Originally posted by penncam
That's rich ST! Now you're going back some 3,500 years ago. I do not recall reading about suicide killers back in those times.
Has Judaism and Christianity mutated or morphed into radical bomb wielding fanatics?
We are talking about TODAY'S religions, ST!!
Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I am driving out from before you the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it be a snare in your midst. But you shall destroy their altars, break their sacred pillars, and cut down their wooden images (For you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.)
Exodus, Chapter 34, verses 11-14
You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you. For I will look on you favorably and make you fruitful, multiply you and confirm My covenant with you. You shall eat the old harvest, and clear out the old because of the new.
Leviticus, Chapter 26, verses 7-9
Different tactics, same results. And many rely on the old testament to support their beliefs. (If not, then the whole episode with the 10 commandments being displayed in a court of law really was usless. If it really isn't part of religion anymore, it wouldn't even be an issue with separation of church and state) And the history of christians isn't exactly all sunshine and glory, but luckily we have begun to evolve away from this mentality. Perhaps the followers of islam will as well.
If you look at it, they aren't doing a lot of different things than christians did. Be it the crusades, or our famous witch trials, the tactics today are different, but the final goal seems to be the same. You would hope people would learn from past mistakes, but as it has been clearly pointed out on here by some, studying history is useless.