Is islam a religion of peace?

[Cheze]

I've met some nice muslims so far in my life, but CIA makes the whole religion look like "allah akbar"

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[Planr]

The same argument is supported by gun advocates: It's the shooters fault, not the gun's. A gun is safe when used properly, and dangerous when used by a psycho. A religion is safe when read properly, and dangerous when interpreted by a psycho.

You're assuming all religions are fundamentally peaceful. Islam certainly is not.

[Zloff]

Christianity holds the values of the old and new testament equal.

nt overrules ot where there is conflict

[beachbum111111]

Christianity holds the values of the old and new testament equal. Again, it's just interpretation and reading. Some individual churches or branches of Christianity support one over the other, but that's not a "base Christianity" thing. The new testament is certainly a lot less barbaric, but that doesn't erase the old testament.

Previous rules tend to be done away with in the New Covenant unless reiterated in that covenant. In other words, the New Dispensation generally does away with previous Mosaic rules because those rules were given to a specific group of people, and new rules need to be stated. If you knew anything about Christianity or the bible you would know this.

[Kringleberg]

You talking about the Taiping rebelling? You realize the Christian rebels lost that war and ended up being punished right? Most of the deaths were from disease and famine as well.

taiping startid it

[beachbum111111]

taiping startid it

I guess Serbia is entirely at fault for WW1 as well then.

[Kringleberg]

I guess Serbia is entirely at fault for WW1 as well then.

wrong but you are allowd to think so

[beachbum111111]

wrong but you are allowd to think so

Okay so you're trolling. Got it

[Planr]

I've met some nice muslims so far in my life, but CIA makes the whole religion look like "allah akbar"

Yeah, there are certainly plenty nice Muslims if you live in a nice high-class, western area of the world. If Islam was to have a reformation, they would be a good start for a guideline model.

[Red Spy]

The same argument is supported by gun advocates: It's the shooters fault, not the gun's. A gun is safe when used properly, and dangerous when used by a psycho. A religion safe when read properly, and dangerous when interpreted by a psycho.

Except Wayne LaPierre isn't telling the shooter to go and kill people or trying to justify it. Islam is a lot more than a religion, it's a system of living. Was taxing the infidels the actions of a few. The Bible and Qur'an have very different themes and large difference is that Islam is an extremely collectivist ideology while Christianity is more about living a better life. Islam hasn't gone through a reformation in 1,400 years and it's pretty obvious when you look at countries like Iran or Qatar. One still has slavery and the other is treating gays like roosterroaches. Do these countries not follow Islam or is it just the first world muslims that do?

I guess Serbia is entirely at fault for WW1 as well then.

[SeventhSandwich]

The Bible and Qur'an have very different themes and large difference is that Islam is an extremely collectivist ideology while Christianity is more about living a better life. Islam hasn't gone through a reformation in 1,400 years and it's pretty obvious when you look at countries like Iran or Qatar. One still has slavery and the other is treating gays like roosterroaches.

There were post-reformation Christian societies that both held slaves and also persecuted gays. What now?

[Red Spy]

There were post-reformation Christian societies that both held slaves and also persecuted gays. What now?

Do those still exist or are they a fringe

[beachbum111111]

There were post-reformation Christian societies that both held slaves and also persecuted gays. What now?

There were athiest countries that killed millions of people. Checkmate atheists.

[Magus]

Islam hasn't gone through a reformation in 1,400 years

Probably a good time to point out that Christianity had its reformation about 1,500 years after it started.

[SeventhSandwich]

Do those still exist or are they a fringe

How is the time period relevant here? Did Christianity have another reformation that I'm unaware of?

It seems like you're implying that because Islam had no reformation, that's why certain Muslim-majority nations still have slave labor and persecute gays. But there were Christian-majority nations in history that did both of those things. Unless Christianity has changed dramatically since then, doesn't that undermine what you're saying?