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About Killing the Polytheists/Infidels

jonman122

Active Member
See, this is why I like being Atheist, because not being in a religion and not actually worrying about my religion or ideology killing people isn't something I'm inclined to do.

I do agree that the Muslim and Christian holy books have a lot of killing in them though. Very interesting reads.

This looks less like a debate than you just copy and pasting sources though. It'd be nice if you just... linked them instead, so the thread wasn't so needlessly long.
 
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Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
In the past Christians saw it as their duty to free the Holy Land from the Pagans. (Muslims)
They fought them to free the Holy Places for Christians.
Equally some Christians have fought each other over questions of faith, but mostly over who they owed allegiance to.

Today it is rare for Christians to fight over questions of faith, there are always other issues involved when they are in conflict.
Throughout the Christian world it is illegal to kill for faith.
There are no Christian teachings that allow the killing of people for what they do or do not believe.

In the Old Testament "histories" there is a great deal of killing. The Jews always ascribed God's Help and agreement to these battles. Christians like all peoples, do pray to God for help "if it be his will" in such situations.
 
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Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
Yeah, as a polytheist? Not a fan.

And guess what? This is still going on. Today. Right now. With contemporary Pagans living in countries with oppressive Islamic policies. Absolutely disgusting.
 

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Staff member
Premium Member
Only a few of a person's opinions is defined by their religion, and believe me, people are much more than a few opinions :)

So why do some people worry about those few opinions? Why not focus on their state of being, on whatever else makes up of them?
 

dust1n

Zindīq
The evil that is in the world always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence, if they lack understanding. On the whole men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant, and it is this that we call vice or virtue; the most incorrigible vice being that of an ignorance which fancies it knows everything and therefore claims for itself the right to kill. There can be no true goodness, nor true love, without the utmost clear-sightedness. -Camus

emphasis me.
 

Wannabe Yogi

Well-Known Member

Are you calling for the murder of all those who you see as polytheists?

Since I don't read Arabic I would like to hear other muslims comment on the first site. It just could be a disagreeable translation.

You also have to understand to many Christians, Christ came to bring a new covenant that cut out all the killing. To me the 2nd site is logical but makes no sense when put in that perspective.
 
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dust1n

Zindīq
Are you calling for the murder of all those who you see as polytheists?

Since I don't read Arabic I would like to hear other muslims comment on this. It just could be a poor translation.

There's not room in this metaphysical town for both our gods. :tumbleweed rolls by:

:computer:
 

outhouse

Atheistically

Riverwolf

Amateur Rambler / Proud Ergi
Premium Member
If a God has a problem with the Gods I give honor to, then it's between me and that God. Let that God's worshippers stay out of it, since they are in no position to say which God I can and can't give honor to.
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
How about heathen then....
Christians are not infidels.

Muslims aren't Heathens either. Heathens are Neopagans who specialize in Nordic reconstructionism. Granted, "heathen" like "pagan" are used as all-purpose designations for religious outsiders, but I discourage that usage given the presence of contemporary Paganism as a religious movement.

Infidel is a perfectly appropriate word, though. Infidel (adjective): a person adhering to a religion other than one's own. Therefore, if you're a Muslim, you can legitimately describe any person belonging to any religion other than your own (including Christianity) as an infidel. Honestly, I'd avoid using that word as well, because it's a snarl word and a hate word, just how some of the dated ways of using the words "pagan" and "heathen" are.
 

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
Vanakkam,

This is horrible to see this. I'm very sad for what happened to this woman, I hope she will get a next life in a more peaceful place where she can have freedom to choose and live her path to God

The actions of those mans who did these disgusting things to her will get back what they sow, this is for sure.

Aum Namah Shivaya

Yeah, it's crazy. I kind of hope that the source isn't as reliable as believed - that the story is a lie. Because who wants to believe that a contemporary Pagan living in Syria was outed by her own brother, then raped and murdered because of her religion? Not me.
 

The Sum of Awe

Brought to you by the moment that spacetime began.
Staff member
Premium Member
If a God has a problem with the Gods I give honor to, then it's between me and that God. Let that God's worshippers stay out of it, since they are in no position to say which God I can and can't give honor to.

Beautifully said
 

Terrywoodenpic

Oldest Heretic
Muslims aren't Heathens either. Heathens are Neopagans who specialize in Nordic reconstructionism. Granted, "heathen" like "pagan" are used as all-purpose designations for religious outsiders, but I discourage that usage given the presence of contemporary Paganism as a religious movement.

Infidel is a perfectly appropriate word, though. Infidel (adjective): a person adhering to a religion other than one's own. Therefore, if you're a Muslim, you can legitimately describe any person belonging to any religion other than your own (including Christianity) as an infidel. Honestly, I'd avoid using that word as well, because it's a snarl word and a hate word, just how some of the dated ways of using the words "pagan" and "heathen" are.

Quite true... I brought up the words Pagan and Heathen because of his use of Infidel in the script.
They are all pejorative words.

Text books and books by popular authors, that I read in my school days, did refer Muslims as pagan and heathen, These words also encompassed virtually every religion except Jews and Christians.

People are free to chose their own Gods and Goddesses with out censure by others.
However their religious practises and cultural interpretations are open to question both in law and in terms of universal human rights.
Religion is never an an excuse for Barbarism and intolerance.
 
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