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<blockquote data-quote="ThatRobGuy" data-source="post: 76154384" data-attributes="member: 123415"><p>Well, to a couple of your statements</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Louis has</p><p>- Blamed Jews for the Slave Trade (Israeli Government Policies wouldn't even be in play on that one, as the timelines wouldn't jive)</p><p>- Called them <em>Blood Sucking Deceivers</em> of the American people</p><p>- Said "Pedophilia and sexual perversion institutionalized in Hollywood and the entertainment industries can be traced to Jewish influence"</p><p>- Also said "You are the synagogue of Satan, and you have wrapped your tentacles around the U.S. government, and you are deceiving and sending this nation to hell."</p><p></p><p>None of those things had anything to do with Israeli government policies, those were pointed remarks he made about Jews as people.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a talking point that, while technically true, ignores a few key distinctions...</p><p></p><p>1) The propensity of groups to act on the described violence.</p><p></p><p>2) The demeanor of the "hero of the story" so to speak.</p><p></p><p>The Amish use the Bible as their main holy text (whether the German Martin Luther version, or for English, the KJV), yet, despite some of the violence in the text (which you alluded to), nobody has every laid awake at night worried about the Amish. And I'm confident any political cartoonist could make a cartoon mocking the Amish or any author could write a book critical of them, and wouldn't have to be in fear for their safety.</p><p></p><p>To my second point, despite the book itself having more violence (the OT has more violence as a whole than the Koran), you have to look at the "hero of the story" so to speak to see what kind of potential effect it could have on followers.</p><p></p><p>It's not hard to see the difference between biblical accounts of Jesus and the Koran's accounts of Muhammed in terms of their tone and demeanor.</p><p></p><p>I've read large parts of both books, despite the bible having more violence in it per volume, I can't recall any verses or supposed quotes by Jesus giving instructions on the proper way to torture a confession out of someone, or outlining the "proper procedure" to forcefully convert someone using violence.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThatRobGuy, post: 76154384, member: 123415"] Well, to a couple of your statements Louis has - Blamed Jews for the Slave Trade (Israeli Government Policies wouldn't even be in play on that one, as the timelines wouldn't jive) - Called them [I]Blood Sucking Deceivers[/I] of the American people - Said "Pedophilia and sexual perversion institutionalized in Hollywood and the entertainment industries can be traced to Jewish influence" - Also said "You are the synagogue of Satan, and you have wrapped your tentacles around the U.S. government, and you are deceiving and sending this nation to hell." None of those things had anything to do with Israeli government policies, those were pointed remarks he made about Jews as people. This is a talking point that, while technically true, ignores a few key distinctions... 1) The propensity of groups to act on the described violence. 2) The demeanor of the "hero of the story" so to speak. The Amish use the Bible as their main holy text (whether the German Martin Luther version, or for English, the KJV), yet, despite some of the violence in the text (which you alluded to), nobody has every laid awake at night worried about the Amish. And I'm confident any political cartoonist could make a cartoon mocking the Amish or any author could write a book critical of them, and wouldn't have to be in fear for their safety. To my second point, despite the book itself having more violence (the OT has more violence as a whole than the Koran), you have to look at the "hero of the story" so to speak to see what kind of potential effect it could have on followers. It's not hard to see the difference between biblical accounts of Jesus and the Koran's accounts of Muhammed in terms of their tone and demeanor. I've read large parts of both books, despite the bible having more violence in it per volume, I can't recall any verses or supposed quotes by Jesus giving instructions on the proper way to torture a confession out of someone, or outlining the "proper procedure" to forcefully convert someone using violence. [/QUOTE]
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