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Many thanks for a detailed, thoughtful and complimentary post. To avoid exponential growth in the post length, I'll keep to a couple of points. Surely Deedat must be wrong? My point being that Judaism in the first century had a range of messianic beliefs, which could include more than one...

I'm still waiting for any positive reason to connect Muhammad to the Paraclete. Christianity does need Judaism, in the same way that my head needs its body. Jesus entire context is Judaism; the Jewish meta-narrative his back-story. His raison d'etre was Judaism. I'm referring to the...

Thanks for the welcome! It is rare for me to say this, as I regard fixed positions with suspicion, but that is so in this case. As far as I can see, the evidence is all one way. I'm still waiting for any argument at all that could link Muhammad to the Paraclete. The term Paraclete (advocate)...

In the spirit of helpfulness, I wonder if I could throw out a few thoughts. There's nothing at all to suggest that the Paraclete could be Muhammad, and overwhelming arguments that it can't be. Firstly, there is no indication in the New Testament, the Early Church or any other early...