The Testaments and the Qur’an

The Evolution of the Testaments and its Message

The Old Testament was composed and compiled between the 12th and the 2nd century BC.

The accounts of Jesus and his disciples are recorded in the New Testament.

During ancient times in the Old Testament, about the only thing that got people’s attention was raw power. God of the Old Testament was mean-spirited and quick to anger; an entity to be both feared and revered.

By the time Jesus walked on earth, human attitudes had advanced. In contrast, Jesus in the New Testament is the essence of Love, Tolerance, Patience and Compassion. Jesus consistently demonstrated and taught Love and Generosity and Gentleness.

The one god of both books displayed different aspects of His personality as necessary for the people He was interacting with.

It could be argued then that the Old Testament’s harsh teachings became outdated, replaced by the New Testament’s revision of God’s message through Jesus. To borrow George H. Bush’s way of saying it, “It’s a kinder, more gentler God”. (Sorry)

With this, Christianity’s message of the New Testament represents reform to reflect the attitudes and thinking of more modern times. It is forward looking.

Islam and its Qur’an

If Islam is to persist, it too must be reformed. It’s pages with teachings of hate, intolerance and violence against non-Muslims, describing Jews and Christians as monkeys and pigs, has to be ripped from the Qur’an.

The messages printed on the pages of the Qur’an provides the basis for its spiritual leadership – its imams – to preach, condone, encourage, applaud, cultivate, foment, espouse or otherwise embrace hatred toward non-Muslims, reducing Jews and Christians to “kafirs” worthy of killing.

Not only does the Qur’an teach intolerance toward the beliefs of non-Muslims, it justifies killings of any Muslim who leaves Islam wishing to convert to another religion. It teaches that beheading and maiming is a valid form of punishment.

There is a glaring difference between the followers of the Bible and of the Qur’an which cannot be ignored. In modern-day Christianity, there isn’t an organized and devout group of followers of the Bible who are reading a printed message of hate. Christian leadership does not teach followers to look upon non-Christians with disdain and to act violently against them while shouting “Praise Jesus”. Christians do not seek the support of preachers, fathers, bishops or fellow parishioners to assist in or justify planned acts of violence against non-believers of Christianity.

In its present form, the Qur’an is fundamentally flawed. Islam’s teachings must change to reflect the beliefs and values of a modern world. Until it does, the Qur’an and its brand of Islam has no place in this world.

This video below represents the prime example of what needs to be addressed.

These teachings by imams which are directed to its Muslim followers must stop.

Only then will Muslims, Islam and its Qur’an get the respect it seeks.

Until that day arrives, the Muslim community can continue to expect resistance to their desire to be accepted as a legitimate part of any modern Western society. Switzerland’s recent ban on the construction of minarets (tall spires commonly found on Islamic mosques) in Switzerland is simply the latest example of that resistance .