re: #752 iossarian

“I say to you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. As for my enemies who do not want me to reign over them, bring them here and kill them in my presence” (Luke 19:26-27).

Rationalize away!

Not to rationalize, as I’m not a Christian apologist; however, it’s a fact that this statement is made within a parable, and that we have no examples of Jesus actually ordering his disciples to kill anyone in his presence or in his name, or of such a thing happening, at least in the Gospels. I think a case could be made that it’s easier for Christians not to take passages like this as a literal command to slay infidels, whereas it’s much more difficult for Muslims to rationalize away the commands in the Koran, coupled with the example of Muhammad, who ordered massacres and assassinations and committed killings himself.