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Thread #56348   Message #1533413
Posted By: GUEST,David Hannam
02-Aug-05 - 12:10 PM
Thread Name: How to End Racism
Subject: RE: How to End Racism
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.

Indeed, and...as i have said, just as the bible once expoused views that were represented in the various churches against womens rights, abortion, even homosexuality, the church has now progressed to a more civilized standing to meet the new modern day. Can the same be said of Islam? Walking in Bradford today and watching hundreds of Muslim wearing veils to cover themselves, i guess it has not.