[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by kirklancaster

Are you seriously suggesting LT, that the Judeo Christian bible is on a par with the Quran? Or that its text can be wrongfully interpreted today to cause Jews or Christians to become extremist and embark on a catalogue of terrorist inhuman atrocities similar to IS, ISIL, ISIS, Boko Haram or Al Qaeda?

Do you really think that if Christianity and Judaism disappeared overnight along with all Synagogues and Churches, and Jews and Christians, that IS, ISIL, ISIS, Boko Haram or Al Qaeda terrorists would just as suddenly down weapons and cease their mission to Islamify the entire world?

And I have posted lengthy and factual posts which prove that wars fought because of religion account for less than 12% of all recorded wars, and half of this figure is made up of Islamic wars, so only 6% is attributable to other religions. Obviously, this means that 88% of all recorded wars have secular causes. So where would the eradication of all religion lead to a more peaceful or even rational world?

Why mention Christianity in the same breath as Islam anyway? And why close churches?

It is not Christians who are shooting hundreds of innocent little schoolchildren, setting innocent schoolteachers ablaze, beheading thousands of terrified innocent non-combatants, crucifying Christians, and abducting and raping hundreds of schoolgirls then selling them off as sex slaves.

Yes, if you don't think that the Bible isn't as brutal as the Qu'ran then you must not have read it very well. Any religion has the potential to be used to justify radical and terrorist actions. For all we know the next big terrorist threat in the future could be from an extremist Christian or Jewish group. Any and all the religions have the potential to be misused to create the next Isis, religious terrorism is not a new thing and it did not begin with Islam and it won't end with it either.

You are purposely misrepresenting his point to suit your own argument. LT said ALL religion, not just Christianity and Judaism so it's downright silly just to focus on those two to discredit him. You would still get groups like Isis because even now, they only use Islam to radicalise the jaded and because it benefits them. Isis weren't created by Islam, they were created by our actions in Iraq and Syria. Aside from that though, a world without organised religion would largely be a better place to live.

It's not just about war, Religion is a big reason why homophobia exists and why not everyone in this world is equal and all religions have been used to justify crimes at some point. Organised Religion is the root of most of the evil in this world.

It's not the Muslims either, just an extreme minority of them so why are you trying to tar them all with the same brush? Do you think all Catholics should be held accountable for the actions of a few priests? Should all Christians have to answer to terrorist attacks by White Supremacist groups who often use the slavery related passages in the bible to justify their cruelty? I'm guessing you don't so I don't know why you think it's okay to pick and choose. All religions are ultimately the same, just worded differently, so you can't pick or choose which ones are 'evil' and which ones are 'good'. It's all or nothing.