Arcadius
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And I demonstrated that you are WRONG. (not to be PROGRESSIVELY assumed to mean WRONG!!!!!) There is only one standard that calibrates the Christian Religion and that would be the Holy Bible, and no where can you find a declaration of converting anyone to the faith against their will.....nowhere. Are you suggesting that people are born with an innate faith in Christianity and that faith has not been translated from generation to generation by the content of the Holy Scriptures? Its absurd to blame Christianity for the wrongs preformed by man when there is nothing in the standard that accepts such an act as being righteous. While on the other hand its a most easy thing to point to the Holy book of Islam and see the contrasting difference between the two religions. Its a most simple thing....point to the Book, Chapter and Verse where anyone could even assume that Christianity is to be promoted by violence.....but on the other hand............
Islam promotes a message in the Koran that suggests when any Muslim "thinks" they are being persecuted that it is the duty of the loyal Muslim to "...smite them on the neck until you have routed them..." (Surah 47:4), "Fight in the way of Allah against those who fight against you......slay the aggressors wherever you find them....fight them until PERSECUTION is no more" (persecution can be perceived as anything, one can be interpreted as being a persecutor for simply supporting the nation of Israel) -- Surah 2:190-194).
WARFARE IS ORDAINED IN YOU.................(Surah 2: 216-217).
One does not need a blindfold to take the COKE v PEPSI challenge, just "commonsense".
As long as we're quoting holy books... "The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword: their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open."-Hosea 13:16 Oh, the bible says that you should just kill people who don't agree with you, that makes much more sense. And before you say that quote means something completely different, I'd like to remind you of Occam's Razor. That also gives me the right to dispute your Qur'an quotes, as having deeper meaning than what is apparent.
“The anger of God rose against them, and he killed their strongest men; he struck down the finest of Israel's young men. But in spite of this, the people kept on sinning. They refused to believe in his miracles. So he ended their lives in failure and gave them years of terror. When God killed some of them, the rest finally sought him. They repented and turned to God.”-Psalms 78:31-34
"I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I kept the rain from falling when you needed it the most, ruining all your crops. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away. People staggered from one town to another for a drink of water, but there was never enough. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I sent plagues against you like the plagues I sent against Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and slaughtered all your horses. The stench of death filled the air! But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like half-burned sticks snatched from a fire. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.”-Amos 4:6-11
“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You people have behaved worse than your neighbors and have refused to obey my decrees and regulations. You have not even lived up to the standards of the nations around you. Therefore, I myself, the Sovereign Lord, am now your enemy. I will punish you publicly while all the nations watch. Because of your detestable idols, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever will again. Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scatter to the winds the few who survive.”-Ezekiel 5:7-10
“If even then you remain hostile toward me and refuse to obey, I will inflict you with seven more disasters for your sins. I will release wild animals that will kill your children and destroy your cattle, so your numbers will dwindle and your roads will be deserted.”-Leviticus 26:21-22
"I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I kept the rain from falling when you needed it the most, ruining all your crops. I sent rain on one town but withheld it from another. Rain fell on one field, while another field withered away. People staggered from one town to another for a drink of water, but there was never enough. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I struck your farms and vineyards with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured all your fig and olive trees. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I sent plagues against you like the plagues I sent against Egypt long ago. I killed your young men in war and slaughtered all your horses. The stench of death filled the air! But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.
"I destroyed some of your cities, as I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who survived were like half-burned sticks snatched from a fire. But still you wouldn't return to me," says the LORD.”-Amos 4:6-11
It seems to me that God supports killing people, if people don't agree with him, or don't please him, or because he just feels like it. I think if God does it, it suggests it's good behavior. This is from my list of 40 ****ed up bible quotes (more to be added), by the way. http://www.debatepolitics.com/relig...judaic-monotheism-detrimental-society-16.html
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