Does the bible preach violence?

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   Ambrosia : what is really your intention to open a topic like this? Just to vent your steam ?
I'm sure  that there are lots of non-Moslems, like me, that are convinced that Islam is not a violence loving faith. 
On the other hand, I think that you have also face the hard and plain facts, that nowadays there are lots of violence exercised by lots of Islamic factions. And as far as I am told that they justify their acts on verses in the Qur'an. Following your anger and frustration, wouldn't your statement that many [of us, non Moslems] using verses of violence in the Qur'an out of context, be equally applicable to these violent Moslem factions?
On the violence triggerring verses in the Bible, you in turn, need to understand them in context as well, and, as I am always trumpeting in my postings :it is best try to understand the whole picture of Christianity, Old and New Testaments first, the whole tree, and then look in that context the small, often already dead, leaves. [I am trying this approach also for my efforts to understand IUslam better.]
All the best. God bless you!
Tom.-

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thomas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 August 2005 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote thomas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:43am
	Ambrosia : what is really your intention to open a topic like this? Just to vent your steam ? I'm sure that there are lots of non-Moslems, like me, that are convinced that Islam is not a violence loving faith. On the other hand, I think that you have also face the hard and plain facts, that nowadays there are lots of violence exercised by lots of Islamic factions. And as far as I am told that they justify their acts on verses in the Qur'an. Following your anger and frustration, wouldn't your statement that many [of us, non Moslems] using verses of violence in the Qur'an out of context, be equally applicable to these violent Moslem factions? On the violence triggerring verses in the Bible, you in turn, need to understand them in context as well, and, as I am always trumpeting in my postings :it is best try to understand the whole picture of Christianity, Old and New Testaments first, the whole tree, and then look in that context the small, often already dead, leaves. [I am trying this approach also for my efforts to understand IUslam better.] All the best. God bless you! Tom.-

thomas Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07 August 2005 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 112	Post Options Post Reply Quote thomas Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 September 2005 at 6:52am
	Forgot to comment on your question: It is completely bullsht that the Bible preach violence. Just don't yourself misled by those anomalic leaves. [Except of course, that you definitely feel to use canons to bombard Christianity with those verses and don't give a sht on anything else, which I hope you don't.] Tom.-