Can we distinguish between two books?

Question

One, in a few passages thousands of years old that you have to try hard to find among a lot of yea who giveths and he who begatteths you can find a few juicy tidbits of violence and misogyny, and another, which basically reads cover to cover like the script of Saw III? One in which God is sometimes angry and violent and jealous but in which he does almost all his own wet work, and the other that says the God wants you to kill unbelievers wherever you find them?

I'm not a huge fan of either religion but can you not see that equating the two is like equating a kid selling weed on the corner with Pablo Escobar?

That's the thing - I'm NOT judging them by the cover but by the contents!

Answer 1

Then read the contents. Where does the jealousy come into play. What would God be jealous about? Perhaps you purchased something on that same corner.

Answer 2

Both advocate violence against outsiders. Both say its OK to punish people for believing differently that you do.

Both also have the core philosophy of tolerance and love, which often gets lost among the violent bits.

Committing violence in the name of religion is equally wrong, regardless of whether the person is committing violence because the book says "X is evil" or the book says "X must be killed".

Personally, I really don't see the difference. Either followers are killing and maiming others based on religious dogma, or they are being tolerant of such differences. The specific words used to justify the hatred and violence aren't relevant.

Answer 3

http://galileo.rice.edu/chr/inquisition.html

It's not the book, it's the idiots interpreting it who do the most harm.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/ira.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/abo_viol.htm
http://atheism.about.com/od/adolfhitlernazigermany/p/NaziChristian.htm

Answer 4

Good analogy(s).

Answer 5

Not by the cover...lol..lol..lol..lol..lol





sorry.

Answer 6

yes we can