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Which is more violent, the Bible or the Quran? Here's an article of interest comparing the violent God of the christian bible to the violent God of the islamic quran: - - - 07 January 2009 Which is more violent, the Bible or the Quran? http://tinyurl.com/moreviolent-bibleorquran - - - Complete article: (Repost with updated numbers and graphs) The LORD is a man of war. Exodus 15:3 Fight in the way of Allah. Quran 2:244 Which is more violent, the Bible or the Quran? Is there a way to objectively answer such a ques- tion? Well, it wouldn't be easy. But it is possible to compare the amount of cruelty and violence in the two books. Here is a summary of the highlighted verses in the christian bible and the islamic quran. Number of Cruel or Violent Passages Bible 907 Quran 520 So the Bible has more cruel or violent passages than the Quran. But the Bible is a much bigger book. How do they compare when size is taken into account? Violence and Cruelty Total verses Percent Bible 907 31173 2.91 Quran 520 6236 8.34 When expressed as a percentage of cruel or violent verses, the Quran has nearly three times that of the Bible. (8.34 vs. 2.91%) Of course this analysis does not consider the extent of the cruelty in the marked passages. And that is an important consideration. Is Numbers 31:14-18, for example, more cruel than Quran 5:34? That is some- thing that each person must decide. A good argument could be made that either book is the most violent and cruel book ever written. The award would go to one or the other, for neither has any close competitors. It is frightening to think that more than half of the world's population believes in one or the other. - - - As far as I can tell, they're fighting over which religion is the most peaceful! http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/images/religion_peaceful.gif - - -
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