What were our ancestors doing around 1400?
Around 1600, they were devoting a lot of energy to killing each other over theological questions ...
After 1700 or 1800, they moved on to killing people because of nationality, class, ideology, or race ...
Clearly Islam has serious faults, but it's not that our religions and culture lacked those flaws, but that we've changed them over the years to emphasize other features. One could find quotes in the Bible that express similar ideas.
"Clearly Islam has serious faults..."
So now Koran-inspired Jihad and murder of infidels is nothing more than a "serious fault???"
Please, by all means, let's tell the families of those victims killed this past Tuesday that what happened wasn't really an act of war, rather that it was just "their bad."
I'm sure they'll all feel better knowing it was just one big mistake. </sarcasm>
It would be safe to say that virtually no Christian of today, at least, holds any Jihadish doctrine, where man has to coerce man into allegiance to their faith. The Catholic Church has disavowed their Inquisition; the Orthodox Church never believed in it; and it is not found in the New Testament, which is the basis of the Protestant denominations, except possibly for the period after Christ returns (and so far He hasn't).
The story is a bit different with some of the extreme forms of Judaism. The Old Testament/Torah speaks of Jewish conquests of the future for the Land of Israel, and some Jews think that is for right now while others say no, wait for the Messiah who is yet to come. However that is pretty much limited to Israeli-Arab fighting in the Middle East and internecine feuds within Judaism (it could be questioned whether the USS Liberty incident with America also reflected that spirit, but that's a debate for another day).
Islam has a Jihad for here and now hardcoded into their Koran.
Then please post those Bible passages. I want to see where in the Bible it instructs us to lie, cheat, steal rape and murder the infidels.
You cant do it. The closest you will get is and eye for an eye.
Does not the Qu'ran say the Jesus is a prophet, yet islamist reject HIS prophetic words.
Jesus said that he is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE; no man comes to the Father but by ME.
If the Qu'ran is true then he is a prophet of God, correct; so listen to HIM!