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Originally Posted by miraja2
That is simply not true.
There certainly are Christian groups (ever heard of the Phineas Priesthood, for example?) that conduct bombings in the name of Christianity. They aren't just Christians who happen to be terrorists, their terrorism is based on their religious beliefs.
They believe that - based on the bible - their "god" wants them to kill homosexuals, atheists, jews, etc.
Their terrorism is conducted explicitly to please their deity.
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That is what Jesus said about violence. I will never really understand why Christians often ignore what their prophet said, and listen to what some fringe figure in the Old testament said. Other than what Christ had to say, I have absolutely no use for this religion. He's the one diamond in what is otherwise a book of sh-iit. The biggest difference here, is you can justify the killing non-believers (and those who try to leave the religion) with the ISLAMIC prophet's own words. You can't do that by reading Christ's own words. You can beat your wife(if you simply read what the Islamic prophet said about this) if you're Muslim. What Riot is saying is that their prophet contradicted himself. Riot, can you deny his said to kill the nonbelievers? Can you deny he said to kill those who refused to accept Islam as their religion? Can you deny he said to kill those who try to leave Islam? I don't particularly like either religion. I think a person could be pretty decent if they just follow what Christ said, but that form of the religion hasn't really been as popular as the form that uses the old testament(which has the more attractive message of hate for things people naturally already hate.) The Islamic prophet was violent, and this is the reason his followers are(often) violent. If you want a religion where the main figure encourages violence, then Islam is the one. They can't deny that. They can only say that he said conflicting (nice) statements as well. The part about Islam being peace -loving really is
It takes the best cake on the walk. That prophet slaughtered those who wouldn't accept Islam as their religion. You hear about Jesus doing such?