Have you read the Quran though?
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Replying to @GaRuEdu1 @primalpoly
Have you read it? I've replied, and yes, I have parts. It is on my list to read in full. If you haven't how can you make such judgements?
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Any belief system can be interpreted negative or positive. I don't have to defend extremists to not condemn an entire belief system
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Replying to @Sara_K_D_ @GaRuEdu1
The Quran includes over 100 passages explicitly calling for murder and war against non-Muslims. How can those be interpreted 'positively'?
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Replying to @primalpoly @GaRuEdu1
The Bible also advocates selling daughters into slavery, never allowing a woman to be in authority over a man, kill women ppl don't 1/
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understand, commit genocide, speaks vs. homosexuality, & encourages slavery. Does this mean that Christianity is inherently violent? Does 2/
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this mean there is no way to interpret the Bible positively? The Bible also encourages any # of other things, but when one interprets 3/
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a religious text, you can focus on the positives or the negatives. Many don't ascribe to the view that any religious text is literal & 4/
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every single statement should be followed. That's what makes it interpretation.
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Key difference is that the Quran doesn't have a New Testament to soften the Old... Curious what you think after you read the whole thing.
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Replying to @primalpoly @GaRuEdu1
I don't think the New Testament softens anything in the minds of Christian extremists who believe every single word is true & should be 1/
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taken literally. As
@Imamofpeace (the guy you tweeted earlier) said: https://twitter.com/Imamofpeace/status/874084167314620420 … Hence, interpretationSara added,
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