[Zelda]

>Virtually every religion that began after Christianity
>attempts to show that it is compatible with the Bible. They
>also endeavor, usually quite laboriously, to show that their
>founder or faith is referred to in the Bible.

@ TM, not virtually every religion. Just the ones that you choose to acknowledge.

>Thus it comes as no surprise to find that Muslims also claim that >their founder was prophesied in both the Old and New Testaments.

It is interesting that you should choose to explore this topic, because, TM, Christianity actually has a similar status with respect to Judaism. Christians claim continuity from Judaism, and find references to their Messiah, Jesus Christ, in what they call the Old Testament. Needless to say, most Jewish believers do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah, and would likely raise points similar to the ones you bring up here.

PROPHECY is a complex issue, but interesting all the same.