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To: SIRTRIS

He will give their kings into your hand, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand up against you; you will destroy them.
Deut 7:24

sounds pretty similar...


5 posted on 08/13/2014 5:44:53 AM PDT by wyowolf
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To: wyowolf
Not quite. I have seen other people in other places try to compare the writings of the Koran to the writings in the Bible (usually Deuteronomy, which is actually someone else writing about what Moses supposedly said before he died). So I went and read it for myself. In the Bible, God tells the Israelites in their exodus to attack certain cities (usually those that are particularly wicked) and God promises them victory. However, some of the Israelites got full of themselves and attacked other cities and lost in battle, and the Bible says that God never gave them approval to attack those cities. So even if you believe that the Bible does such a dastardly thing as to give God's approval to sack a city, the Bible has NEVER given approval to attack EVERY city or EVERY nonbeliever, and later books of the Bible specifically reject that notion, so the Bible really is nothing like the Koran. The Koran first and foremost speaks of itself as a reaction to Jews and Christians, and the Koran's followers are using it for political goals, whereas Jesus specifically steered clear of politics (”render unto Caesar what is Caesar's).

That's the difference.

In general, when politicians use religion as a tool to gain power, some people blame the religion, but they should be blaming the politician.

13 posted on 08/13/2014 3:28:38 PM PDT by Krusty (Liberal rhymes with miserable)
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