Islam or Christianity - Which religion can bring peace for today?

Which is the true religion of peace for the world today - Islam or Christianity?

Date: 26th March 2010

Venue: Kingston College, University of London
Debate
Speakers:

Reverend Jay Smith
Abdullah al Andalusi

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[Logia1978]

@urheadonastick

Muhammad (saw) my friend... his message will save you and the whole world....

I gave up christianity for Islam! In every aspect, islam is superior to christianity...

[phenomena271]

the debate is built on a farfetched premise that Islam and Christianity both claim to be religions of peace , truth is Christians have erroneously claimed that and we went along with it and tried to match their claim, fact is Islam is about justice and life peace comes second to these values , unfortunately you have to take violent measures in certain cases to achieve justice which will then lead to peace,

[phenomena271]

historically debates are not always meant to prove a point and winning a debate might be based on many pillars, one off is being a better seasoned debater.

[phenomena271]

actually i think debates are generally against a fundamental Islamic value which is "lakom dinakom wa lia dini" now for the verses you have trouble understanding is a fundamental problem of the way of thinking we Muslims of today suffer ,

[phenomena271]

it is true that you cannot take the text out of context but one of the failures that we do not seem to grip is that context does not only mean the why and how but it should include the when, most fundamentalists will disagree (and is probably the reason such failure exists) with such view as it means measuring the texts and acts against historical data and environment,

[phenomena271]

which will of course lead to taking apart their claims for a religious state this failure is the cornerstone of you perceived contradictions the violence is there but it is not an inherent characteristic of the religion but rather a characteristic of the era/event and is a required example for certain turn of events ,,

[phenomena271]

that is to say had god chosen ideal circumstances for his methodology we would not have known what to do when such dire times came.Although I am not in the market of comparing religions you leave me no choce as you are infering a religious debate ,

[phenomena271]

As a kid I was sold on Islam as being a realistic religion a religion that will give you the quid pro quo option before advising you that you might be better of with forgiveness rather than ordering you to turn the left cheek a religion that give a divorce option but imposes the idea of it being hateful to god you only have to look at this specific last idea and the uproar facing Christians in Egypt today to appreciate the realism of Islam

[msknight5]

Peace for today, looks like Christian (I'm atheist) Jesus might bring a lot of pain tomorrow, though! Personally, I'd choose the justice of a progressive society backed up by science than the stationary law of Islam. As for a man having rights over his wife; I reject that whole view. I don't believe Jesus actually killed any people that wrote against him. Good speakers, good video. To my untrained eye, 28:40 had a cut?

[MatrixOfDynamism]

A point to note is that while The Catholic church (when in power) burnt and killed and forced to convert the Jews and Muslims (aka Heathens) The Christians and the Jews lived quite well in muslim lands. That is why the Orthodox Church has survived for more than a 1000 years in lands ruled by PURE sharia for more than a 1200 years. While muslims have been in Europe in mass numbers for only like 50 years, anti Islam feelings have sky rocketed!! Who is more tolerant over all??