Is Islam evil/a religion of war?

Scanner said:

Unfairly ? Try 270 million people killed over 1400 years. 120 million Africans. 60 million Christians. 80 million Hindus, and 10 million Buddhists. No ideology, cult, religion, or nation even comes close to that horrific figure, and the jihadists of this abomination are still at it today.
Maybe the reason why Islam is singled out is because they continue to commit the barbaric acts (and lots more than murder), and the others don't.

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Forgive my ignorance, but are these murders or merely casualties of wartime violence?

surrealistpenguin said:

It's difficult to give a yes or no answer to that, given that there are different sects of Islam, with different interpretations. But to answer "yes" based on the grounds that many terrorist groups are Muslim would be like saying Christianity is a religion of war because of the actions of the Catholic church, even though there are pacifists sects like the Quakers.

And I would also add that it would be very hypocritical for someone calling himself Reverend, to make such an argument.

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So what war is the Catholic Church involved in?

CaptainCourtesy said:

Wow. You really know NOTHING about religion, do you? Judaism predates Christianity by 3500+ years. Jesus was JEWISH. That's just the start. Everything else is just so ridiculously ignorant, it doesn't even need to be addressed. I'll tell you again... EDUCATE YOURSELF. You have now been humilated in TWO threads. Congratulations.

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Hold on CC, I actually have an image of these monsters.

The Christmas War against Santa.....Many eggnog deaths.

American said:

Hold on CC, I actually have an image of these monsters.

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Hey this thread isnt about congress...!!

German guy said:

Islam, like other religions, leaves enough leeway for its different followers to emphasize different aspects. Quran, like OT and NT, even has many contradictions, which asks for different interpretations. Are there sections in Quran that are warmongering? Without any doubt. I'd say Quran can easier be used/abused to justify war and violence, than the NT (and maybe the OT too, not sure about that). But without any doubt, many Muslims don't do that, but rather emphasize the more peaceful aspects.

A long story short: I don't think you can call an entire religion, with all its contradictions, a "religion of war", because this would imply there is just one true way to follow this religion, which obviously is not true. But even if you call Islam a "religion of war", people aren't necessarily warmongers, just because they are Muslims.

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Well said GG.

Having read both the Bible and thre Koran, I can see a clear difference. The bible some claom has many bad things about it, but that is only to people who do not understand its learning. The Bible is a great book, no matter if you are religious or not, as long as you understand how to learn from it, be it religiously or intellectually.
The Koran does not have this, and in addition it is full of hatred and negativity, in particular towards Jews and Israel, but also some towards Christians. The Koran itself cannot be interpretated in a positive way in my opinion, sure, you can easily be caught by its doctrine, but in the end this doctrine is written by a very limited man, one man Mohammed. Mohammed was a very spiteful individual and had some hatred towards Jews and Christians, this man invented a religion and fueled it with much of the same hatred and spitefulness he himself posessed. Mohammed was not a great man and the Koran is not a great work.

The bible is a collaboration, a collection of works of ideology, and as such is great and does not overlylfeature one mans interpretations, thoughts, emotions and so fourth.

I have no idea how Muslims interpret the Koran, it could be widely different from what I think, but from a comparision of the Bible and the Koran, The Koran is not a great book, not a good book, in my opinion a book best forgotten, that people base religious belief on strict interpretations of the Koran is unbeliable.

A book of war? in some interpretations yes, a book of evil? A little.

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Jesus made his religion then the Judaic monsters went after him for that that is why Christianity is better and superior to all religons hando budist are different not savage but they believe in their 9 legged gods i know the lord and savior is our God

Islam is a savage religion read posts of scanner he has researched this topic, he has said he is a teacher he is educated and learned on this topic, you have FAILED and know nothing his degree is in a social science yours is in liberal arts where they feed you cool aid and teach you to follow the great messiah Barack Hussein Obama. Keep following him you libbys without guns will soon realize when he suspends election in 2012 that we conservative patriots who are armed will be ready to fight his secret armies Political Pistachio: Obama's Secret Army here is some evidence

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heckgunderson said:

Jesus made his religion then the Judaic monsters went after him for that that is why Christianity is better and superior to all religons hando budist are different not savage but they believe in their 9 legged gods i know the lord and savior is our God

Islam is a savage religion read posts of scanner he has researched this topic, he has said he is a teacher he is educated and learned on this topic, you have FAILED and know nothing his degree is in a social science yours is in liberal arts where they feed you cool aid and teach you to follow the great messiah Barack Hussein Obama. Keep following him you libbys without guns will soon realize when he suspends election in 2012 that we conservative patriots who are armed will be ready to fight his secret armies Political Pistachio: Obama's Secret Army here is some evidence

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LOL! obvious troll is funny