Re: REQ: Any Islamic Art Asciis?

Bateau wrote:


> Islam promotes violence and conquest. How is this not a threat?

Let's take a look at some quotes

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest
who represents the LORD your God must be put to death.  Such evil must be
purged from Israel.  (Deuteronomy 17:12 NLT)

 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers,
with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord,
the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether
man or woman.  (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)

 Suppose you hear in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you that
some worthless rabble among you have led their fellow citizens astray by
encouraging them to worship foreign gods.  In such cases, you must examine
the facts carefully.  If you find it is true and can prove that such a
detestable act has occurred among you, you must attack that town and
completely destroy all its inhabitants, as well as all the livestock.  Then
you must pile all the plunder in the middle of the street and burn it.  Put
the entire town to the torch as a burnt offering to the LORD your God. 
That town must remain a ruin forever; it may never be rebuilt.  Keep none
of the plunder that has been set apart for destruction.  Then the LORD will
turn from his fierce anger and be merciful to you.  He will have compassion
on you and make you a great nation, just as he solemnly promised your
ancestors.  "The LORD your God will be merciful only if you obey him and
keep all the commands I am giving you today, doing what is pleasing to
him."  (Deuteronomy 13:13-19 NLT)

1) If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife,
or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you
and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or
far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or
listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but
kill him.  Your hand shall be the first raised to slay him; the rest of the
people shall join in with you.  You shall stone him to death, because he
sought to lead you astray from the Lord, your God, who brought you out of
the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.  And all Israel, hearing of this,
shall fear and never do such evil as this in your midst.  (Deuteronomy
13:7-12 NAB)


I guess you're right, that is a pretty cruddy, violent, racist, exclusionist
religion.


Except those quotes aren't from the koran. They're from the Judeo-Christian
bible.

It's RELIGION that's a threat, that incites violence and hatred, not just
one particular religion.

-- 
"They say there are strangers, who threaten us
in our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness, too dangerous 
in our theatres and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
must rise and save us from ourselves"
        --Rush, 'Witch Hunt'

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