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To be brutally honest~
Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam.) all explicitly encourage/incite violence, often directly against certain groups of people.
So, might be hard for them to coexist.
Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam.) all explicitly encourage/incite violence, often directly against certain groups of people.
So, might be hard for them to coexist.
Neither Judaism or Christianity encourage violence.
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’
Hebrews 10:30
For we know him who said, "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."
Romans 12:19
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
I could probably list a few more. Now if people take revenge, it is because people are vengeful, and will interpret anything is a green light to punish those that we don't agree with, or those that wrong us. Even a cursory reading of Scripture shows we are not allowed to do that.
2 Chronicles 15:13 King James Version (KJV)
)13) That whosoever would not seek the Lord God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman.
Commanding death, eh?
It is important here to also remember to see what context this command is given. As a nation Israel had entered into a covenant with God, and agreed to follow rules, so to speak, laid out by Him, because they claimed to love Him. Their fathers, and ancestors had agreed to this, though they had been warned previously by Joshua that they would not be able to live up to their side of the covenant. God had promised enormous blessings should they do as He said, and terrible curses if they disobeyed. All these read out loud, so all could hear. The Jews today live in a very different time. They for one no longer have a temple, there is no alter to be rebuilt as we read they did in 2 Chronicles 15. They can no longer sacrifice, and have sins covered in that manner. They don't have Levite priests to mediate for them. Stoning people (those disobedient to God of their own people) for not believing when there is not even a temple anymore is the least of their concern in terms of following the old covenant.
2 Chronicles 15 New International Version (NIV)
Asa’s Reform
15 The Spirit of God came on Azariah son of Oded. 2 He went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. 5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. 6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress. 7 But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
8 When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Azariah son of[a] Oded the prophet, he took courage. He removed the detestable idols from the whole land of Judah and Benjamin and from the towns he had captured in the hills of Ephraim. He repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the portico of the Lord’s temple.
9 Then he assembled all Judah and Benjamin and the people from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who had settled among them, for large numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him.
10 They assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa’s reign. 11 At that time they sacrificed to the Lord seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep and goats from the plunder they had brought back. 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. 13 All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. 14 They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. 15 All Judah rejoiced about the oath because they had sworn it wholeheartedly. They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
16 King Asa also deposed his grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother, because she had made a repulsive image for the worship of Asherah. Asa cut it down, broke it up and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 17 Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life. 18 He brought into the temple of God the silver and gold and the articles that he and his father had dedicated.
19 There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa’s reign.
Researching, I'll edit this post.
I've made up a process to help me with this.
First off, what makes you accept these writings as true and valid?
The Spirit I received when believing testify to my spirit that these things are true, trustworthy and good. Everything else that makes me believe it is circumferential. That is in essence what makes me believe. I could read the Bible before, and I did, though I did not understand what it was talking about. Now I see what it means.
