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To: unspun
Perfect...

Your "proof" of the entire gist of a religion comes from parsed bits of text, extracted by people whose sole intent is to prove a point.

Do you prefer being pulled or pushed when being led?

[2.190] And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits.
[2.191] And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers.
[2.192] But if they desist, then surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[2.193] And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.

This is part of a parable, and it instructs Muslims to fight invaders and drive them from their lands, but to quit fighting them once they have stopped fighting.

"Fighting in the way of Allah" means not to kill non-combatants.

I could walk you though each and every one of the bytes that have become so popular with the fanatics, but it isn't my duty to educate you or anyone else.

To find the truth, you must loom for it yourself, because surely what will be handed to you, disguidsed as truth, will not be it.

Notice that everytime that I have quoted any portion of the Bible, you have come back with an explanation of what that particular passage was. Yet, in the case of the Koran, you are willing to take the parsed bit of text to mean that which YOU WISH TO SEE.

"...and the truth shall make you free."

404 posted on 04/07/2003 3:15:24 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
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To: Luis Gonzalez
So in this passage, persecution of any kind is worse than killing, eh? A great difference between this, and "turn the other cheek," don't you think? If anyone persecutes you, kill them, because that is kinder than persecution?

Wow.

I do hope to spend time reading those other passages too, in their contexts. I don't think I'll find any better results.
407 posted on 04/07/2003 4:13:30 PM PDT by unspun (One Way.)
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