Sanders' Religion Thread, Begun @ LC Forum Options

[Sanders]

e-Dog and I have decided to re-constitute this from LC. It is a thread about the 3 major religions of the world. The goal was to follow the path of each from their common origins to the present day. We (a number of LC posters and I) got as far as the begining of the First Crusade while the thread was active.

What becomes of this thread when all the copying is done is not clear. It may be just a read-only thread for the Religion topic. Or it may be left open to posting, so we can finish the journey.

[Guest_librarian_*]

Posted by: Sanders Jul 30 2006, 11:13 AM

prOmythias, you are not off the mark as I see it. The old-testement is more the story of a firm but unforgiving God. Not just in these remarks about clearing non-believers out of the way, but in the punishments he mets out to the jews when they stray from the path. The 40 years in the desert is one instance, Moses wasn't allowed to proceed with his people into Israel because he got angry for a moment.

I'm not saying Christians or even Muslims are not any less capable of violence in the name of Religion - just that the old testament God wasn't always a nice guy. I see clear parallels between Neocon/Staussian thinking and this philosophy, this type of God.