Gold Bearer wrote:The bible has them beat hands down. It's not a book of love as so often claimed, it's a book of utter hatred from a disgusting religion.yellowmosquito wrote:The Quaran and Hadith are quite clear in calling muslims to kill blasphemers and apostates. It is in the holy texts, and part of the religion.
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And so on.
I don't disagree. It was not my intention to singularly target any one faith. But what should we really expect from books written so long ago by a much more brutal society? How could it have been any different?
I think the question we really should be asking is "Why do we put those books up on such a pedestal?" I think anyone who has ever read them (religious or non-religious) realizes that doing this is a bit of a mistake. This is why leaders "pick and choose", because some parts really could use a bit of redaction to keep up with the times. (Should anyone be offended by this, simply investigate and you will find that that religions books are quite often adjusted by religious leaders behind the scenes before they hit "critical mass".)
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could look at the cruel parts of these books and collectively admit that those sections don't belong? If these texts weren't "written by prophets influenced by god", we would have no problem admitting the flaws within. I think the real problem exists within ourselves, and our inability to admit that parts in those books is just plain barbaric and cruel.
On the flip side, if they truly were divinely inspired and come directly from the mind of god as claimed, well, then we have a much larger problem, don't we?