(Original post by
@-Quava-)
Muslims are not rejecting and cherry picking.
You're a grown man and the majority of Muslim TSRians on here are young and have a lot to learn about Islam still.
You come here to argue against every young Muslim teen to make them look like they're being hypocritical or they're ignoring their own religious teaches teachings when the matter of fact is that they're so young they don't even have a lot of knowledge.
But you do you. Continue targeting young Muslims and Christians to temporarily fix this little emotional issue you have surrounding religion. If it makes you feel better, why not?
It's wonderful that you haven't been scared away from TSR by all the trolls, pervs and other creeps.
This message is a bit long, sorry.
All religious sects, leaders and individuals choose from a huge amount of scriptural quotes/teachings according to their intentions.
Over the millennia religious teachings has been used for a variety of purposes, to promote a variety of personal agendas- good, bad and evil.
Charity, education, forgiveness, redemption, love, compassion, mercy = for people who value these positive elements.
Political power, money, violence, hate, punishment, separatism and supremacy = for those who want to harness these less pleasant elements.
All elements are present within religion, reflected within both history and society- as ripe for abuse today as they were centuries ago.
Every religion under the sun- the abrahamic trio, hinduism, sikhism, scientology, mormonism, raelianism, jehovah's witnesses.
We must learn the lessons of history to avoid reliving some of the darkest events in history.
So many truly evil cults abusing religion and the faith of vulnerable members for purposes that would horrify you.
You know the powerful emotions that religion can stir up, the appeal of a united and welcoming religious community that preaches traditional righteousness as the sole path to an afterlife of eternal bliss.
You also know the history of this country.
Involvement in papal ordered violence against other religions, what Henry VIII did to end his marriage, how he used religion to torture/murder his critics, the brutal mass murders in the name of religion ordered by his daughter that earned her the nickname "Bloody Mary", Oliver Cromwell's lunatic puritanism, the Gunpowder Plot by terrorists to destroy parliament by means of mass murder and the witch-hunts that saw thousands of women accused of witchcraft then drowned or burned at the stake.
All warnings from history in relation to religious absolutism, the enforcement of fundamentalist religion and the use of both by sinister/deranged individuals.
If you read english language translations of all the abrahamic religious texts, I guarantee that you will find hundreds of quotes and brutal descriptions that will have you feeling absolutely nauseous.
Centuries of papal pronouncements and vatican decrees that are even worse.
Catholicism teaches papal infallibility (the pope is never wrong), that the pope is God's representation on earth and his orders must be obeyed by everyone.
There are always an unpleasant few who want to resurrect the religious fanaticism that dominated life during the ancient and medieval era.
Some within catholic congregations still openly celebrate ancient mass murders and instances of torture as "the one true religion punishing unbelievers".
My mother's family were textbook examples of this, my maternal grandmother has been doing it for the last 60 years.
Others preach an identical messages more subtly under the guise of "Christophobia" or "Generation Identity".
Their vision is practically identical to that of the evil doers of centuries ago who used religion as their weapon during the medieval era.
Do you understand now why so many of the worst dark age and medieval atrocities occurred?
It is vital it is that the history, theology and real life potential for the abuse of each are shared.
People with the knowledge must speak out to ensure that such a situation is never allowed to occur again.
Television channels like God TV & TBN UK have other plans; they have invested tens of millions into pushing a toxic religious agenda waging ideological war upon both religious multiculturalism and modern life.
The consequences for human life and society are far too serious to maintain the age old convenient silence.
Particularly in these times of widespread aggression and instability.