There is are two consecutive verses in the Quran [Al Anfal 8:12-13] that say: "You believers should smite pagans above their necks and smite all their finger tips off them (12); This because they contended against Allah and His Messenger: if any contend against Allah and His Messenger, Allah is strict in punishment (13)".
The above two verses simply mean that Muslims should be harsh to Pagans and kill them without mercy because those Pagans did not obey god and prophet Muhammed!
Those two verses raise two questions that I hope anyone can answer them:
1- Why should god order killing and refrain from being merceful?
2- Why should god, the whole almighty and powerful, ask people to fight for him? why did not he fight for himself?
2006-08-22 02:34:50 · 21 answers · asked by Bionimetiket 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God is a creation of man to excuse them for there evil intentions. Nothing more God never ordered man to do anything man said God said and so they felt freed from the guilt of murder of probably some of their friends. Unfortunately religion is the uglyness that man created to make his or her life feel more complete. It's easy to hide behind a book...
2006-08-22 02:42:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
really I'm not the best person 2 comment about that but wath i can tell u is that the bible was written many many century's ago Wat was going on then as nothing 2 do with day 2day events now.we are living in a different era all quran's and Bible that were written many century's ago can a could be changed by man no won of this era can say they that God told them 2 kill steal or day for him because God stoped giving revelation 2 humanity maybe because we are not wordy no more because we took is wishes 2 far and some have use them for evil
2006-08-22 02:55:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe God did!
Unless you believe that Muhammad was a true prophet, and his word were not changed BOTH then there is no basis that Muhammad was indeed a true prophet, not just a man needing an army.
I go with the just a man needing an army theory, why would God send Jesus with his message AND example of Peace an Love, only to later send Muhammad and take us back to the Old Testament?
Makes no sense to me!
Peace!
2006-08-22 02:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supposedly, 2 thousand years in the past God ordered Jews kill each and every Christians. one thousand 365 days in the past God ordered Christians kill Muslims. I wrote that via fact i think of God on no account order kill all and sundry. men are who say God ordered that. God is love, and mercy.
2016-09-29 13:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First thing - God does not order Muslims to do anything. The Lord God almighty teaches just the opposite of what they believe. And as far as I know - there is God and Satan - so if they are not following God - who are the following?
2006-08-22 02:44:18 · answer #5 · answered by Gladiator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When one does the research, they will discover that Allah is actually the Moon God worshiped in ancient Arabia and not the God of the bible despite the claims of the Quran. Islam still uses the crescent moon as their symbol.
Muhammad was just a man with visions of grander. He hated those that did not follow him and his teachings. This is why there is so much hatred toward non Muslims in the Quran.
2006-08-22 02:56:49 · answer #6 · answered by Sobana 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Americans went to fight in Iraq.. if in a ground war an American General orders his troops to kill Iraqi wherever they find.. to boost their morale.. that doesn't mean that the General hates Iraqi people.. similarly this verse is mentioned in the Quran where there is a mention of a battle..
It further says.. if the enemy soldiers want peace then escort them to a place of safety and look after them that no one hurts them... will American General say the same thing.. ask ur heart??
2006-08-22 02:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The One True God did not order this nor is the quran from Him. If you take the fact that muhammed was a murderer, liar, and false prophet who has manipulated those that follow isalm, it is easy to understand why that directive is in their from their allah, who is nothing more than a throw away village god.
http://planttel.net/~meharris1/mikescorner.html
2006-08-22 02:42:05 · answer #8 · answered by green93lx 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God did not give these instructions. The Quran was written by Mohammed. These were his ideas, not God's. Doesn't it seem odd to you that in the Bible, God calls the Israelites His chosen people, and in the Quran it says to kill them. Either God is two-faced or we have two separate authors. My guess is the latter.
2006-08-22 03:14:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is not god who orders the killings because god love his creatures and is fear with his dealings with man, never in the bible shows that it was god who orders the killing as you hjave stated. you have no bases blaming god for evrything that is b eing done badly or wrong doings it is satan who did all those things. you have no bases also saying that it was god to ask people to fight for him. no bases and it was never written in the b ible. god gave us the option on what to do wherter bad or good but when judgement comes there the good ones be brought to heaven while the bad ones will burn and put to fire and will be punish of what they have done
2006-08-22 02:55:51 · answer #10 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because only a true, living and all-powerful God would not require his people/believers to do Him a favour by killing all the other non-believers for Him.
2006-08-22 02:51:41 · answer #11 · answered by dt_aiying 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋