(August 22, 2014 at 9:02 am)FreeTony Wrote: The non-radical ones will say that those passages are being used "out of context" or some other bullshit excuse. Would a Christian that stones someone to death for blasphemy be a radical one or not? They are just following the bible. Go to Africa and watch Christians murder gay people for a modern day example.You do know what the word context means right? If so then pick up a Koran and read the passages yourself and establish the context for yourself. Isn't that what 'thinkers' are supposed to do?
Quote:It is the rise of secular values in the West that has forced modern Christianity to adapt and lose the more barbaric elements. The same has happened to many Muslims living in the West, though it is a slow process.this is what happens when you let someone wash your brain for you.
Christianity changed because the warlord state was not biblically supported.
Quote:I'd recommend reading "The Looming Tower" which is an account of the roots of modern extreme Islam up to the 9/11 attacks.
