Different Religious Logos, Same Violent Message

The last few posts I created seemed to single out Islam specifically, but it was not my intention. I think that the Abrahamic faiths are all flawed equally. Below are a couple of clips from YouTube that speak to some of the violence in the bible, and some of the same vendictive God characteristics found in the Quran.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EikskgKKeqg

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MjAoxrLR9WM

It is clear to me from the Bible how and why Israelis are considered to be more valuable than Palestinians, and that they are justified in getting people out of their land because the bible says it is okay to do so. Here again, we have a God who has given us to make moral exceptions to subjicate, dominate, exterminate, and terrorize those who don't submitt to the will of God.. A God who has chosen us because we're special... We're God's chosen people... We're the ones carrying God's word and His true message.

I have heard some Christian fundamentalists claim that while there has been attrocities committed under the banner of Christianity, it was never authorized by the Bible... Really?! So do they believe that Joshua is not part of the word of God? Should the old testament be separated out of the Christian Bible? And what about the council Nicea where the Roman Empire decided what is God's revelation and what is not to fit its needs? Is that a testament that is free of human manipulation?

I think that any time you have institutions in the making, there are groups of people who will add their spin to it to make sure their interests are served. What makes this particularly a malignant and destructive element in religion is because those groups appeal to the fear of eternal punishment, and invoke God's divine to enforce human systems. Ibrahamic religeous figures claim, and believe, that they are only enforcing what has been so clearly mandated in God's revealed Word. It's not the will of the state or the religious institution. It's the will of God. If not followed, these individuals will suffer enternally in horrible ways in the after life. In addition, God's wrath will decend upon all of society if society did not fight and prevent ideas that are contrary to those of the Church.

Of course, every Abrahamic religion simultaneously claims corruption and misunderstanding occured in the earlier revelation thus requiring a new revelation, claims to be the final word of God, and threatens damnation for those who don't convert to it, or convert away from it. In other words, no matter what you do, your chances of going to hell are pretty darn good no matter what you believe; unless of course you are Hindu or Budist, then you are going to the Abrahamic hell for Sure.

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