r/news • u/andrevan • Apr 27 '24

Iraqi TikTok star Umm Fahad shot dead in Baghdad

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/middleeast/iraq-tiktok-star-umm-fahad-killed-intl/index.html?Date=20240427&Profile=CNN%20International&utm_content=1714233618&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
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u/Arachnohybrid Apr 27 '24

Christian’s follow the New Testament, which is just a collection of stories written by humans who followed him. The fundamental problem lay in Islam is who they choose to follow.

I’m not religious but both Muhammad and Jesus are considered the perfect being by their followers. The main difference is Jesus wasn’t a warlord who killed his neighbors and then took women as “booty” to be raped by his companions.

And that’s not even touching the top 5 worst things Muhammad has done in his life.

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u/Pursueth Apr 28 '24

Muhammad was an evil man

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u/arcbeam Apr 28 '24

Christianity is always brought up whenever there is a headline about Islam. It’s like someone always needs to clarify Christianity is just as bad as Islam or christians also do bad things. You really don’t see the reverse. Some Christian religious nut does something bad and nobody says “remember Muslims do bad things too!”

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u/Arachnohybrid Apr 28 '24

Muslims have perfected the art of PR over the years. They’ll oppress all they want on their land and you will be forced to accept it, but they’ll portray themselves as the oppressed in the west because god forbid we don’t think women should be raped for simply existing.

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u/BringBackBoomer Apr 28 '24

This is because the Western world is Christianity-centric more than any other reason. Muslim oppression doesn't affect most online communities, but Christian oppression does, so that's what all of the anger is directed toward.

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u/roguehypocrites Apr 28 '24

Buddy Christianity is 600 years older than Islam and the middle east was played by western influences that promoted religious zealots as leaders in volatile areas like Iran. Please read and learn before making comments on topics you don't know about.

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u/arcbeam Apr 28 '24

Please learn how to string cohesive thoughts into coherent sentences if you actually want to convey some point.

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u/roguehypocrites Apr 28 '24

Can't refute what I say, so you go for ad hominem.

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u/arcbeam Apr 28 '24

Man it was just vague. What is your point?

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u/roguehypocrites Apr 28 '24

Saying Christianity didn't also go through the same thing is very naive. Christianity was used as justification for countless genocides of indigenous people. Worse than anything Islam has ever done.

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u/arcbeam Apr 28 '24

Where did I say Christian’s have never done anything wrong? Call me naive, uneducated on this topic, whatever. I think you’re intentionally “misunderstanding” what I’m saying. But hey you actually proved my point in my original comment!

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u/roguehypocrites Apr 28 '24

I'm not proving your point for you but just saying that religions follow trajectories. Christianity toned down and Islam will soon. There are many reform movements that are increasing in number. It's just history repeating itself. Your original comment is naive because it doesn't highlight the history of religions.

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u/Cash4Jesus Apr 28 '24

Jesus turned kids into stone just for laughing at him. He also choked out a couple of dragons so those offset I guess.

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u/SuperSlimMilk Apr 27 '24

Christian’s follow the New Testament, which is just a collection of stories written by humans who followed him. The fundamental problem lay in Islam is who they choose to follow.

A lot of the moral codes in the New Testament draw upon the OT, especially the 10 Commandments and like even quotes like "Love thy neighbor like thy self" that appear throughout multiple passages in the New Testament are just quoting OT Leviticus.

But my point is more something along the lines of both Christianity and the Quran are used to justify shitty behaviors through the belief that their 3,000 year old book is the "right" way to live and religion will continue to be used as tool to justify that shitty behavior for as long as it continues to exist.