Very interesting column from Leonard Pitts….
You’ll have to click the link to get your results and read the rest of the column…
OK, put your books away. We’re having a pop quiz.
Below are four quotes. Each is from one of two sources: the Bible or the Koran, although, just to make things interesting, there’s also a chance all four are from one book. Two were edited for length and one of those was also edited to remove a religion-specific reference. Your job: identify the holy book of origin. Ready? Go:
1) “. . . Wherever you encounter [non-believers], kill them, seize them, besiege them, wait for them at every lookout post . . .”
2) “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.”
3) “If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and worship other gods’ . . . do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. You must certainly put him to death.”
4) “Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”
All right, pens down. How did you do?
via Here’s reason for us to fear fear itself – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com.
Good job. Thanks for passing that around. We need clarification. We need to stop demonizing others(Ouselves?) and realize that we are ONE all living on the same planet.
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Great post! I have always found it very hypocritcal of Christians when they speak about the Bible being superior to the Koran when the Bible actual has more violence. Stop by and visit my blog and let me know what you think – http://quest4light.wordpress.com
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Another critic…
It is amusing to see how you have played on words to present Qura’an as a violence promoter. Please quote the full scripture (with context [meaning], the verses before and after too to get the whole picture)
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