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To: Diplomat

"'For example, in the Bible, Jesus talked about being a warrior...'
Care to quote an actual passage from the New Testament?"

The passage is:

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set man against father..." Matthew 10.34

This seem warrior like.


162 posted on 11/27/2004 8:02:05 PM PST by Blind Eye Jones
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To: Blind Eye Jones; nuconvert; dennisw

Those words of Jesus about a sword,(Matt 10;34) were a metaphor for the division that comes between Christian believers, and non-believers. Jesus never advocated violence, in either word or deed.

All religions should be judged by the words and deeds of their founders.

In the case of the founder of the Christian religion, Jesus never harmed anyone, and the documentation to his peaceful, kind and loving nature is abundantly supported throughout the New Testament. In fact, Peter cut off the ear of a soldier with a sword, when they came to get Jesus. Jesus rebuked Peter, and then healed the man's ear.

The documentation that Muhammad was extremely violent, is also well documented.
In the "Hadiths" ("deeds of the Prophet") - It is documented that Muhammad was a murdering pirate, who raped, pillaged, and yes...tortured and beheaded his enemies. In one descriptive account, one of his followers slit open the belly of a pregnant woman, because she was mocking the "prophet" Muhammad. Muhammad condoned this double murder, just as he condoned countless other acts of barbarism.


Of course, there are peaceful Muslims:
those that do not follow the teachings of Muhammad.
Yes, there are violent Christians as well; those that do not follow the teachings of Jesus.

Anyone who denies the realties of what has been going on in the Islamic religion since it's inception, by pointing out that there are some non-violent muslims, is merely engaging in multi-cultural schitzophrenia.

Regards




172 posted on 11/27/2004 9:40:01 PM PST by FBD
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