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Shall we review the oh so holy bible?
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Certainly, and the passages you refer to do in fact demonstrate its holiness, which means "set apart unto God." In general, you read out of context. Those are laws given by God to His own people, not involving anyone else. And you misrepresent them.
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Anyone who dreams or prophesizes anything that is against God, or anyone who tries to turn you from God, is to be put to death. (Deuteronomy 13:5)
Yes, here is the entire passage:
Deu 13:5 And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn [you] away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.
The context of all these references is the covenant God made with Israel, by which they promised to have no other Gods before Him, and to obey His laws. They entered voluntarily into this covenant. These commands you are referring to are all about preserving
God's own people from contamination by alien influences. They have nothing whatever to do with any people other than the Israelites. There is absolutely nothing in them that suggests wanton violence against outsiders, which is the practice of Islam based on their holy books.
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If anyone, even your own family suggests worshipping another God, kill them. (Deuteronomy 13:6-10)
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Again, the context is God's people and their agreement, covenant, vow, to have no other gods before the one true God. And again the quote:
Deu 13:6-10 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
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If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of it's inhabitants... even the animals. (Deuteronomy 13:12-15)
Again, you are out of context and imply things that are not there. The city in question is an ISRAELITE city:
Deu 13:12-15 If thou shalt hear [say] in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, [Certain] men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, [if it be] truth, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought among you; Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that [is] therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword.
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Kill anyone with a different religion. (Deuteronomy 17:2-7)
No, not "kill anyone" but kill an ISRAELITE who is in violation of the covenant he or she made with God to follow His laws and worship Him only, and it is done carefully, according to law.
Deu 17:2-7If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; And it be told thee, and thou hast heard [of it], and enquired diligently, and, behold, [it be] true, [and] the thing certain, [that] such abomination is wrought in Israel: Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, [even] that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; [but] at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you
It is all within the community of Israel and it is all entirely legally determined. There is nothing wanton or vague about it, and nothing that applies to anyone outside of Israel.
This is simply nothing at all like what fundamentalist Muslims recognize that Islam commands of its followers in the "war verses," which is wanton murder of NONMuslims.
If Muslims controlled their own community by such laws, that were accepted willingly by the people, that would be something entirely different from their terrorism against nonMuslims willynilly.
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