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yallerdawg

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3. The killer says, "God told me to."

Reply to Albertoo (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 24, 2016, 11:24 AM

Sep 2016

That is not religion. That is not the belief of 1.7 billion Muslims.

Like a "Christian" killer, an individual may 'justify' it from the perspective of a holy book, but religion didn't create the killer.

And the vast majority of Muslims disagree that the Quran tells Muslims to "slay the unbelievers." Just as much of the Old Testament is disavowed by the vast majority of Christians.

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