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Originally Posted by Timmy
If Islam is wicked because it commands its followers to kill its (or God's, as they believe) enemies, then isn't the "true" religion (the worshipers of the one true God) of the OT also wicked? It also has instructed, at times, its followers to kill its (or God's) enemies. Its followers are told to kill rebellious children. God's armies have been commanded to show no compassion to babies and children, and to rape the women. God Himself has drowned men, women, and children. Think of the babies during the flood of Noah, panicking for air until losing consciousness and dying. Think of the pregnant women being slashed to pieces. Think of the Egyptian families when they woke to find their first-born children dead in their beds.
We can try to excuse these things any way we want, looking at the "greater good" or saying that God knows better than we do how to administer justice. If we believe the Bible literally, then how can we judge the Quran as evil, but not the Bible?
You say oh, that stuff is Old Testament -- it doesn't apply anymore. Fine, but it did "apply" at the time, didn't it? Was it evil then, or was it not? If it was evil, did God correct His OT "mistakes" in the new covenant? If it was not evil, then by what standard do we make the judgment that Islam is evil?
Disclaimer: I do not defend Islam in any way. I don't believe in their religion, and I do not believe the 10% (or whatever) that are extremists are in any way, shape, or form justified in killing infidels. I am addressing only the topic of how we judge the religion itself, based on its scriptures, as wicked. And: I'm just asking!
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Islam is wicked because......sorry Timmy but that is the wrong question and wrong issue. Islam is a religion that has followers in large numbers that believe they are justified in cutting off your head because you are not muslim...when they are about to draw the blade across your neck...is whether or not it's a wicked religion really the issue?
Why do so many people here deal in emotion and not facts? The fact is Islam has been and still is a religion that by and large condones the persecution of non-muslims, either by limiting their freedoms or just plain killing them for not being muslim. Of course, as has been said, not all practice it and not all condone it, but little has changed for Islam in the last several hundred years..
I don't fear Jews coming after me with a sword because I am a Christian, despite what the OT says.
Additionally the enemies of Israel or God were not those nations that minded their own business. They were enemies that came AFTER Israel or were in their land. It was not Israel's job to conquer and impose Judaism on the rest of the world by sword or political take over.