“On the ethics of war the Quran and the New Testament are worlds apart. Whereas Jesus tells us to turn the other cheek, the Quran tells us, 'Whoso commits aggression against you, do you commit aggression against him' (2:194). The New Testament says nothing about how to wage war. The Quran, by contrast, is filled with just-war precepts. Here war is allowed in self-defense (2:190; 22:39), but hell is the punishment for killing other Muslims (4:93), and the execution of prisoners of war is explicitly condemned (47:4). Whether in the abstract is is better to rely on a scripture that regulates war or a scripture that hopes war away is an open question, but no Muslim-majority country has yet dropped an atomic bomb in war.” WarReligionChristianityEthicsIslamScripture Book:God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter Source: God Is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter
“Almost all religions provide opportunities for human beings to convince themselves of their own righteousness, to speak in the name of God, and even to go to war on God's behalf. This 'blasphemy of certainty' is also rife among secularists who in their case have not God but science or the proletariat on their side.” HumansWarOpportunityNamesSpeakSidesHuman BeingsCasesAtheistCertaintyConvinceRighteousnessBehalfBlasphemyProletariat Book:God Is Not One Source: God Is Not One
