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Violence in scripture

June 27, 2008

Theolog has an excellent post today about violence in scripture.

“Muslim leader Maher Hathout asked rhetorically before a packed sanctuary, ‘if we are so good, why are we so bad?’ … The keys to being good, he said, include justice, compassion and the ability to forgive, adding that doing right or wrong often gets impetus from one’s tendencies toward inclusion or exclusion respectively.”

“Confronting troubling principles in our faith’s teachings is often painful…”

“It is crucial to understand sacred texts in all three traditions through the lens of critical inquiry and contemporary thought…”

Well worth a read, and we’ll be keeping a lookout for the “Abrahamic Peace Initiative” referred to in the article.

Dave

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