Well, nowhere in the Bible does it say that a man can march very far without his head, no matter how long or short his chain is....
But seriously, as an exercise in objectivity (i.e., subjectivity to God's truth and consistent ways of determining it) I must say that there are quotes one can take from the Bible, Old Testament mostly, that are similar to some (but not all!) of these.
However, from what I've seen, they are either...
1. God telling people in the OT to kill off others in specific instances (and he knows what their just, eternal and self-directed ends are anyway and it's his call to make) or...
2. People such as David going off in anger in the Psalms, despite God's love - called "imprecatory Psalms" in some seminaries, etc. (and this shows in itself, that the God of the Bible allows and supports freedom of thought --and even general freedom of speech in this world), or...
3. People acting on their own, in disobedience, or...
4. Simply, the way warfare or self defense was carried out --in ways that we would have to allow for and not violent toward those who mean no harm, unlike the behavior these Koran quotes seem to proscribe.
But nowhere does the Bible prophetically call for God's followers to do violent things in principle, such as murdering unbelievers. Just the opposite. (See the Ten Items that the ACLU wants taken out of American culture.) And BTW, in the law handed down to Moses for that time, there are precepts and instructions as to the freedom and hospitatlity one is to show those who aren't "children of Israel" and do not believe in the "I AM THAT I AM."
So, I raise the question, are any of these quotations actually supposed to be prophetic statements saying that "Allah" wants his followers to commit such acts in principle? Do the contexts for any of these violent statements indicate that they are issued as guiding precepts or commands to be carried out from circumstance to circumstance, for "Allah's" followers?
Don't bring in the OT,Christianity is founded on the NT.
Do the contexts for any of these violent statements indicate that they are issued as guiding precepts or commands to be carried out from circumstance to circumstance, for "Allah's" followers?
I believe they do, and apparently so don't the terrorists. - Tom