i'm glad everyone here is against religious extremism. we're all rational people here, and that makes me glad.

Tarantino says

The bible was not meant for interpretation, it was written quite literally. When religious leaders realized that society had outgrown such disgusting punishments , they argued that it can be interpreted however you'd like

lol this is where i believe you're totally wrong

isn't "interpreting the bible as literal meanings" like, the definition of fundamentalism?

The bible was not meant for interpretation, it was written quite literally. When religious leaders realized that society had outgrown such disgusting punishments , they argued that it can be interpreted however you'd like

you can't make the distinction between extremism and regular religious practice

I'm going to use an athiest argument against the athiest

do you know how long it's been since the old testament was written

i don't believe in fairytales

the bible is meant for interpretation, it does not tell you exactly what it means

if the bible says "the cow is blue" that doesn't mean the cow is actually the colour blue

Sims says

let's find the 2015 death rate of people having their sons stoned to death by village elders

Well if you knew anything about Islam, which follows the Old Testament, you'd realize that rate is probably pretty grotesque

Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

If you call the crusades justified than ISIS is the Lords Choosen Army of Saints whom have been blessed to conquer us all

let's find the 2015 death rate of people having their sons stoned to death by village elders

Leviticus 24:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Whoever blasphemes the name of the Lord shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him. The sojourner as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death.

Alright, I'm gonna bow out. Sims seems to have it though. Religion is a personal thing. There's no need to go justifying the Crusades or anything like that. If it feels like a sin, it's probably a sin (which is written in the bible).

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 ESV / 28 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

“If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

Tarantino51s
But actually, if religion is interpreted literally, it tells you to kill.

please tell me more genius tarantino

Rutab you've clearly never read the old testament. It very literally tells you to kill, quite often.

Tarantino says

But actually, if religion is interpreted literally, it tells you to kill.

That's why you're supposed to tell the difference between prescriptive text and descriptive text

become a buddhist then

There are very few religions that do not specifically demand death, such as Buddhism.

Extremism is of any existing religion is always looked at more than the peaceful believers

But actually, if religion is interpreted literally, it tells you to kill.

edark, please tell me all of the bad things that christians have done as a collective in history and then compare it to islam

also, the crusades isn't a valid answer because they were justified

Misinterpretation of religion is the main killer