Originally posted by: sean wookie

It's hard to ignore the facts about Islam. But then again which of the 3 can be called a peaceful? Christianity was spread by means of warfare. And the old testament probably isn't anything peaceful either.

Yeah, there is no denying that some pretty terrible things have been done in the name of Christianity. But keep in mind, this is a corruption of religion, not an aspect of the religion itself. Jesus is the guy who rebuked Peter for cutting off the ear of one of the guys who came to arrest him (Peter was obviously aiming for the guys neck, but he must have ducked which resulted in him only loosing his ear as opposed to his entire head), and reattached it, then went to his death peacefully. This is the kind of behavior Christianity teaches. As for the old testament, no there are no orders for Jewish folowers to go out and kill people in the name of Yahweh. Though in the history sections of the Old Testament God instructs the Israelites to go to war, but these are historical accounts and are not telling followers of the Jewish faith to wage war. The Koran teaches to go to war for the sake of spreading Islam, which is why you see what you see today. At one point they had a powerful Empire with plenty of wealth and power to spread their teachings by the sword, now that Empire is gone and alternative methods must be used.