(May 22, 2011 at 4:20 pm)fr0d0 Wrote:(May 22, 2011 at 6:37 am)Napoleon666 Wrote: Oh so christians didn't go about burning 'witches' at all did they?Those people might have called themselves Christians, or have followed direction from supposed Christian leadership. but both the direction and the act were clearly never Christ like... something you can't say about an unforgiving Allah.
The two religions have very different moral bases.
Any religion that combines a belief in a devil with a salvation scheme contingent on belief WILL be barbaric regardless of how much peace and love the founder preaches.
A religion that believes in a devil to fight will see all other religions and non-believers as being at least duped by said devil. After all, if you're not with their god, well, that narrows it down as to who you're with, doesn't it? And if you believe that your neighbor is working with the devil, you are capable of doing anything to them.
A religion that professes that one must believe or face eternal torment will practice torture, murder and other violence regardless of how much peace and love its founder preached. If you believe Hell is real, saving people from it becomes the top priority. Killing a few unrepentant unbelievers to save thousands of souls, some of which might be your children, can be easily justified.
The belief in a devil + faith-based-salvation is a toxic mix. All it takes is the right religions leader who's amoral enough and charismatic enough to pass the kool aid around.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
