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Originally Posted by feartheflames
also if you look back in history there has been horrible, horrible crimes created in the name of Christianity- crimes which we all know Christianity doesn't condone, same thing here... if you were to read more you would see the similarities between Christianity are striking ( I happen to believe in both religions and respect them both very much)> I agree with the comment earlier in regards to religion not changing with time, That is an issue and alot of problems stem from that- I'm not trying to get anyone mad, I'm just tryng to get people to be a bit more understanding and categorize less....
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Thank you for responding. If you don't mind i would like to know if you've read your holy book from cover to cover. And if you have would you say that it advocates peace throughout. The reason I ask is because many Christians I run across have never even read their Bible through from cover to cover and are only aware of what some preacher has drawn their attention to. (It is no wonder we have so many sects.) Also, I have read that the early writings of your prophet embraced the notions of peaceful relations but, later in his ministry he took up the sword and advocated warfare as a means of winning the world for Allah.
I do acknowledge that specifically the Roman Catholic church has a very bloody history. What change that within Christianity was the fact that there was no basis for it in scriptures. When the reformation occurred the movement was away from Catholic authority and to wards scriptural authority. The more the different factions moved to wards the bible as their authority the more non-violent they became. This is because the bible didn't advocate violence but, rather Jesus said things like "turn the other cheek" and "whosoever will may come".