If killing people for disobeying or displeasing God doesn't constitute a religious killing then I am genuinely perplexed as to what does.
PD writes:
God saw how the humans behaved and he didn't like what he saw. He destroyed what he created. Show me where the religion is in that story.
Where
isn't the relgion in that story?
If I were to kill a load of people because I thought they were acting in a way I thought God would dislike it would be a religious act. Obviously.
I don't see why God cutting out the middle man and doing the deed himself makes the act any less qualifying as a religious killing.
PD writes:
This thread isn't about whether God's actions in the stories were good, bad, fair, or unfair. It is about the motivation behind the act. Just because God did it or ordered it, doesn't mean the motivation was religious in every event. Show me the ones that actually involve a religious motivation.
Well if acting out the wishes of God isn't religious what is?
PD writes:
My focus is on the specific stories, not a generality.
OK. But the specific stories are all religious aren't they?