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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
In Romans 1:31-32 (New Testament, of course) it says debaters, gossipmongers, backbiters, disobedient children, homosexuals, covanantbreakers and a bunch of others-- "Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death."
Doesn't sound so tolerant, does it? And Jesus himself said he wasn't on earth to disavow the prophets, but to fulfill them. And they said some pretty harsh things-- including the killing disobedient children thing in the Old Testament.
Mind you, I don't think any religious text is a good guide for foreign policy... but I don't think it's accurate to say Christians who kill non-Christians are violating their faith and only Islam is naturally intolerant. Christianity can be just as intolerant as any other Western faith and can be justified Biblically. It seems to me that intolerance is a characteristic not of one faith but of the fundamentalist branches of all faiths.
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You have ignored the major point.The prophet of Islam(Mohammad) actually killed people who were nonbelievers in him.He told his followers to do the same,and that's why they hate to live with people of other religions(their own prophet told them to do away with nonbelievers.)You can blame all religions if it makes you feel better.You can find something violent in the Bible written by somebody other than the prophet that Christians base their salvation on.The fact is that Islam is the religion who's followers are presently killing others because they(OTHERS) don't believe in their prophet Mohammad.Moslems follow the words and actions of their prophet Mohammad(he himself killed nonbelievers,and encourages his followers to do the same,and that's what they are doing.)Christians follow the teachings of their prophet Jesus Christ(he killed nobody,and didn't encourage the slaughter of those that don't believe in him.)Please give me the name of a present day Christian group that encourages slaughtering people because they don't believe in Jesus Christ.I can give you many names of Moslem groups that encourage killing nonbelievers.We all saw that in Afghanistan,they wanted to kill one of their own Moslems who converted to Christianity. Christians and Jews kill others in self defense(this is what is going on now in Southern Lebanon.)Jews are targetting Moslems in Hezbollah.Why are Jews doing this?Is it because Moslems aren't of their religion? No,it is because this group of Moslems is shooting rockets at the people of Israel,and blows up buses in Israel.As far as Romans 1:31-32 goes,those are the words of an idiot called Paul.You can find a lot of people's words in the Bible,but you won't find Christ telling his followers to slaughter those who don't believe in him.You will,however,find that the prophet that Moslems follow,does encourage his followers to kill the nonbelievers.In fact he killed nonbelievers himself.A big difference.Those who don't want to see the difference will continue to be surprised at the violence used by Islamic groups.Read what their prophet said,and did.You will understand their violence better.