Who wrote the Koran

[Undesired Walrus]

Weren't large chunks nicked from the Jews?

You mean there was a time when Jews were not nicking off others?!?!

 

[bokonon]

Not so confusing that almost all (if not all) 43 US presidents claimed a belief in it.

http://www.adherents.com/adh_presidents.html

But so absurd that none of the emperors of Japan ever found it anything but laughable.

 

[CapelDodger]

Thank you very much folks. It would appear that the whole story is a confused mess, just like the jeebus story.

How do people follow such tripe?

The Armenian cultural experience is particularly unusual - the only similar example that springs to mind is the Jewish cultural experience. It's not surprising that some serious weirdness comes out of it.

Armenian history - and Armenians in history - is a much-neglected subject.

That said, people tend to absorb any tripe they grow up with. There's only a typo between tripe and tribe .