re: #214 iceweasel

No. No.

This is flawed. This a fundamentally flawed interpretation of Islam.

Let me put it to you this way: Consider the Old Testament. THAT is a bloody, violent, vengeful text— and it bears almost no relation to Judaism as anyone I know practices Judaism. Even the Torah—maybe especially the Torah!— is also filled with similar stories.

And anyone who wanted to just point to either text and claim it literally stands for the teaching of Judaism would be flagrantly wrong.

Similarly for these claims about the Koran and Islam.

Not totally correct. Yes, there is violence in the hebrew scriptures, violence that was ordered by god. But, nothing in the hebrew scriptures warrants a command that the Jews continue to follow those orders.

That is why, in general, at least theologically, Jews do not believe that they have some mission to save the world, rule the world, kill and subject.

But the Koran has OPEN rules and commands to CONTINUE to do this, subject, till the world comes to allah. And this subjection comes with methods, such as taxes, slavery if need and, the big prize, death.

Two totally different theological tracks.