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Originally Posted by Praxeas
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.
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I was responding to Bro Strange's contention that Islam is a wicked religion
because the Quran prescribes horrible things, like beheading non-Muslims. (Sorry I didn't quote him, for context, and he's free to correct me if I got it wrong. See post #61.) If that's how to judge one religion, why shouldn't it work for another?
And I am dealing in facts that have emotional impact. So what? If my child were killed by God, I'd have an emotional reaction, you better believe it!
Again, let me stress: I am not defending Islam, neither the 10% nor the 90%. Just wondering about what looks to me like a double standard.
Speaking of double standard, how does your comment about a blade to my neck
not qualify as an emotive argument? You sure like to throw that accusation around!