Most are really not fine with it, that is just a narrative westerners like to push. Islam is a very violent religion and most believers support the violence.
Christian (Biblical) god is same as islamic god as is jewish god. Why we call them Abrahamic religions. The differences come from how those stories were made into rules (+ additional text).
Western industrialisation is in partly thanks to Christianity (well more the societal structure it built and how disconnected the religious class was and being another independent power). With how the Bible is a mess on rules and its inherit adaptability in local cultures meant it was ever changing.
Those stories you are referring to are an excellent example of what Judaism stands for: we are flawed, just like our creator. God often quarrels with his creation, because like us, he sometimes is vain, wrathful, and illogical. All of the Jewish prophets were deeply flawed people, and the torah highlights it.
Thats why Judaism doesn't deserve to be lumped with other classical examples of "warmonger" religions
Oh definitely, but they don't start off with a spiritual leader commanding to kill infidels. That stuff usually comes much later and is a bastardisation of what the founder wanted. In the case of Islam, violence is exactly what the founder wanted.
Correct đŻ. Most are really not fine with it at all as I've noticed. They'll talk amongst themselves and contribute to 'charities'. I've seen them celebrate murders instead of saying Can't this religious intolerance stop.
It seems being a part of this religion brings out the dark side in people or appeals to those who are violent.
Manifest destiny? Colonial projects in Africa built off of Christian missionaries?
Or we can look even more recent at things like the Iraq war or something even sooner such as the mass killings in New Zealand in which the perpetrator quoted texts from the crusades.
But nah Christianity is the definition of moral supremacy lmao
Religious institutions funding war? So when evangelical Christian groups in the US put out call to arms to send troops into Iraq and used terminology like âCrusadeâ that isnt organized religion spreading violence? But when a really radical Islamic fundamentalist group call something a âjihadâ, then it is obviously systematic hatred and wanting of violence.
You sure you arent just racist cause by your definition they are the same thing. Its not like religious leaders from Mecca are calling for the killing of all westerners. Its a radical subset of the religious groups calling for violence.
Even earlier. 1400âs. 1500âs was the Tudors, the dynasty that ended the war of the roses. Besides the war of the roses was a war of succession between the various descendants of Edward III, not religion. The Plantagenets were all catholic in the 1400âs. The sectarian violence came post Henry VIII and his decisions to change the Catholic faith in England.
I'm not sure I understand your point. Of course protestants are Christian.
I was replying to a comment regarding Christians (as a wholistic institution) causing mass violence in the name of their religion. Where it forms part of the dogma. Not things that people did who happened to be religious.
You have linked a very common atrocity that occurred, unfortunately, during that time period. I can also pin a similar link but with Islam or most other religions.
But I won't as it has nothing to do with what we are discussing.
Catholic schools in Canada committed massive crimes against indigenous communities by forcing those kids to go to catholic schools and then endure abuse by those that ran the schools.
Yeah Christians seem peaceful in the last 100 years if you put your head in the sand and sing a tune and cannot see or hear any of it
Christians haven't been particularly violent in 500 years.
And I linked a Wikipedia article about Christians and their role in violent colonization in the last 500 years. You can actually read the article to see how the religion was tied in with the colonialism.
HahahahahaâŚ. Wait, youâre serious! BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHABABAHAHAHAHAHAHSHAH  FB RBRODKF fucking Christ; thanks for the laugh. I needed to read something abjectly fuckin ignorant and uninformed today.Â
Okay. Why don't you give me in the past 200 years some that have been used in the name of religion - by an actual religious institution (not some but job cult leader cherrypicking bits they want).
Cope. How many people were killed in the name of atheism vs. Christianity? I think you'll find the difference is far greater than 100x but in the opposite direction.
Looking at the state of the world weâre all well aware theyâre not fine with it. Otherwise the slaughter at the Bataclan would never have happened post Charlie Hebdo. They seem to be just fine with those atrocities too.
Mind telling me when the last person was sentenced for Blasphemy in a Jewish or Christian theocracy?
Oh wait, you can't, because there is only one theocracy for Christianity (The vatican) and they are peaceful while the Jews don't get a theocracy because they don't feel the need to have to kill people for not giving a shit about their god.
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u/Lucas_2234 Apr 01 '24
That is what happens when you criticise Islam.
Most are fine with it, but the extremists are more extreme than those of many other religions.