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From the Koran:
...as Mohammed was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, hello dirty man; hello, dirty man. And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of Allah. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and killed forty two of those children.

What kind of religion murders children for calling someone dirty?

Can you cite the verses there? If that is from the Koran, its a loose copy of an account from the Bible in II Kings 2:23-24 about the Hebrew prophet Elisha:

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said. "Go on up, you baldhead!" He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the LORD . Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths.

Apparently baldness was quite rare in the ancient near-east, and associated with disease and actually moral failure--seen as a judgement of God. These youths were not little kids (probably older teens) so they were of accountable age, and they were greatly (greatly) insulting God's prophet, hence the severe judgement (42 killed by 2 bears!!!).

I must admit, I don't find even that explanation satisfactory--so I plead an "I don't understand." But its in your Bible.... If the Koran copied it, well, that's par for the course. Still there's lots of things in our own religion that we don't understand...let alone other's.

Well, I'm not sure about that quote (I don't remember it being in the Koran) but I have read the Koran a few times, and I can tell you that there are far worse directives contained in the Koran to its followers than a quote about "she bears".

It contains many surrahs that call for the death of "infidels". The only thing worse than an "infidel" (one who rejects Islam) is a Muslim hypocrite (a Muslim who does not follow the teachings of the Koran - or violates them - hmmmmm, would this be the so-called "moderate" Muslims?...or a Muslim who rejects the Koran).

What kind of religion, other than a cult, states that anyone who rejects Islam should be put to death? Because that's the penalty for any Muslim who leaves the faith. They are to be put to death, according to Muslim Shari'a Law.

Isn't Samaria where Caine finally resided? I can't find the specific references, but I don't think Samaria was held in very high esteem by the Jews in that time. I seem to remember that Jesus encountered a woman from Samaria and he said something about dogs. But he later blessed the woman after learning what was in her heart.