Billnew said:
They would kill over mistreatment of a book(Quran), They would massacre hundreds for desicration of a building, they are misguided.
Actually, as I stated earlier, this isn't just about the Qur'an. It's a combination of factors. People in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been upset with the United States over Guantanamo for quite some time, and this is just the straw that broke the camels back These people didn't wake up one morning and decide to riot. It was a combination of factors.
And, if I remember correctly, the United States went to war over the desctruction of the World Trade Towers.
Why does a god demand followers to pray 5 times a day,
Ritual prayer isn't simply a muslim thing. Orthodox jews pray 3 times daily. Some hindu sects have daily prayer. Heck, even some
catholics and
orthodox christians pray ritual daily prayers
not to listen to any words that talk of other gods,
You mean like this?
Exodus 23:13 - And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.
Exodus 22:20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
Exodus 23:24 Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.
to kill or sacrifice their life for protecting the various religious items.
The Qur'an isn't just a religious item.
And to kill any that won't follow that god.
Deut 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
Deut 12:2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree
Shall I continue? The Qur'an is no less bloody than the Old Testament, which is from God, even if christians now seek to distance themselves from ti.