Angels Fight For Muhammad?

    Muhammad and Islam became a recognized force after the Battle of Badr. According to the Quran, Muhammad told his men that three thousand angels had been fighting at that battle with them. Really? What did they use, their harps? Since angels are supernatural, why were there 3,000? Wouldn't one do? If God wanted Muhammad to win the Battle of Badr, why didn't he just will it and it would be done? What were Muhammad's men to do? Be honest and say, "Boss, we didn't see any angels."? If you say that the angels was a figure of speech, then you slide into saying everything in the Quran could be a figure of speech as there is no evidence for any of it, just like the Jewish and Christian bibles. They, as well as the other religions, are all the word of men saying they have seen and talked to God or his representative. They can't all be right, can they? Can you handle the idea that they may all be wrong? That they either sincerely thought it was happening or deliberately made it up?
    There was a time in my life when I slept with my Bible placed on the other side of my bed where my wife used to sleep. It wasn't that I believed the Bible was true or correct but because so many people had read it in the pursuit of truth and goodness and because so many people had died for simply reading and believing in it. Of course, people seeking to have the power of violence over other people used the Bible - they will use whatever works!- to justify their torture and killing of many people. Will the Kharajites allow you to use the Quran for goodness and reflection or is it just control and hate with them? Are you really planning to put yourself into a situation where you could be killed for not believing 3,000 angels fought alongside Muhammad's men at the Battle of Badr? That would be absurdity piled on top of absurdity! Think, man! Think, woman!
Peter Nickerson, Philosophy Major, Class of '68, William and Mary
"The measure of a man,
  Is not what he says,
  But what he does,
  And what he allows others,
  To do in his presence."
   - Navy Seal Instructor