Note: This was written before a Muslim decided to shoot up a military base, but I still stand by it. Every Muslim you see isn't crazy and deranged. They don't all want to kill "non-believers."
There's no way in the world any Christian can claim that Islam is a religion of violence. Not while they're still a Christian, anyway.
Sure, if you interpret your God to be bloodthirsty, then yeah, you're gonna go around killing people in his name. But if you believe your God is a peaceful one, then you'll be a peaceful person. That's why every religious-based loon believes the scripture told him that he was doing the right thing.
The Klan uses the exact same Bible as everyone else to justify their hatred of other races. The job of the Christian Science Monitor is to back up the bigotry. So do the Skinheads. The Mormons. Fred Phelps. Even that little storefront minister in Arizona who wants the President to die. And that's without even bringing up historical atrocities, like the Crusades or American slavery.
It's laughable to be a Christian and accuse someone else's religion of being violent.
Yet, that's exactly what happens. Christians call Islam a violent religion all the time, in addition to calling it "false," as if that's going to hurt Islam's recruitment numbers. I don't know what makes a religion "legitimate," because it's not like there's a notary office for religions. If there was a some sort of verification process involved before priests could get their "faith license," then we wouldn't have half of the religions that we have. Like the Scientologists would have made it through.
And I assume that the people who call Islam "violent" don't actually know any Muslims. I do know a few Muslims and not one of them ever called me an "infidel." Not only that, they're 100% less explosive than the people seen on the news. They've never tried to take down a plane I've been on or driven any cars into markets. I don't even think they know the first thing about building a bomb. Like all sane people, they just wanna live their lives and be left the hell alone.
Islam isn't any more or less violent than Christianity is, but like Christianity, there are a group of dangerous and violent Muslims who are bound and determined to be a problem for everyone else. No different than the group of dangerous and violent Christians who kill in the name of God. If one is violent, then the other one is violent.
Christians will quote the Qur'an as proof of it's inherently violent ways, meanwhile ignoring the violent passages in their own book, the Bible. And really, without knowing the Bible inside and out, I can say with confidence that it's probably just as violent. The Old Testament alone is filled with stories of people getting killed by God and his followers. And I'm almost certain that at some point, followers are encouraged to kill non-believers. It's not a stretch, considering that everyone is to be stoned to death for almost every infraction. Christians spread their love through the power of rocks at high velocities.
People always invoke the example of Jesus when it suits them, as if the fact that he was a good man will outshine everything else. Let's be real: Jesus was a nice guy. The rest of the Bible is all messed up.
So Christians, let's not act like your book or your faith are sterling examples of peace that the rest of the world should follow, and you're certainly not in a position to call anyone else out. The Muslims I've met in MY life are all non-judgmental, peace-loving people, but I can't say the same thing about all the Christians I've ever met. Those same people who are always talking about loving God are quick to find a reason to kill someone else. Killing abortion doctors or politicians or Jews or Black people or whoever.
Does the Bible reference "hypocrisy," or better yet, "projection?" I'm just asking.
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