Now, about that pagan connection. Up front we must simply admit that we cannot give heed to those who say that Islam is merely a cult of moon worshippers. Ask as many Muslims as you will, you will find that none of them is knowingly involved in worshiping either the moon, or a moon-god in statue form, or some demon behind it all. Obviously. It’s not that simple.

On the other hand, one cannot ignore Islam’s origins, borne out by history, archaeology, theology. It’s oh so clear where the Muslim faith originated, and the connections it still has.

One can have a conversation with a Roman Catholic, even a knowledgeable one, and find that the person is unaware of anything pagan in his religion, whether practice or precept. But the connection is still real. The poison will still kill, though undetected.

One could counter, wait! What about Abraham's origin? Our venerable “father of the faithful” was possibly a moon worshiper himself, but at the very least he came out of a city given over to that practice! Was he always a man of God? Or did God have to call him out of pagan Ur unto Himself? Certainly members of his family had been contaminated in some way, hence the call for separation. So what is the difference between an Abraham and a Muhammad? Both were founders of a world religion that began in a pagan setting.

That is not too difficult a question to answer:

1. Abraham was first. By 2,700 years. The Jewish religion had been evolving from one revelation to the next until it culminated in the coming of Messiah. Muhammad perverted the message of Abraham and the Messiah that came from him, while claiming to be a descendant of Abraham in the true faith.

2. Abraham received his message from the Lord God Himself. Muhammad heard from an "angel", if we are to believe the standard tradition of Islam’s beginnings. We would have to add, a fallen angel, pretending to be a true one. There are some who would say he created the entire "revelation"in his own mind and never heard from anyone.

3. Abraham’s people were promised by the living God, the land of Canaan, and received it. This is Israel. No such prophecy is found in the Koran.

4. Through Abraham was to come the one who would bless all nations. Jesus fulfilled that perfectly. Muhammad was given no such promise, only threatenings of Allah-style justice on the wicked.

Let's look at the pagan connection more fully. It is further established by a look at paganworship in the world generally, worship of the moon-god in Arabia in the 7th century, what the name “Allah” meant to the Arabians, and a study of just who was the moon god. Piece all that together, and there is only one conclusion. Somehow, paganism still lives, with new names.

But, call the Muslims deliberate moon-worshipers today? Why, the Koran specifically says Allah’s people are not to worship the moon!

The pagan worship of "meteorites."

We can begin to trace Arabic paganism by taking a look at the meteorites that have visited us from time to time.

For centuries in the Roman and Greek world, religious cults formed around a fallen meteorite. The book of Acts records an episode in Paul's life that reveals that the Ephesians truly believed that the statue of Diana in the Temple that honored her actually had been sent down from Jupiter.

Many other cities over the Greek and Roman time claimed similar visitations and had the rock to prove it. These stones were worshiped, listened to...

We all know of a similar stone, a black one, that resides in the sanctuary of Mecca, Arabia. The Ka'abah is a stone building intending to house the mysterious stone, a meteorite worshiped for many centuries before Muhammad. Amazingly, the Prophet found a way to incorporate the old paganism into his new religion , and to this day Muslims must offer their kisses to this inanimate object of devotion. Muslims of course are not permitted to portray God as an object, nor is adoration of objects allowed, yet as their first cousins the Romanists, who essentially worship Mary, Islamists have found a way to justify their practice. In Muslim thought the stone is actually a divine meteorite that got here even before the creation, and wound up at the feet of Adam and Eve. It is called "the right hand of God." Oh my.

Proof? Who can prove such a thing? To the Muslim, this has simply been divinely revealed. And a divine stone, divinely revealed, must certainly get the attention it gets, but we won't call it worship. Shhhh.

That is a pagan connection.

The moon god in history.

Here is another connection to paganism.

This illustrious heavenly body, the moon, is no stranger to being the object of worship, either by itself or via a carved image wearing its name. The worship of the moon was extensively practiced by the nations of the East, per Merrill Unger (Bible Dictionary). Others claim that moon-god worship was the prevailing religion of the ancient world.

The Sumerians were the first culture to leave literature for us to interpret. They without question worshipped a moon god who had many names, but one symbol: the crescent moon. It is believed that this worship was the predominant one in Sumeria.

In old Assyria and Babylonia the moon-god Suen , later Sin, prevailed. In Babylonia's city of Larsa, Eri-Aku was king. His name means “the servant of the moon-god”.