Islam, in some form, exist if Christianity died with Jesus? (assuming Jesus existed)