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Thread #56348 Message #1533373
Posted By: CarolC
02-Aug-05 - 11:19 AM
Thread Name: How to End Racism
Subject: RE: How to End Racism
I don't have time to do any bible searches just now, but here's one that always sticks in my mind...
When God instructs Abraham to sacrifice (kill) his son, and Abraham is perfectly willing to do it. That, of course is infanticide. Why did God instruct Abraham to do this? Because it would be the ultimate test of Abraham's loyalty and faith. God gave Abraham a test that was in violation of everything the Bible tells us is right and good, and Abraham was willing to do it. That reminds me of the kinds of tests people are put to in organized crime and in gangs. You have to kill someone in order to prove your loyalty to the gang. What does that tell us about the God of the Christian Bible? It tells us that the idea is to have compliant followers who will be willing to commit the worst crimes imaginable in the name of their religion.
Then we have all of the various genocides that the God of the Bible tells his followers to commit in his name, in which they are instructed to kill every man, woman, child, and all of the livestock (which they do). And then there is the infanticide of Passover.
And then of course, the incident in which Angels are visiting Lot and the people of the city come to Lot's house and demand that he send the Angles out so they can be raped. Lot says, "Let me send out my daughters instead. They are virgins." That happens right before the God of the Bible completely destroys two entire cities and all of the people in them.
You really need to spend a lot more time reading the Bible if you're going to be casting stones at Islam. Perhaps a better knowledge of what is in the Bible will stay your hand.