In my opinion, the Bible is the ideal example to illustrate the ferocity of war or violence in general, whether its stories are factual or not, or whether they are copied and adapted from Greek mythology and other ancient pagan religions that preceded it. For instance,
1 Samuel 15:3 states that God commanded the Israelites to attack and not spare the Amalekites (killing every man, woman, child, newborn, and animal and destroying everything that belonged to them). And
Psalm 137:9 states, "Happy is the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rocks." So much for the biblical commandment of "Thou shalt not kill." In my opinion, the God of the Bible apparently has the mentality of "Do as I say, not as I do," making him the most hypocritical (detestable and barbarous) figure known to mankind. This article, "
Violence in the Bible: Greatest Hits," has several other instances of severe violence in the Bible.
And I think that this article, "
God as the original terrorist: 6 ways the Bible condones horrendous acts of brutality," should be read by every Christian who has the audacity to attack the Quran for its violence. In my opinion, the Christians who pompously criticize Islam and judge Muslims do not have the moral ground to cast stones. In my opinion, I don't think people should read the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, if they want to learn about righteous moral behavior. Personally, I don't think that the following incidents from the Bible serve as examples of righteous moral behavior: forcing a rape victim to marry her rapist; smashing the heads of infants against the rocks; ordering the execution of witches; God commanding his "chosen people" to kill an entire population of foreign nations for their land in a conquest to possess a "promised land," or God being irrationally angry and killing every living creature and eradicating the entire human race by drowning every living being (except for one family) in a worldwide flood, thus committing global genocide.