The old testament is a history so is bound to have cruel statements in it the new testament doesn't

Submitted by Will (United Kingdom), Sep 9, 2006 at 19:39

Why does the bible have cruel statements in it?. You obviously have no idea about the Bible. The old testament has many cruel statements in it because this is the history of the Judeans and the conquest of Canaan by them but the New testament has no cruel statements in it,(obviously apart from those who hates Jesus). How is it that Islam is the religion of peace when the koran teaches muslims how they should treat 'infidels' (free people) and in my eyes it is a disgusting. All Jesus taught was love and compassion and all the koran teaches is hate and war. So the answer is no, the bible does not have any cruel statements in it about how we should live our lives.

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