Debate: Is Islam a religion of violence or a religion of peace?
Side: peace

ExodusMoses murders an Egyptian after making sure that no one is looking. 2:11-12"I will ... smite Egypt with all my wonders." 3:20God threatens to kill the Pharaoh's firstborn son. 4:23God decides to kill Moses because his son had not yet been circumcised. 4:24-26Moses and Aaron ask the Pharaoh to let all the Israelites go into the desert to pray for three days, or else God will kill them all "with pestilence, or with the sword." 5:3"Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh." 6:1God will make sure that Pharaoh does not listen to Moses, so that he can kill Egyptians with his armies. 7:4"And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD." Who else could be so cruel and unjust? 7:5, 17God tells Moses and Aaron to smite the river and turn it into blood. This is the first of the famous 10 plagues of Egypt. 7:17-24The fifth plague: all cattle in Egypt die.But a little later (9:19-20, 12:29), God kills them again a couple more times. 9:6The sixth plague: boils and blains upon man and beast. 9:9-12"For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth." Who else but the biblical god could be so cruel? 9:14God gave power to the Pharaoh so that he could show off his own power by killing him. 9:15-16The seventh plague is hail. "And the hail smote throughout the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast." 9:22-25God wants to be remembered forever for the mass murder of little children. 10:2These verses clearly show that the mass murder of innocent children by God was premeditated. (see 12:29-30) 11:4-6God will kill the Egyptian children to show that he puts "a difference between the Egyptians and Israel." 11:7God explains to Moses that he intends to "smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast. 12:12After God has sufficiently hardened the Pharaoh's heart, he kills all the firstborn Egyptian children. When he was finished "there was not a house where there was not one dead." Finally, he runs out of little babies to kill, so he slaughters the firstborn cattle, too. 12:29To commemorate the divine massacre of the Egyptian children, Moses instructs the Israelites to "sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix" -- all the males, that is. God has no use for dead, burnt female bodies. 13:2, 12, 15"I will harden Pharaoh's heart." 14:4After hardening Pharaoh's heart a few more times, God drowns Pharaoh's army in the sea. 14:4-28The LORD shall fight for you. 14:14"I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour." 14:17"And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen." 14:18"And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians." 14:26"And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians." 14:31Moses and the people sing praises to their murderous god. 15:1-19"The Lord is a man of war." Indeed, judging from his acts in the Old Testament, he is a vicious warlike monster. 15:3God's right hand dashes people in pieces. 15:6"For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them." 15:19"Horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea." 15:21If you do what God says, he won't send his diseases on you (like he did to the Egyptians). But otherwise.... 15:26Joshua, with God's approval, kills the Amalekites "with the edge of the sword." 17:13"I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven." 17:14"The Lord has sworn [God swears!] that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." So God is still fighting Amalek. I hope Moses can still keep his hand up. 17:14-16Any person or animal that touches Mt. Sinai shall be stoned to death or "shot through." Did Moses impose such severe penalties because he feared that someone might see him fake his meeting with God? 19:12-13Like the great and powerful Wizard of Oz, nobody can see God and live. 19:21God gives instructions for killing and burning animals. He says that if we will make such "burnt offerings," he will bless us for it. What kind of mind would be pleased by the killing and burning of innocent animals? 20:24A child who hits or curses his parents must be executed. 21:15, 17It's okay to beat your slaves; even if they die you won't be punished, just as long as they survive a day or two after the beating (see verses 21:20-21). But avoid excessive damage to their eyes or teeth. Otherwise you may have to set them free. 21:26-27An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. 21:24-25If an ox gores someone, "then the ox shall surely be stoned." 21:28If an ox gores someone due to the negligence of its owner, then "the ox shall be stoned, and his owner shall be put to death.". 21:29If an ox gores a slave, the owner of the ox must pay the owner of the slave 30 shekels of silver, and "the ox shall be stoned." 21:32"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Thousands of innocent women have suffered excruciating deaths because of this verse. 22:18"Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death." Is it really necessary to kill such people? Couldn't we just send them to counseling or something? 22:19"He who sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed." If this commandment is obeyed, then the four billion people who do not believe in the biblical god must be killed. 22:20If you make God angry enough, he will kill you and your family with his own sword. 22:24"The firstborn of thy sons thou shalt give unto me." (As a burnt offering?) 22:29God promises to "send his fear before the Israelites" and to kill everyone that they encounter when they enter the promised land. 23:27God has hornets that bite and kill people. 23:28Moses has some animals killed and their dead bodies burned for God. Then he sprinkles their blood on the altar and on the people. This makes God happy. 24:5-8Get some animals, kill them, chop up their bodies, wave body parts in the air, burn the carcasses, and sprinkle the blood all around -- in precisely the way God tells you. It may well make you sick, but it makes God feel good. 29:11-37Have your killed and offered your bullock for a sin offering today? How about the two lambs you are supposed to offer each day? 29:36-39Wash up or die. This is a good verse to use when reminding the kiddies to wash their hands before supper. 30:20Whoever puts holy oil on a stranger shall be "cut off from his people." 30:33Those who break the Sabbath are to be executed. 31:14God asks to be left alone so that his "wrath may wax hot" and he can "consume them. 32:10Moses burned the golden calf, ground it into powder, and then forced it down the throats of all the people. 32:20God orders the sons of Levi (Moses, Aaron, and the other members of their tribe that were "on the Lord's side") to kill "every man his neighbor." "And there fell of the people that day about 3000 men." 32:27-28"Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book." 32:33But God wasn't satisfied with the slaughter of the 3000, so he killed some more people with a plague. 32:35If you can't redeem him, then just "break his neck." Hey, it's all for the glory of God. 34:20Whoever works, or even kindles a fire, on the Sabbath "shall be put to death." 35:2-3LeviticusGod gives detailed instructions for performing ritualistic animal sacrifices. such bloody rituals must be important to God, judging from the number of times that he repeats their instructions. Indeed the entire first nine chapters of Leviticus can be summarized as follows: Get an animal, kill it, sprinkle the blood around, cut the dead animal into pieces, and burn it for a "sweet savor unto the Lord." Chapters 1 - 9"Kill the bullock before the LORD ... bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar." 1:5"Flay the burnt offering; cut it into pieces." 1:6Lay ... the head, and the fat ... on the fire which is upon the altar: But his inwards and his legs ... burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice ... a sweet savour unto the LORD." 1:8-9"Kill ... before the Lord and ... sprinkle blood round about." 1:11"Cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat ... and burn it ... for a sweet savour unto the Lord." 1:12-13"If the burnt sacrifice ... be of fowls ... wring off his head, and burn it ... and the blood thereof shall be wrung out." 1:14-15"For a sweet savour unto the Lord." 1:17"Part it in pieces... it is a meat offering." 2:6"It is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire." 2:10"He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it ... and .... sprinkle the blood ... round about." 3:2"The fat that covereth the inwards ... and the two kidneys ... and the caul above the liver.... It is ... a sweet savour unto the Lord." 3:3-5"He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it ... and .... sprinkle the blood ... round about." 3:8"The fat ... the whole rump ... the inwards ... the two kidneys ... burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD." 3:9-11"If his offering be a goat ... he shall lay his hand upon the head ... and kill it ... and ... sprinkle the blood ... round about." 3:12-13"The fat that covereth the inwards ... the two kidneys ... and the caul above the liver ... burn them upon the altar; it is the food of the ooffering made by fire for a sweet savour." 3:14-16"All the fat is the Lord's."When you do your burnt offerings, remember that "all the fat is the Lord's." (And he doesn't like to share!) 3:16"Kill the bullock before the Lord and take of the bullock's blood." 4:4"The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle the blood seven times before the Lord." 4:6"Put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar ... and ... pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar." 4:7"Take ... all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards ... the two kidneys ... and the caul above the liver ... and ... burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering." 4:8-10"And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung...."What to do with the fat, kidneys, liver, skin, head, entrails, and dung from your burnt offerings. 4:11-12"Offer a young bullock for the sin ... The bullock shall be killed before the Lord." 4:14-15"Bring of the bullock's blood ... And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle the blood seven times before the Lord." 4:16-17"Put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar ... and ... pour out all the blood ... and ... take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar." 4:18-19"He shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it." 4:24-25"The priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood ... and he shall burn all his fat upon the altar." 4:25-26"Slay the sin offering ... and the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering ... and shall pour out all the blood." 4:29-30"He shall take away all the fat ... and ... burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD." 4:31"Slay the sin offering ... and the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering and shall pour out all the blood." 4:33-35i cannot even get all of book two in one post