You omitted the shibboleth (and mythical construct, and outrageous lie) - the right side of history. Anyone spouting that is as fraudulent a speaker as a televangelist (and no doubt shares that unshakeable belief in their own righteousness).
With the exception of the occasional imbecile, everybody has a sense of identity - to allow ourselves the opportunity to imagine ourselves as being something other then what we really are. The moral identity is as fickle as any other kind, ultimately.
I would suggest that Islam picked up it's historicity from Judaism. There is a reasonable case to be made that Islam is a heretical sect of Judaism and follows the idea throughout the Qur'an of the narrative in the Old Testament with many additions and historical inaccuracy.
You omitted the shibboleth (and mythical construct, and outrageous lie) - the right side of history. Anyone spouting that is as fraudulent a speaker as a televangelist (and no doubt shares that unshakeable belief in their own righteousness).
The contingency of history should have got more of a guernsy in the post.
With the exception of the occasional imbecile, everybody has a sense of identity - to allow ourselves the opportunity to imagine ourselves as being something other then what we really are. The moral identity is as fickle as any other kind, ultimately.
This is very good.
I would suggest that Islam picked up it's historicity from Judaism. There is a reasonable case to be made that Islam is a heretical sect of Judaism and follows the idea throughout the Qur'an of the narrative in the Old Testament with many additions and historical inaccuracy.