Matty, the fact of the matter is that he was carrying a sword around to protect himself from the “evil doers”. There are several examples of forgiveness and peace in Islam. BTW, an eye for an eye is Christain beleif, please do not link it to Islam.
Let me give you the example of forgiveness and peace. After Muslims were victorious and returned to Mecca. Prophet :saw: announceed that Abu Jahils house will be the safe haven for anyone. Abu Jahil was one of the biggest opponent of Islam.
Prophet :saw: preached in the streets of Mecca and Madina peacefully and without any sowrds and weapons. He was beat up and nearly killed, but his prayer to Allah was " Please show them the straight path".
So stop you comparisons of mere mortals like Buddha with the most revered personality of mankind i.e Prophet Muhammad:saw:
Maty,.....There are more than one instance where Islam as a religion considers killing, and its totally justified. But you jump from Esa (as) to Buddha, and skip the milestone for Jesus. Can you say the same about Moses.
Was killing of 40,000 jews by Moses a genocide? He was protecting the newly established religion. the code of the lord.. Now take this peaceful blhh blah out and you will see that to protect you have to kill. Islam and Judaism have a legal code along with their spiritual message, and to implement these leagel codes one has to use force. Whereas this legal code is totally missing in the teachings of Esa (as) and Buddha.
I find it odd that people will constantly mention Jesus(PBUH) and say how he stood for turning the other cheek, and therefore ignore the fact that several other prophets before him (pbuh) did not follow that creedo (you need not look further than King Solomon (pbuh)). Not to mention that Jesus, according to the bible, did not always say to "turn the other cheek". sigh
But then people will believe whatever they choose to believe.
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I find it odd that people will constantly mention Jesus(PBUH) and say how he stood for turning the other cheek, and therefore ignore the fact that several other prophets before him (pbuh) did not follow that creedo (you need not look further than King Solomon (pbuh)). Not to mention that Jesus, according to the bible, did not always say to "turn the other cheek". *sigh
But then people will believe whatever they choose to believe.
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Why? Don't you ignore that fact that many of the requirements in Islam were never mentioned by previous prophets? It could be said that Jesus was updating God's message. It only makes sense that subsequent messages of God would take the form of spiritual development through peace, love, kindness and forgiveness.
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Why? Don't you ignore that fact that many of the requirements in Islam were never mentioned by previous prophets? It could be said that Jesus was updating God's message. It only makes sense that subsequent messages of God would take the form of spiritual development through peace, love, kindness and forgiveness.
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Like I stated earlier Seminole, those arent the only things Jesus (PBUH) preached, according to the Bible. But you are free to think otherwise.
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Like I stated earlier Seminole, those arent the only things Jesus (PBUH) preached, according to the Bible. But you are free to think otherwise.
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Thanks, but I have read and studied the Bible, have you? The fact remains that Jesus' message being different from previous prophets is no more odd than Muhammed's message being different than previous prophets.