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Originally Posted by antikristuseke
If you read the bible, in parts it is. Christianity is no less brutal than islam is in its holy texts, the difference is only in interpretations by the majority. With the bible it is nigh on impossible to follow every rule it imposes since some of them are contradictory. Same as the Qur'an, torah and every other religious text I have read.
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I don't think you're nearly as well-versed in this matter as your statement would suggest. Christianity (meaning, Christ-like) is based upon Christ, whom doesn't appear until the New Testament of the Bible. If you understood this, you'd clearly be aware that the texts describing the expected behaviors of those who prescribe to the Christian faith are no where NEAR the barbarianism and brutality of Islamic works describing the same.
While no doubt there has been much evil committed in the name of Christianity, let us not confuse that for the modern interpretations of the texts which the religion is based upon, as that would be intellectually shallow.
The bottom line is that, as an atheist, I do not believe that religion is what caused, or continues to cause, men to be brutal to other men. I believe it's man's very nature, and if religion wasn't an excuse, we'd simply find another. (If you were alive while the secularist Soviets were placing nuclear missiles in Cuba, you'd understand.)
It is a grave logical error to take what has been done in the name of some document as the definition of that document itself. Rather one should examine said document as its own definition and be equally capable of finding fault within the texts as well as the interpretation (read: spin).