"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the LORD. "Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction". (Jeremiah 50:21-22 NLT)
2006-10-06 05:06:23 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All you 'Christian' answerers: I'm just doing what you all too often do, quoting the Bible. The Muslim terrorists do the EXACT SAME THING with their Quran.
2006-10-06 05:20:52 · update #1
Yes and there are even more violent things than this in the Bible, if you look at Numbers and Deuteronomy, or Book of Joshua or Chronicles.... there are many many orders to commit genocide. I know this is a modern term and mostly not used for Biblic times, but that is really what is ordered there: the extermination of other ethnicities.
I once asked a question here on this topic, how people deal with that violence and got quite a lot of answers, I give the link to it....
I seriously think the Quran is actually less violent than the Bible because when it speaks of war it is mostly in a context like e.g. a passage of war is followed by the verse "But if the enemy incline towards peace, do thou (also) incline towards peace, and trust in Allah. for He is One that heareth and knoweth (all things)" (8:61) and there is a verse that says "Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for Allah loveth not transgressors" (2:190) - and unlike in the Bible there is no passage in the Quran that orders the extermination of any ethnicity.
I am not Muslim, but I read the Quran because I wanted to know what is really in that book that is discussed so much.
2006-10-06 05:35:25 · answer #1 · answered by Elly 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
There's one even better than that in Exodus. Right after God gives Israel the 10 Commandments, one of the big one's in there being "Thou shalt not kill"... he tells Moses to go into another nation and Kill everyone, including the livestock... EXCEPT the virgins...
Of course this will upset the Christians and they will rationalize it... I've had some tell me "Well God can do what he wants". Would you be a well-behaved child if your parents said "You need to be good" and then they turn around go against the very thing they tell you to do? Or would you find that hypocritical and lacking any authority since they can't "practice what they preach"
2006-10-06 05:31:34 · answer #2 · answered by Kithy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The bible is full of historical events and some tell us of wars and mercy killings. So unjust killings and some ordered by God Himself.
God no longer orders us to kill non-believers. This was taken away by Jesus. He gave us the 8 Beatitudes and told us to turn the other cheek. We are to love and forgive, not kill. The Quran, however, tells the Muslims that in certain situtations it is okay to kill in the name of Allah. So they continue to do so, but some are extremists and take it too far. These are the terrorists. In Christianity, after Jesus came to earth, He told us new rules from God's mouth and we are to love and forgive and die FOR God, not IN God's name.
2006-10-06 05:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Doyou know what was going on at that time? Do you know the reasons for it? I think not. So what's your point? You're just like so many others who take a verse or two out of the Bible and turn it around and use it for argument's sake, without giving the background of the situation and what was going on. Again, what's your point? Let's go back and try it again, shall we?
2006-10-06 05:14:21 · answer #4 · answered by Gail R 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
C'mon. We can do better than that.
What the Bible says about Terrorism:
Genesis 35:5
The terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them.
Exodus 23:27
I will send my fear before thee.
Deuteronomy 2:25
This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
Deuteronomy 4:34
... by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors....
Judges 16:27-30
Now the house was full of men and women ... about three thousand men and women.... And Samson called unto the LORD, and said ... strengthen me ... that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines.... And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood..... And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.
2006-10-06 05:08:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Do you not think war was ever necessary?
There is a difference between senseless violence and war. It's a completely different thing. If you knew anyone who was in the military, and they went to war, would you think this person was a murderer? I doubt it. They would most likely be seen as someone who is serving their country.
War is sometimes inevitable. It is not a peaceful world.
2006-10-06 05:10:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Things changed with the coming of Jesus Christ.. look to the New Testament.
I think the biggest divider Judaism, Christians & Muslims.. COMPASSION, EMPATHY..they are all about THE LAW.
2006-10-06 05:12:45 · answer #7 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, because you are taking that out of context. In this passage the Lord was telling the nation of israel to fight another nation. The Koran says, If you meet another person who does not believe in islam, slit their throat and make great the slaughter. So the Koran says to attack innocent individuals. Jeremiah's people were battling the Philistines, who had attacked israel and won many times and had devastated the nation of Israel.
2006-10-06 05:11:11 · answer #8 · answered by stick man 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
yes that is very violent, but it is from the old testament, a historical qoute that God said, not a command. and since obviously you know nothing about the Koran, like how to spell it, how do you know there are violent commands in there?
2006-10-06 05:13:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a Christian who has read the Bible a lot, I'm suprised that's the worst you could find.
Violence is not always bad, just like anger it can be righteous if used to stop true evil.
2006-10-06 05:12:11 · answer #10 · answered by Sifu Shaun 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋