God's Generals: The Military Lives Of Moses, Buddha, And Muhammad
by Richard A. Gabriel /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book examines how the military experience of three religious
founders shaped their spiritual legacy.
This book examines how the military experience of three religious
founders shaped their spiritual legacy.
It is one of the more startling facts of military history that
the founders of three of the four "great religions" - Judaism,
Buddhism, and Islam - were also accomplished field generals with
extensive experience in commanding men in battle. One of these,
Muhammad, fought eight battles and was wounded twice, once almost
fatally. Another, Siddhartha Gautama (later to become the
Buddha), witnessed so much battlefield carnage that he suffered a
psychological collapse. Moses had become so much a
"god-intoxicated" personality that it is a reasonable suspicion
that he, like the Buddha, was murdered.
It is one of the more startling facts of military history that
the founders of three of the four "great religions" - Judaism,
Buddhism, and Islam - were also accomplished field generals with
extensive experience in commanding men in battle. One of these,
Muhammad, fought eight battles and was wounded twice, once almost
fatally. Another, Siddhartha Gautama (later to become the
Buddha), witnessed so much battlefield carnage that he suffered a
psychological collapse. Moses had become so much a
"god-intoxicated" personality that it is a reasonable suspicion
that he, like the Buddha, was murdered.
Indeed, had the experiences of these men in war not been so
successful, it is quite possible that their achievements as
religious leaders would never have occurred. For all three, war
and religion were so closely intertwined in their personalities
that it is difficult to discern where the influence of one ended
and the other began.
Indeed, had the experiences of these men in war not been so
successful, it is quite possible that their achievements as
religious leaders would never have occurred. For all three, war
and religion were so closely intertwined in their personalities
that it is difficult to discern where the influence of one ended
and the other began.
This book attempts to explore the military lives of Moses, the
Buddha, and Muhammad, and the role their war experiences played
in their religious lives.
This book attempts to explore the military lives of Moses, the
Buddha, and Muhammad, and the role their war experiences played
in their religious lives.
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