GoogleSurveyViolence

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index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Many people have been quoting the Quran out of context in an effort to show that Islam promotes violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Violence in the Quran, he and others say, is largely a defense against attack.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ "What happens in all religions as they grow and mature and expand, they go through a process of forgetting of the original violence, and I call this a process of holy amnesia," Jenkins says.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ They make the violence symbolic: Wiping out the enemy becomes wiping out one's own sins.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ El-Ansary says we are seeing more religious violence from Muslims now because the Islamic world is far more religious than is the West.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Horror stories about Christian violence abound in other eras, with the Crusades and Inquisition as prime exhibits; but the intra- Christian violence of the fifth- and sixth-century debates was on a far larger and more systematic scale than anything produced by the Inquisition and occurred at a much earlier stage of church history.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ When Edward Gibbon wrote his classic account of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he reported countless examples of Christian violence and fanaticism.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In extreme episodes, communion was enforced by physical violence, so that the Eucharist, which is based upon ideas of self-giving and self-sacrifice, became an instrument of oppression.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Evangelist Franklin Graham has described his horror on finding so many Koranic passages that command the killing of infidels: the Koran, he thinks, "preaches violence." Prominent conservatives Paul Weyrich and William Lind argued that "Islam is, quite simply, a religion of war," and urged that Muslims be encouraged to leave US soil.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ But in terms of ordering violence and bloodshed, any simplistic claim about the superiority of the Bible to the Koran would be wildly wrong.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The Bible contains far more verses praising or urging bloodshed than does the Koran, and biblical violence is often far more extreme, and marked by more indiscriminate savagery.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ X=x&Css=1h&Modern Christians tend not to interpret the "terror texts" in the Bible as mandates to martyr themselves in personal acts of violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Its call for worldwide violent jihad for the purpose of establishing global Islamic dominance must be positioned against the Christian New Testament it purports to correct, which nowhere calls for any violence whatsoever, but instead urges love of friend, neighbor, and enemy - and calls for the worldwide spread of the faith through the proclamation of the gospel, and baptism.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Furthermore, I think it would be extremely difficult to use any of the words ascribed to Jesus to justify violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The Koran, on the other hand, explicitly orders and condones violence against and the oppression of non-Muslims.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Just look at all the violence in the name of Islam today.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ sir--obviously your not a christian or a servant of jesus the christ of god---the koran exudes violence and there is little about giving the guilty the chance to repent and start over--they murder people for silly things----the old testament of the bible---yes---is full of violence and it is god's angel dealing with the jews and unbeleivers but after jesus rose from the dead and paid the penalty for our evils the bible (acts to jude)no longer justifies killing others---it admonishes to us that god will repay his eniemies and true christians are not to harm others..
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In an article entitled, "Throwing Stones at the Quran from a Glass House", The American Muslim claims that the verses of violence and war in the Bible can be misread in "exactly the same way as some verses in the Qur'an" (emphasis ours).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In other words, the on-line magazine alleges that, like the Quran, there are Biblical verses with open-ended commands to violence that are not bound by historical context within the passage itself.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Nevertheless, to support their claim, The American Muslim quotes sixteen of the worst passages that the Bible has to offer in the way of violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Again, this is a historical narration that clearly refers to an obscure tribe, unlike many of the open-ended passages of violence against unbelievers, "idolaters," polytheists, Jews and Christians found in the Qur'an.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Then, after delicately arranging the products of this Herculean charade in such a way as to convince the rest of us that these Qur'anic verses of violence are not what they appear, the apologist steps back, wipes the sweat from his brow and says, "See how clear it is?
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The Islamic trilogy (the Quran, Hadith and Sira) contain 9.6 times as much violence as the Hebrew Bible (there New Testament has none).
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ As Warner puts it: "The political violence of the Koran is eternal and universal.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The political violence of the Bible was for that particular historical time and place.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Many people are concerned about the widespread promotion of violence in society.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Instead of being a last resort used only in self-defense or the defense of others, violence is often portrayed as normal, favored, and entertaining conduct.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ They know that violence does not prove who is right but only who is stronger.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ They also recognize that the validity of an argument depends on the quality of the evidence and logic supporting it - not the amount of violence its proponents can inflict.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In fact, a resort to violence usually means the proponents believe they cannot win with arguments.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Moreover, enlightened societies realize that gratuitous violence, when supported by society's leaders and other role models, can promote more violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Their example sends a message to others that violence is an appropriate means of dealing with problems.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Those societies also understand that people can become desensitized to the sight of violence and thus tolerate ever-greater amounts of it.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ As a result, civilized societies permit violence only for self-defense and the defense of others, and only in amounts necessary to accomplish those purposes.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In a society with no police force and no judiciary, the basic mechanism to stop this internal violence is scapegoating and sacrifice.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ It seems that good violence is used to drive out bad violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Societies use one sort of violence to expel another sort.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The violence expelled is deemed bad, the violence used to expel it is deemed good.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The very next development is the violence which begins to emerge from the rivalry between Cain and Abel.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The Roman Empire was controlled by violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The violent incidents are rather like liberating or revolutionary governments being constrained to use violence against people and to lock them up in the cause of freedom.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The Bible is not just a set of instructions about repudiating violence. It is the story of the sometimes very painful, often backsliding process by which people come to repudiate violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In our own society the police and the judiciary are the people charged with the control of violence, they are therefore particularly vulnerable to it.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ 2 If it does not work exactly to diffuse the latent violence in the community the results can be disastrous.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ 2 Good people enjoy the positive results of their words, but those who are treacherous crave violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Many of these are unfortunately rather gruesome, since the main theme of the Old Testament is warnings and stories about how it says societies were punished for mass lawless and hurtful behaviour, even to the extent of having war brought on them by God, that seem to have been designed to scare societies where crime and violence were rampant into behaving more ethically.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ We cannot conclude that Christianity teaches violence because of the violent crusades some Christians have waged in the past against Moslem, Jews, and so-called "heretics." Such a method of interpretation is wrong, because not all who claim to act in the name of their religion are necessarily following its teachings.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The right method is to go back to the sources of Islam and Christianity and see what they have to say about violence and peaceful coexistence with people practicing other religions.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ 1) Christians Have no Biblical justification for Using Violence in the Name of Christ There is no question that Christians have used violence, torture, and military crusades to destroy "infidels" and "heretics," but those who committed these shameful acts, betrayed the Person and teaching of Christ.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ They turned the Christian church into a terroristic organization acting against the teaching of Christ who condemned the use of violence as a means to establish His Kingdom.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Muslims who use violence, warfare, and terrorism to advance the cause of Allah, can legitimately claim to be following the example and teachings of their prophet, Muhammad.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Christ condemned the use of violence to promote the Christian faith, while Muhammad commanded the use of the sword to advance the cause of Islam.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ A religion that resorts to violence to force its teachings upon others, can hardly be called a "religion," because a true religion presupposes reverence for God and respect for fellow-beings.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ And when we pledge our complete allegiance to Christ, we are pledging to follow his example of "carrying the cross." We must, like him, be willing to die at the hands of our enemies, and on behalf of our enemies, rather than resist them with violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Never is there a hint that we are permitted to use violence when we deem it "justified." For, as a matter of fact, we always feel justified using whatever force is necessary to protect ourselves, our loved ones, or things we care about.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In the Expounding of the Law (part of the Sermon on the Mount), Jesus urges his followers to turn the other cheek when confronted by violence:
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ I know this might seem like a really stupid question to even ask, let alone examine, because anyone with even a basic knowledge of the Christian Scriptures would laugh at the suggestion that they command Christian to commit acts of violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ When you actually start to question someone who is suggesting that the Bible preaches a religion of violence they can't actually tell you specifically where Christians are commanded to commit acts of violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The book of Leviticus, which is the one commonly referred to, by critics of Christianity, as promoting a doctrine of violence, is found in the Old Testament, therefore it is part of the old covenant, and it's precepts have been superseded by the teachings of the new covenant found in the New Testament.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ I don't know if the Bible supports violence, but its use sure led to all lot of it.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Some of those interpretations have led to a lot of violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The truth is that those who are crusading against such violence are fighting an uphill battle, and not because of increasing numbers, though numbers must increase as our society turns away from Christ, but because they are fighting against something they are powerless to change -- human nature, and a sinful one at that.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Though it is unlikely that violence erupted immediately, we see this ruling over women begin to take effect in chapter four only six generations later with the casting aside of God's one man for one woman marriage policy and the appearance of polygamy.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Though our society currently prohibits polygamy, courtesy of Christianity's impact on Western civilization for the last almost 2,000 years, it is not hard to see how violence can become a part of the equation.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Violence is the natural conclusion of sin in the contest of who is going to rule whom, and as God created the male to be bigger and stronger on average than the female, there is generally not much of a contest.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The true answer to the equation is for both genders to repent of their part in this violence cycle and turn to Jesus Christ, who not only can save their souls, but can give them a new heart with the capacity to love each other as God originally intended, way back in the Garden of Eden.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ As a woman who has lived through both sexual abuse and domestic violence, I have seen firsthand the lack of reporting that goes on with both of these problems which are under, not over - reported.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Trying to rationalize or justify domestic violence, or any violence against women, is just an abomination of christian teachings.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ However, there are a considerable number of Hollywood films that use violence in a nuanced and even profound fashion.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Recognizing that the biblical authors may have wrongly justified certain instances of violence can help us make better decisions today.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The profundity of the biblical text resides in its complexity and ability to challenge our popular conceptions of violence, justice, and evil.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ While violence is indeed often unwarranted, there are times when employing it is a necessary good.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ One man's justice is another man's cruel violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ These passages are both violent, yes I agree but the simple fact of the matter is that, that violence is to defend your belief and gods name.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ And this violence is directed towards those who are not members of the faith.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Violent things happened in the bible, but there are few places where standing commands can be seen for Christians to COMMIT violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ In a discussion of violence in religion, we first have to separate individual instances and personal interpretations from the actual religion.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Therefore the actions of radicals cannot be attributed to violence in the religion.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The concept of abrogation and the distinction between descriptive/past-tense violence and instructive/future-tense violence does seem important.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ It doesn't matter what how much violence is in the books, it's how much violence has been caused over the books.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ The New Testament fulfills the Old Testament, not really abrogates, but the violence described in the Old Testament is essentially ended with the New Testament, which guides followers to a new direction of peace.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Finally, I think the Bible is to be applauding by not ignoring the problem of violence against women.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ It's upfront about its existence, which gives us relevant texts for discussing the still appalling violence against in many parts of the world.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ This does not do away with the very troubling issue of violence in the passage, but it's helpful for me to concentrate on what it's saying about the covenant between God and His people-- that it is not simply a contract between political allies or a King and his subordinates-- but that it is more akin to marriage.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ As Christians following after Jesus, let's agree that we may have violence done to us, but that we will not do violence to others.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ This also implies that "peace" is not a direct opposite of "violence".
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ This is not very related to what I was trying to express; I don't have much original to contribute along these lines -- except to continue to assert that God has bought our peace though sacrifice, not through violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ When you think about it, domestic violence stems entirely from fear -- for the victim, fear of his/her abuser and for the abuser, fear of the loss of the victim, his/her love or power or any number of other things that we as individuals really have no power over.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Second interesting discovery was the comparison of King Saul and David as an example of domestic violence in the Bible, especially since I've been watching "Kings" on Hulu, which is a modern take on their story.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ As a survivor and advocate I have found that the bible is the tool of wisdom for educating on avoidance and overcoming domestic violence.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ kjv@Answer: Violence is defined as "physical force exerted for the purpose of violating, damaging, or abusing," and sadly, violence is a part of everyday life.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ First of all, violence in the mind is just as hurtful as violence by the hands.
index:GOOGLESURVEYQUOTES GoogleSurveyViolence @ Prayer and patience beats violence and anger on any day.