Religion: The Talents of Sin

I found this post today, as a comment attached to a news story about some sick school prat carving up a cabbie in New York just because he professes to be Muslim. The comment pretty much concurs exactly with what I know from an old school chum who attended Harvard Divinity School back in the late 80's for a Masters in comparative religions with a focus on the Middle East: Judaism, Muslim and Christian beliefs.

While the word Inquisition and Crusade do not appear in The Bible as a whole, the comments below do appear in the Quran. Allah, it seems, is also very anti-woman, not simply anti-feminist, which was the flash point for wine fuelled student discussion in the 1980s.

I tend to believe that an omniscient God would clearly prefer to be forgotten today; and would look upon Atheists who use their talents for the benefit of God's creation as His followers rather than the ones who either give lip service and bury/hide their talents away from the usefulness of God's creation or who perpetrate malediction on God's creation. It is an interesting thought - well in league with the story I am finally writing.

For posterity, here is the comment:

Islam is not a religion, it is an agenda. Islam means submission and Sharia is a form of government which clearly violates the establishment clause of the First Amendment. The agenda to establish Sharia makes Islam illegal, according the U.S. Constitution.


Right From The Qur’an:

“Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them.” Qur’an 2:191
“Make war on the infidels living in your neighborhood.” Qur’an 9:123
“When opportunity arises, kill the infidels wherever you catch them.” Qur’an 9:5
“Any religion other than Islam is not acceptable.” Qur’an 3:85
“The Jews and the Christians are perverts; fight them.” Qur’an 9:30
“Maim and crucify the infidels if they criticize Islam” Qur’an 5:33
“The infidels are unclean; do not let them into a mosque.” Qur’an 9:28
“Punish the unbelievers with garments of fire, hooked iron rods, boiling water; melt their skin and bellies.” Qur’an 22:19
“Do not hanker for peace with the infidels; behead them when you catch them.” Qur’an 47:4
“The unbelievers are stupid; urge the Muslims to fight them.” Qur’an 8:65
“Muslims must not take the infidels as friends.” Qur’an 3:28
“Terrorize and behead those who believe in scriptures other than the Qur’an.” Qur’an 8:12
“Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels.” Qur’an 8:60