Muhammad was a sincere person

1. Truthfulness and HonestyMany of Muhammad's claims were unfalsifiable because they were stated to be the words of Allah, whom only Muhammad could communicate with. People had no way to properly label these sorts of statements as true or false, due to their unfalsifiability. Muhammad was proclaimed to be a prophet and hence, people took the words he "passed on" from Allah as the truth, for a true prophet (as he proclaimed himself to be), in their view, cannot lie. If, in fact, Muhammad was not "supported" by and "believed" by some, then not everyone viewed him as honest. This makes the opponent's argument fall apart. Clearly there were people who viewed him as untrustworthy, then, regardless of the presence of positive testimony in texts. These texts represent the views of some, not all. And, furthermore, third-person views of the self-proclaimed prophet Muhammad do not necessarily evidence that he was, in fact, honest. Muhammad did not claim that the eclipse that happened at the time of his child's death was a divine coincidence, but this does not support claims that he is an honest person. Here is why: The claim that the phenomenon was divine would have hurt him in the future, if it were not in fact divine, since it would be unlikely that it would happen again in the case of the death of another one of his family members. 2. Freedom from hypocrisy and double standardsIf Muhammad had accepted the bribes from the Quraish, he would have foiled his plan for power. He could easily be exposed for taking the bribes and his hidden agenda would have been made clear. And therefore, his claims of prophethood would have been retracted, and he would suffer the consequences of being a false prophet. The opponent fails to see that Muhammad, even if he were after wealth and status, would not have taken the bribes, out of fear of exposure. He was a self-proclaimed prophet, and taking money from bribers would have taken away from his claims of prophethood. Arguments1. LiesThe opponent comes up with a definition for lying which was not upheld in the first round of the debate. Readers should take note of this. The opponent's reference to the "moral reprehensibility" of lying is completely irrelevant to the debate. From the first round: Sincerity: (n) "freedom from deceit, hypocrisy, or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating.""Deceit," if we go by its first definition in the dictionary means "misrepresenting the truth."Muhammad upheld lying (deceit) in three circumstances. Regardless of the justifications for the circumstances, the fact remains that Muhammad upheld the act of lying in some instances. This seriously favors the argument that he is not a sincere person. A sincere person does not uphold the act of lying. And we can assume that if he forgave such acts of lying, then he would feel free to commit them himself. I'll drop the Zaynab argument due to the strength of the previous argument in this section.2. When the women asked why there are mostly women going to hell, Muhammad did NOT say "because there are more of you." He said "O women! You curse frequently, and are ungrateful to your husbands. I have not seen anyone more deficient in intelligence and religion than you. O women, some of you can lead a cautious man astray." (for citation see previous round argument) Muhammad also said [cited in other argument]: "Isn’t the witness of a woman equal to half of that of a man?" The women said: "Yes." He said: "This is because of the deficiency of her mind."And this was dropped.Muhammad did not justify his claims with the idea that there were more women. He stated that they had a greater tendency, as individuals, to commit sin. He also stated that they are deficient in the mind. These statements were unjustified by Muhammad and clearly untrue. As a prophet, his words were viewed as those of God, yet we see today that women are not intellectually deficient when compared to men. Conclusion: The opponent avoided many key points. My "Lies" argument is the strongest, since it proves that Muhammad advocated lying, and the opponent is attempting to distort definitions to refute this argument.