At 10:40 AM 12/19/2006 -0500, Ed Leafe wrote: >On Dec 19, 2006, at 9:31 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > > I don't necessarily believe the religion itself is the root cause of the > > violence, although the Koran (Qur'an) and Hadith writings imply killing > > non-believers is acceptable or proper. > > Like this? > >Deuteronomy 17:2-7 >If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD >thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in >the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, >And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the >sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ...
I thought you said you studied the Bible... The above passage is from the Mosaic Law for the Hebrews. So, in other words, if a person who was Jewish committed the 'wicked' act, they were to be stoned to death. That was their rule of law for civil matters. As far as I know, that law still applies today for Jewish people, but you'd have to ask an orthodox Jew to be sure. I believe Islam holds similar views in terms of civil matters (e.g. behead the Muslim that commits sin, etc). I'm not sure how you could take that and compare it to a call for world domination, or a killing of everyone that doesn't believe the way you do. Now, if you pulled out the passages where the Jews were told to go settle in a land and that they would have to battle the people there, that would have made more sense. But even then, it's not the same as the 'global domination' edicts that come from Islamic leaders of past and present day. I don't believe I hear Orthodox Jewish Rabbi's calling for the destruction of all Muslims. -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
