Taliban stoning to death of man and woman for adultery

[highwaystar101]

huaxiong90 said:

highwaystar101 said:

Well, I disagree I'm afraid.

I think that often the extremists have their own agendas, and often you find that they purposefully misinterpret the text to suit their own agenda.

It's like the Westboro baptist church using the book of Leviticus for their anti gay agenda. Every christian worth their salt knows that Leviticus is not supposed to be used as a moral guide, because the teachings of Jesus superseded it (thankfully, Leviticus would be an appalling book for morals in modern society). But that doesn't stop Westboro baptist church picking out a few key passages from Leviticus, discarding the rest*, and using them to support their extremist views.

It is the very definition of misinterpreting the bible, and I think this is a fairly typical example of the mentality behind the extremist groups.

Ask someone who knows the texts well, like MrStickball for example, I'm sure they'll agree (hopefully).

(*I'm certain that even Fred Phelps would confess that a bat is a mammal)

Who even takes the Westbro Baptist Church seriously? I mean, they failed to spark attention with their Quran burning, AND they were denied entry to the UK for their anti-gay march.

Well, like any extremist group, no one takes them seriously, which is good. They are a pest, nothing more. But I was just using them as an example of how an extremist group operates.