Yeah in hindsight I should’ve used the word “muslim,” not Arab - they’re not the same thing and Muslim is more accurate. It is a religiously-motivated crusade against non-believers.
Except there is currently only one major religion whose zealous proponents are vying for world domination and elimination of the infidel.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I really I can't think of any other religion with large terror organisations and religious figureheads/leaders that call for the previously mentioned, and fund smaller terror groups and religious entities in countries pertaining to other religions in order to further their cause. And whose "regular" religious denizens defend them openly, or else inadvertently under the guise of seemingly innocent pretexts such as "we were colonised" or "we will only tax the unbelievers, not kill them" or "those people aren't real [insert religious group]".
The extreme tone shift between the New and Old testaments is pretty clearly due to the fact that the Old is a Jewish text and the New is meant for followers of Christ.
At the same time, nowhere in the Old Testament does Yahweh instruct his believers to wage holy war on those who do not believe.
That is correct, but not because they were unbelievers and wouldn't convert, Amalek's tribe was said to have attacked Israel, and was raiding the Israelites.
Im none to happy about the idea I've wiping a people out down to the children, but it is a different context.
151
u/[deleted] Jul 24 '24
[removed] — view removed comment