Opinion: Israel-Hamas Conflict
Netanyahu Quotes Holy Bible —The Most Dangerous Document Ever Compiled
The Bible is the most dangerous book ever written …. keep it under lock and key.“ — George Bernard Shaw
There is a nobler version of Christianity that affirms the sacred mystery of equality and forbids the glaring futility and folly of vengeance. But colonialists the world over appear to have only popularized its lethal alternative from the perspective of the victims.
This more popular version of Christianity has for its emblem a gibbet, for its chief sensation sanguinary execution after torture, and for its central mystery, an insane vengeance bought off by a trumpery expiation.
The whole tenor of the religion is a violent and untimely death — it’s no wonder why so many Christians are afraid to die. In their Holy Bible, many people are killed either directly by god or by others under his direction. Somewhere along the line, those who interpret the Bible are free to take up the role of god himself.
Warfare itself is presented as a special category. Its greatest hits can be found from Genesis through to Joshua. A special section…
