| | One of the major differences between the qur'an and the bible is that the qur'an has survived in it's original form since around 600 CE whereas the bible has been modified time and again by monks in transcriptions and translations, adapting it to fit their needs.
Despite that, then the 10 points listed to prove the cur'an violent here, are not differing much from the stuff you find in the bible on these particular topics.
The Qur'an as well as the Bible reflects life as it was 1500 years ago, and violent it was. I spoke to a christian just a few days ago that suggested i try beat my kid, as the bible seems to hold that as a good way to teach our children. I haven't spoken to the bloke since.
Not the Qur'an nor the Bible dictates the kind of violence we see today, anyone that reads either that way are guilty of gross misinterpretation.
Not the Qur'an not the Bible is free from violence, and both have been grossly misinterpreted to justify extreme violence.
A religious war is a war where the main cause is, or appears to be, religion or religious differences.The European Wars of Religion, the Crusades, and the Reconquista are frequently cited examples.
The greater Jihad, has by some been interpreted as "the sword", the physical fighting, based on the Prophet Muhammad quoted as saying, "We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad". This report, or hadith, has received much criticism as being an inauthentic saying, i.e. it is a saying of someone after the death of Muhammad and was not the words of Muhammad himself. It is generally understood as an inner struggle of belief.
A religious war is a war where the main cause is, or appears to be, religion or religious differences. What we are engaging in every time we use the Qur'an or the Bible as reason, if we are for or against, believers or non-believers is a religious war.
We used to have believers hunting down non-believers, slaughtering them, watching them dangle in public hangings... today we seem to have non-believers hunting believers, slaughtering them, watching then dangle in public hangings... a religious war is a religious war, judging a couple of thousand years of history i don't see anything good coming from this approach.
This religious war where a christian minority and atheists seems united in a crusade against islam is a sad example that humans are dictated by fear and belief rather than reason.
Will the pope still be strolling about with a tea-warmer on his head, will the african medicine-man be casting a mojo on a baobab, will the ayatollah let you shag 72 virgins provided you die first, and will the non-altuistic atheist in the pocket of christianity, bomb his way to democracy for the good of everybody else yet again... These question and many more will be answered in the next episode of...
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