KingRaptor wrote:The problem is the fact that this stuff is in the Quran, the immutable word of God. The kind of person who follows the rest of it to the letter is going to take this kind of verse seriously as well.
From just a small part of Leviticus.
Killing Adulterers
20:10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
Killing Homosexuals
20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Killing Furries
20:15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
20:16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Stoning Blasphemeres (God damn! Thats harsh)
24:16 And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.
Exiling those who have sex with menstruating women
20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
Stoning witches
20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Slavery
25:44 Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
25:45 Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
25:46 And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
If your point is that religion is bad, i quite agree. If your point is that Islam is PARTICULARLY bad- not really. If your point is that the verse you quote is ESPECIALLY bad, NOT AT ALL. That is one of the tamer Qu'ran quotes- only beat your wife as a last resort? Sheesh. Why dont we break out the flowers and hugs here.
Edit: Though you, KR, being Malaysian, have particularly good reason to resent and dislike Islam and muslims.