[Ryzorian]

I'm afraid historically your incorrect about not killing. Mohammand lead his army into battle several times a year, useually when his supplies were running low. The Koran has a whole chapter devoted to how to devide the spoils of these operations for heavens sake. He also wiped out his own clan because they threw him out of Mecca. ( they thought he was nuts).

I'm not going to argue wether he was a prophet or not, I'll let fate determine that aspect. However, there was very little difference between how he spread "islam" around and how America tends to spread "Americanism" around.

I'm christian myself but I'm not going to hide behind platitudes, christians historically have been pretty ruthless themselves, particularly to native populations. While much of thier actions were un Christlike, going against the actual words of Christ, it doesn't erase the blood they spilled in Christ's name.

Trying to justify the spilling if innocent blood through relgion is a cop out for avoiding takeing personal responability for ones own actions. I think that holds true reguardless of wether your Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddist or what have you.

Hero's tend to be heros in many peoples eyes, not because they were perfect, but because they tried to fight through thier inperfection. To become better than they were, and bring others with them while they did so.