(July 10, 2014 at 5:13 am)mralstoner Wrote:(July 9, 2014 at 2:24 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: All of those intolerant ideas found in the Koran are also found in the Bible, both Testaments. The bottom line is that Gentiles need to stop believing in ethnocentric Jewish and Arabian religious fairy tales.That's a gross, lazy misstatement. The core teachings of Christianity and Islam are embodied in the examples of Jesus and the prophet Mohammed. These two archetypes are radically different characters. Jesus was mostly peaceful. Mohammed was a barbaric warlord.
I'm not a Christian and I'm not here to defend Christianity. But "those intolerant ideas" are most certainly not found equally in both Christianity and Islam. It's a pretty safe bet that you don't know what you're talking about. Sure, there's much abhorrent in the old testament, in particular. But, as I said, the core teachings are embodied in these archetypes, and they are radically different characters.
"In a nine year period Mohammed personally attended 27 raids. There were 38 other battles and expeditions. This is a total of 65 armed events, not including assassinations and executions, for an average of one violent event every six weeks. He died without an enemy left standing."
Only a complete ignoramus would equate Mohammed with Jesus. Both involve fairy tales, no doubt, but that's where the comparison ends.
According to the Jesus fairy tale when he returns for his thousand year rule he's going to set up a theocratic dictatorship and rule with an iron hand. After he gets kicked out he returns once more and kills off all life and destroys the Earth. You might think that he's a nice guy but I don't.
