As I was poking around at the newly added Policeman’s Blog (see our previous post), I came across an item that featured the video below, in which we learn how a proper Musselman is expected to treat the ladies.
Ah yes, a religion of peace.
Jeez, honey, what do you mean I’m “not romantic”?? Did I ever cause bleeding???
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What? We’re NOT supposed to bruise them?
Kevin
Pshaw, that’s nothing! I mean, how bad can a beating be if it doesn’t draw blood or leave bruises?
You want some real harshness, how about these:
* cursing your father or mother – penalty: death
* adultery – penalty: death
* homosexuality – penalty: death
* marrying a woman and her mother – penalty: death by burning
* bestiality – penalty: death
* incest – penalty: banishment
* sexual intercourse during menstruation – penalty: banishment
* consulting with spirits – penalty: death by stoning
* prostitution (by daughter of clergy) – penalty: death by burning
* blasphemy – penalty: death by stoning
I’m sure Islam has similarly harsh laws (haven’t studied the Koran), but these are actually all from the Law of Moses (Leviticus, chapters 20, 21, and 24 to be specific). Strangely enough, I have heard little of modern Jews killing people for things like this. I wonder why this is. After all, it’s all written down in the Law, is it not?
Well, of course, if you get tired of professing a belief system that was cooked up in the 7th century for tribes of illiterate goatherds, and would rather live a rational modern life as a nonbeliever, don’t forget:
*apostasy – penalty: death.
But are those the only two options? Might not it also be possible to live as a believer in tune with rational modern life?
I suppose that depends upon what it is, exactly, that you believe, and why.