Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:19 am
Heh have you? Your quoting from judaism, not Christianity. There's a reason it was called a New Covenant.
flip wrote:Let me say it like this. When Christians murder and burn people at the stake, they are going against what their bible tells them.
Exodus 35:2 wrote:For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.
Exodus 21:20-21 wrote:If a man beats his male or female slave with a rod and the slave dies as a direct result, he must be punished, but he is not to be punished if the slave gets up after a day or two, since the slave is his property.
Leviticus 20:9 wrote:If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:10 wrote:If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:13 wrote:If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:20-1 wrote:If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl’s virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house.
Ezekiel 20:25-26 wrote:I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by; I let them become defiled through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn—that I might fill them with horror so they would know that I am the LORD.
That same logic applies to Christianity.flip wrote:According to the Qur'an: "Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah. Those who follow him are merciful to one another, but ruthless to unbelievers" Surah 48:29. "Kill the Mushrikun (unbelievers) wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and lie in wait for them in each and every ambush..." Surah 9:5These people you talk about are not true Muslims then. True muslims believe in the koran and that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah. As a test, just go and ask any of these muslims you know personally if they believe that Muhammad is the prophet of God. if they say yes, that they believe he speaks the very words of God, then go and read what Muhammad said. Then you will know exactly what they believe. If they say no, then it's moot because they are not really muslims.Surah 47:4 says:Therefore, WHEN YOU MEET THE UNBELIEVERS, SMITE AT THEIR NECKS; At length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded): but if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you, some with others. But those who are slain in the Way of Allah,- He will never let their deeds be lost.
Luke 3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet(Jesus), shall be destroyed from among the people.
(10:28-29)
"He that despised Moses' law died without mercy."
Those who disobeyed the Old Testament law were killed without mercy. It will be much worse for those who displease Jesus.
It's in the book though. It's divinely inspired. The word of the LORD. Thanks be to God. Just like all that scary stuff in the Qu'ran. Unless you're trying to say that only Christians are allowed to cherry pick their beliefs from their holy book. Though, as Mjolnir has so kindly pointed out, there are commandments to put unbelievers and sinners to death in the New Testament as well.flip wrote:Heh have you? Your quoting from judaism, not Christianity. There's a reason it was called a New Covenant.
My quotes are from the New Testament. I know you're talking to Null but L2Bible.flip wrote:LOL dude your grasping for straws here. Again all your quotes are from a time before Christ. Can we stay on point here? You know, I see this for what it is. I make the assertion that the Koran teaches to kill all believers whereas the NEW TESTAMENT of Christianity teaches to love your enemies and pray for those that hate you.
Instead of just agreeing, your come back, and that's all you ever have, is to basically agree with me about Islam and then say yours too. LOL. No wonder no one can have a productive discussion here.
flip wrote:I make the assertion that the Koran teaches to kill all believers whereas the NEW TESTAMENT of Christianity teaches to love your enemies and pray for those that hate you.
Acts 3:23 wrote:And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
Have you ever read a school book from Saudi Arabia that was widely used as of 2001 and most likely still is?!?null0010 wrote:Have you ever read the Bible?
Deuteronomy 20:10-17 wrote:ancient text not used to teach children how to live or act in any school in america...
The 3:23 quote I gave has the intent of telling you to kill them. It is just not quite as specific as hacking at their neck.flip wrote:Ok find me some quotes from the New Testament where a man is actually told to kill someone for not believing.
Okay...flip wrote:Ok find me some quotes from the New Testament where a man is actually told to kill someone for not believing.
Hebrews 10:28-29 wrote:He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Mathew 5:17 wrote:Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Mathew 10:34-36 wrote:Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.
---Mathew 15:4-7 wrote:For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Ye hypocrites...
Sounds like a problem with Saudi Arabi to me, not Islam.Will Robinson wrote:Have you ever read a school book from Saudi Arabia that was widely used as of 2001 and most likely still is?!?
I have and it teaches jihad examples straight from the Koran where the children in those cultures are taught that a jew is sub human and to lie to a jew or other infidel is not a lie because allah wants his children to dominate and kill if they must all non-believers.
ya know. that doesnt even rank as a "Nice try" on your interpretation of the Scriptures. taking verses out of context and especially with the STREACH of the interpretaion your trying to make just makes you look foolish. NO WHERE is Paul telling any man to kill another. he is talking about the ulitamte death and seperation from God.Mjolnir wrote:The 3:23 quote I gave has the intent of telling you to kill them. It is just not quite as specific as hacking at their neck.
NIV wrote:22For Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.'
NKJ wrote: For Moses truly said to the fathers, ‘The LORD your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear in all things, whatever He says to you. 23 And it shall be that every soul who will not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.
this is all in refernce to Lev 23NLT wrote:Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’[d Then Moses said, ‘Anyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from God’s people
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 27 “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. 28 And you shall do no work on that same day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the LORD your God. 29 For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people. 30 And any person who does any work on that same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. 31 You shall do no manner of work; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 32 It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”
but not by man.null0010 wrote:Acts 3:23 is Peter claiming that Deuteronomy 18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed.
Christians & Jewish martyrs say; \"I will die for what I believe\".
A Muslim martyr says; \"you will die for what I believe\"....
Saudi Arabia IS islam- most accepted edicts and 'fatwas' come from the kingdom, especially for sunni islam. shi'a comes from the nutbags in Iran.
Sounds like a problem with Saudi Arabi to me, not Islam.
emphasis mine:CUDA wrote:but not by man.null0010 wrote:Acts 3:23 is Peter claiming that Deuteronomy 18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed.
Acts 3:23 wrote:And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
I've already gone over the Old Testament and the massive contradictions to that commandment.CUDA wrote:Exodus 20-13 “You shall not murder."
“And the LORD said to me: ‘What they have spoken is good. 18 I will raise up for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him. 19 And it shall be that whoever will not hear My words, which He speaks in My name, I will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.’
your choice to pick and chose a verse by itself is self serving. your refusal to look at the verse as a whole and the context in which it is presented sepaks volumes about your argumentsnull0010 wrote:emphasis mine:CUDA wrote:but not by man.null0010 wrote:Acts 3:23 is Peter claiming that Deuteronomy 18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed.
Acts 3:23 wrote:And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.I've already gone over the Old Testament and the massive contradictions to that commandment.CUDA wrote:Exodus 20-13 “You shall not murder."
The same idea applies to the Qu'ran.CUDA wrote:your choice to pick and chose a verse by itself is self serving. your refusal to look at the verse as a whole and the context in which it is presented sepaks volumes about your arguments
I could justify ANY sinful aspect of my life by cherry picking a bible verse. your just finding ways to try to unsecesfully promote your argument.
Dueteronomy is Old Testament.And the LORD said to me
The Koran explicitly says that God himself could do the killing, but he has chosen his followers to do it so they can be tested.but if it had been Allah's Will, He could certainly have exacted retribution from them (Himself); but (He lets you fight) in order to test you
I have made no attempt to defend anything. I have simply pointed out that you have no concept of what your talking about. Before you chose to criticize something you should at least have a rudimentary understanding of it.Mjolnir wrote:While I understand you'll make any attempt at circular logic to defend your "Holy Book", -
Like I mentioned those lessons are being taught all over the globe not just Saudi Arabia however if you are looking for a source they are all being taught by people with something in common and it isn't geographical location or nationality. Why is it important to ignore the obvious?null0010 wrote:...
Sounds like a problem with Saudi Arabi to me, not Islam.
So Muslims are cartoonish supervillains now?Will Robinson wrote: Imagine for moment the following. Ayatollah Nutbag in Iran detonates a nuke in the name of the martyrs...3..2..1.. MUSHROOMCLOUD drifting over parts of southern Europe or Maryland etc.
Where will the moderate Muslims go to get a sympathetic ear then?!?
They didn't; the Romans did.flip wrote:Why did the jews put Jesus to death?
The Bible, "in its current form" (available at your fine local bookstores) also advocates killing. But you and others have said (paraphrasing) "that stuff doesn't apply to modern Christians." Why can't a Muslim look at the Qu'ran and say in that same way, "that stuff doesn't apply to modern Muslims"?flip wrote:My original comment before this huge derail still stands. The Koran "in its current form" advocates killing of unbelievers "in this very day". Heh, you guys have to go back several thousand years and THEN STILL CANT come up with anything tangible. Let me restate what I said originally.
Oh, please. You are making every effort to defend Christianity. It's painfully obvious and to claim otherwise is incredibly dishonest. Luckily for you, St. Augustine wrote that there are seven kinds of dishonesty, but only dishonesty committed for the sake of itself is a sin against God.CUDA wrote:I have made no attempt to defend anything. I have simply pointed out that you have no concept of what your talking about. Before you chose to criticize something you should at least have a rudimentary understanding of it.
your lack of understanding is astounding. the Jews had Christ killed, the Romans carried out the Act.null0010 wrote:They didn't; the Romans did.flip wrote:Why did the jews put Jesus to death?
The chief priests and Jewish elders having condemned Jesus Christ to death were not themselves able to carry out their sentence without confirmation from the ruler of the region, the Roman governor in Judea. At this time the Roman governor in Judea was Pontius Pilate.
nice twist there "modern day Christians" the Laws still apply. read here for a better explaination.null0010 wrote:The Bible, "in its current form" (available at your fine local bookstores) also advocates killing. But you and others have said (paraphrasing) "that stuff doesn't apply to modern Christians." Why can't a Muslim look at the Qu'ran and say in that same way, "that stuff doesn't apply to modern Muslims"?flip wrote:My original comment before this huge derail still stands. The Koran "in its current form" advocates killing of unbelievers "in this very day". Heh, you guys have to go back several thousand years and THEN STILL CANT come up with anything tangible. Let me restate what I said originally.
all the laws still applyChrist's sermon on the temple mount wrote:Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Christ affirms the commandments in ExodusChrist wrote:21"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder,[a] and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment
Defending something and pointing out your lack of knowledge on a subject are not the same thing. you are making accusations that are untrue and unsupported. you claim the the Bible advocates Killing as the Qu'ran does. you are wrong.null0010 wrote:Oh, please. You are making every effort to defend Christianity. It's painfully obvious and to claim otherwise is incredibly dishonest. Luckily for you, St. Augustine wrote that there are seven kinds of dishonesty, but only dishonesty committed for the sake of itself is a sin against God.CUDA wrote:I have made no attempt to defend anything. I have simply pointed out that you have no concept of what your talking about. Before you chose to criticize something you should at least have a rudimentary understanding of it.
You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'[a] 39But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Love for Enemies
43\"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies[c] and pray for those who persecute you, 45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?
your lack of understanding is astounding
troll ducks back under the bridge ^null0010 wrote:So Muslims are cartoonish supervillains now?Will Robinson wrote: Imagine for moment the following. Ayatollah Nutbag in Iran detonates a nuke in the name of the martyrs...3..2..1.. MUSHROOMCLOUD drifting over parts of southern Europe or Maryland etc.
Where will the moderate Muslims go to get a sympathetic ear then?!?
Okay, so everything I pointed out in the Old Testament still applies. all Christians must never shave their beards and must never eat shellfish, and must kill adulterers, among other things. But,CUDA wrote:all the laws still applyChrist's sermon on the temple mount wrote:Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.
Right.CUDA wrote:you claim the the Bible advocates Killing as the Qu'ran does. you are wrong.
(Nov. 1) -- Iraqi soldiers stormed a Catholic church where an entire congregation was held hostage by militants, sparking gun battles and explosions in which 58 people, including a priest, were killed. An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for the siege.
But Leviticus is just as important as the 10 commandments. If it weren't, it would not be included in the Bible. It was dictated by God to Moses at Mount Sinai, just like the 10 commandments.CUDA wrote:I should have been clearer. I was refering to the Commandments as I had in an earlier post. and to Null's comments about "Modern Christians" there is no such things as a "Modern Christian" just because we are in the 20th century does not change how we are required to act. James 1-22 tells us " Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."
If you want to understand the christian faith, it explains itself pretty well.Why, then, was the law given at all? It was added because of transgressions until the Seed to whom the promise referred had come. The law was given through angels and entrusted to a mediator. 20 A mediator, however, implies more than one party; but God is one.
21 Is the law, therefore, opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. 22 But Scripture has locked up everything under the control of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Children of God
23 Before the coming of this faith,[j] we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
In the context of this debate it is absolutely silly to argue the degree of violence contained in the text of the Bible compared to that of the Koran.null0010 wrote:But Leviticus is just as important as the 10 commandments. If it weren't, it would not be included in the Bible. It was dictated by God to Moses at Mount Sinai, just like the 10 commandments.CUDA wrote:I should have been clearer. I was refering to the Commandments as I had in an earlier post. and to Null's comments about "Modern Christians" there is no such things as a "Modern Christian" just because we are in the 20th century does not change how we are required to act. James 1-22 tells us " Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."