There is only one rule and, while we all learned it in kindergarten, it's seldom followed: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It's. Pretty. Simple.
They are probably all the same God really. Just different names. Anyways I don't care what religion people follow as long as they don't try to push it on others or use it to justify murdering people. I go with the perception that all relgions are correct and all are wrong.
You should really stop using Wikipedia as a source. Really. Confucius talked about the golden rule well before Christ
The God of Abraham has commanded many deaths in his name. Rape too. Christians really need to read their book. I've read it cover to cover twice. Numbers 31:7-18King James Version (KJV) 7 And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. 9 And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. 11 And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 12 And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. 13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. 15 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. 18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. What were they keeping the virgins for? How did they determine if a woman had laid with a man?
I've read it too. Took a class in college where we studied it, read it as an historical text and then as a work of fiction. There is some bad shit in there.
Numbers is old testament. That book is bloody violent, no doubt. When people went to war back then, they left no survivors, took no prisoners, killed every man, woman, and child.
