The “if G_d told me to kill” argument is a good example of the difference between Christianity and Islam. We have the example of Abraham and Isaac, when the Lord provided a sacrifice. We have the sacrifice of Jesus.
We have the scripture, quoted by Jesus, that the Lord hates sacrifice and desires justice and mercy.
A Christian society educated in the words of the New Testament would question anyone who said they were to kill in the name of the Lord. (In fact, most of us would have even tried to stop Abraham.) The muslims would donate money to the killer’s family after he died in the effort.
You miss my point. No where on these threads have I suported Islam or the actions of it’s most diabolical adherents.
The point was up until very recently Christians engaged in much the same kind of “evangelical” bloodletting to anyone who wouldn’t convert, and they did it “in the name of God”. The forced conversions in Europe, the Americas and Africa are good examples. The Inquisition in Spain and other areas are an example of what happened to anyone who
“disrespected” the religion. Tens of thousands of Protestant “reformers” were burned at the stake and the violence between Protestants and Catholics in North Ireland are reminiscent of the battles between Sunni and Shiite.
And they all did it because it was what they thought God wanted them to do. Who is right? Anyone can say “God commands me to do this”. I find it ironic that many Christians condemn islam for it’s barbaric acts (as they should be) while whitewashing and excusing their history.
But my point on this thread is simpler. Jesus said the greatest commandment was to love God, but the second most important was to love your neighbor. He also that if someone should strike you, to turn the other cheek. If someone should take your cloak, give him your coat. If they force you travel with them a mile, go two.
He also said he who violates the least of his commandments violates them all.
So how do these statements from Jesus square with some of th comments on this thread by so-called Christians?
They don’t. You’re not leading the kind of life Jesus told you to, you violate his commandments and you will surely be going to hell for it. So don’t tell me to go back and “read my bible”, because many of the people on this thread who profess to know it, don’t. Like many muslims they pick and choose the parts of it they agree with or which justifies their words and actions that day.
Neither have the moral high ground, only the arrogance to claim they do.