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2016-06-24 00:22:21 Post No. 1327029
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First off I'll clarify I'm an atheist, so I despise a great deal of what is written in the Quran due to its sexist, homophobic and backward nature due to it being 1500 years old or so.
What I will say is that I respect the Quran a lot more than I do the Bible because of its teachings on war and violence. Simply said, the Quran teaches that violence is an acceptable solution to a problem of great magnitude that could not be solved through non violent means (laws of Jihad). For example, if Muslims are being oppressed or having genocide be committed against them then they are morally allowed to fight back to defend themselves and there people. So when Bosnian Muslims were being massacred, by fighting back they weren't sinning. Whereas if it were Christians they would be going against Jesus's teachings:
>Matthew 26:52
>Matthew 5:39
>Matthew 5:44
>Matthew 5:9
>John 14:27
>Colossians 3:15
>Romans 12:21
Teachings like that, although fantastic in theory, glorify subservience, failure and repression. On the other hand the Islamic teachings about fighting for what you believe in and fighting against tyranny do the exact opposite. The only problem, obviously, is that terrorists will cherry pick the violent parts and ignore the rules such as "don't kill civilians".
>Pic is Sudanese Beja tribesman (Muslims) armed with Kaskaras who fought the British in the Madhist war.
