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Originally Posted by Csihar
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Good post maskedmelon. There are reasons why Christianity will never be a threat on the same level as Islam but the difference doesn't really lie in the actual words.
Another thing I might add is that the Quran emphasizes the importance of actually following your Holy Book. It basically says the Jews receives the Word of God but didn't live up to His standards. The Christians received the Word of God and didn't live up to his standards. So now the Quran is more firm on living up to His standards. The Bible very clearly states that all these Sunday Christians who cherry-pick their passages are going to Hell so ultimately it has the same message but the Quran simply includes "REMINDER: ACTUALLY DO WHAT YOU'RE TOLD TO DO" every few pages.
Then there is also Arabic culture which slips in (I would argue that a lot of the women unfriendly attitude comes from that culture. The Quran is more pleasant for women than the Bible) and the political situation in the Middle East and North Africa. People have been invading Middle East for a very long time (pre-guns) and we're reaping the horrible fruits. It's a mixture of a lot of things + the religion.
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I mostly agree with all of this, I just think you are still discounting the importance to christians of Christ, their namesake. The whole idea of christianity is that people no longer need to endure horrific penalties for ordinary actions everyone participates in because god sacrificed his own son so people would not have to pay for being their nasty selfs. That idea is what allows and encourages christians to function peacefully in society independent of Levitican law. And most do.
The west borough baptist church is a fringe group because it embraces principles, be they from the bible, that run contrary to Christ's later teachings, which Christianity is founded on. And most Christians whether they sympathize with the motives or not, call out that church on those grounds. That is something we don't get from followers of Islam. In fact we get the opposite and the reason is as you said, the law is they law, they've had no peaceful reformer who has said, "Hey, you don't have to do this anymore!"