Posted by MrSimons

And here we have the Holy Bible literally commanding genocide.

Deuteronomy 20:16 - 18

"However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God."


Point is, you're reading a book written by people living in one of the most violent times in history, in one of the most war-devastated parts of the world. Religious violence is totally not exclusive to Islam, and it shouldn't be a big surprise to anyone that any religion preached it at one point.


So hey if you want to blame today's problems on verses written over 1000 years ago, or people who don't follow those parts of the Quran, have at it. But if you ask me, those verses aren't the problem, the radicals that are committing acts of terror are.