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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
You don't get it, do you? Are your links the results of religious or philosophical or institutionalized convictions? Do national and religious leaders advocate intentionally inflicting such acts on others?
You just don't get it.
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Can your own motives for posting your link withstand the same scrutiny?
Forgive me for saying so, but you haven't exactly analyzed Islam from more than one angle. What is pictured in your link is indeed an atrocity, but it's not Islam. If it was, you'd see it in every Muslim country. But you don't. What you see in that picture is one aspect of that particular nation's culture. Sure, religion and culture affect eachother, but that only goes to show that the danger lies in the interpretation - and both the Bible and the Torah could potentially be interpreted in a similar fashion. What about what Jesus said - if your right hand offends you, cut it off? A brutal culture might be inclined to interpret that quite literally.
PS: I'm curious as to where the Koran advocates crushing arms under the weight of trucks? This goes to illustrate my point that culture forms religion more often than the other way around.