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Originally Posted by the truth

The new testament is a whole world away from the old and this is where Jesus came in to bring us some much needed enlightenment. However The wrathful side of God you mention is present in the old testament. The commandments in the Bible there are all about honour and love, not slaying masses of people.

Throughout history, both Christians and Muslims have brought about great wars and massacres in the name of religion. The New Testament doesn't get off scot free; the the Catholics sent Buddhists to the death camps during and after the Vietnam war, I don't remember how many were murdered but I know it was over a million. It wasn't so long ago a dictator singled out and murdered six million Jews in the name of Christianity. Although Hitler himself despised religion, religion is what he used to turn his country against the Jews.
http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/...christian.html

Let it be said, I condemn no religion. People spend their lives studying and living their faiths in peaceful harmony with their everyday life. Others take certain scriptures and twist them until they are only recognizable by their own evil congregation.

Just as some people should never touch alcohol, some should never touch religion.