No religion is truly peaceful

Submitted by Sultan Of Skepticism (United States), Dec 30, 2006 at 18:00

I appreciate what you said to us atheists, sister. But I have to tell you, the Bible, as well as the Torah and Qur'an say our kind should be murdered. In truth, the religions that derive from the line of Abraham are intolerant of religions outside of the "book".

Its why witnessing all this bickering about the intolerance or peaceful mannerisms of Islam versus Christianity is hurtful to me. If people spent more time reading the barbaric injunctions written in their scriptures, if they put their sense of morality above their desire for immortality, the world may be a better place.

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