Muhammad and Hammurabi Conversation: Choosing a Religion

Like some other people, I took a fair amount of liberty writing this conversation. The conversation is between Muhammad and Hammurabi, wi th the question being “what religion should we follow?” This is asked by a member of the people under Hammurabi, and is asked on behalf of all the people. The conversation regards the person’s question as the two argue about what the answer should be. I read that Hammurabi wrote his code of laws because he wanted to be thought of as a fair person, so his side of the conversation stresses fairness and how it pertains to this case. I wrote Muhammad in the style of the Quran, so “Muhammad” could be interpreted as really being the angel Gabriel or Allah himself. He (Muhammad/Gabriel/Allah) was written as being very matter-of-fact, saying only “how it is.” Hammurabi, instead, used ethos and rationalization. The conversation ended with Hammurabi becoming frustrated and deciding that each individual person should choose for himself.