In North/South Carolina every strip mall has a church in it. They are basically money making operations like TV evangelists.
No contradiction in Bible: Moses prophesied 1700 years before the coming of Christ, saying: “...The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear, according to all you desired of the Lord your God ..." and when He came, Christ said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me" So the Bible's witness is to Christ (Moses says listen to Him), who is greater than Moses (see also Hebrews 3:3), teaches to "Love your enemies, do good to them" and who instead of stoning the adulterous woman, forgives her and tells her to go and sin no more. So there is no contradiction. The Koran on the other hand does not teach to love your enemies or do good to them. Instead it teaches men that there is no blame for the one who avenges himself and also to lash the adulterer with 100 lashes or kill her/him. This is done routinely in Iran, Saudi Arabia among other muslim majority nations today.
OddTrader, If you had a sister who was caught in adultery in say, Iran or Saudi Arabia, would you rather her be stoned to death/lashed/imprisoned or be forgiven? Are these two options simply "different"? Pay attention to the stats between 3:14 and 5:30
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_1735 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-17/northern-territory-to-ditch-their-witchcraft-law/4894086
You did not answer my questions. If you had a sister who was caught in adultery in say, Iran or Saudi Arabia, would you rather her be stoned to death/lashed/imprisoned or be forgiven? Are these two options simply "different"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft_Act_1735 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-17/northern-territory-to-ditch-their-witchcraft-law/4894086
I did answer your question Mav. See post #53. The answer is, both Bible and Koran are basically saying the same things. The Bible(New Testament) threatens punishment of death for an apostate who is hardly an enemy. The Koran threatens punishment of 100 lashes for the adulterer who is hardly an enemy. Nonsense. Bible suggests the naive helplessness of a deer caught in the headlights approach of: "love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you"... while the Koran recommends something more pragmatic : "Repel evil with good. And he who is your enemy will become your dearest friend". But then of course they both continue within their texts to threaten death, misery and destruction for the same preposterous reasons to those who are hardly anything like an enemy. You don't justify Bible hypocrisy by distracting toward Koran hypocrisy.