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Bro there's a difference between a critical analysis of a religious text and labelling all religious followers inherently evil because their text says evil things even though that follower may not interpret it that way.You just did what you hate. Your ex-faith is more appropriate? The one that wants you dead because you turned your back on?
Don't start bro. You could of left all books have content "inappropriate" for these times. Everything man touches is corrupt or corruptable. Yes even religions and science.
PS what you and most people think is yes the old testament is outdated, but us Christians don't follow the old testament, which is basically the Torah.
We follow Christ and the New Testament. The most the OT is for us is a reference.
If we're to have an honest critical analysis then you can't escape the logical consequence that even though you may follow the nt, the God of the OT and nt is the same.
But let's not go down to in depth analysis, as I said it's been done to death and readily available on the internet.
I can't agree on the statement of true essence of any religion. We can conduct analysis on it and come up with an approximate true essence, but to do that you'd need to apply the moral and outcomes of the times those texts were written.Yep Cap..but Islamic leaders need to be at the fore front of this..and be the ones taking charge.. It’s obvious to you and me..and anyone with half-a-brain these people who commit these attacks do not represent the true essence of Islam..but to rednecks thinking it’s not so clear..they believe all Muslims are like these fools.. So it’s these closed minds that need education..and it’s the leaders of Islam who are the ones best to do it..
And who knows..with clear guidance and instructions it may just stop some of these crazies to realise they are not following Islam how it is meant to be followed..
In saying what I have said about people being emotional creatures and acting up, this doesn't mean that those religious texts get a free pass because they do contribute to the problem.
The western world has to strike at the heart of extremist Islamic teaching and that criticism should be directed at the leaders of many Islamic nations. It shoyld be no different to the criticism that duerte is copping in the Philippines. It's about time the rest of the world started pressuring some of these nations to join the 21st century by actively calling out the backwardness cultures of some of those nations