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WolfpackN64 said:
Aura7541 said:

But to entertain your clearly unrelated response, the Buddhists used the doctrine as justification. The doctrine did not tell them to kill. The Quran, on the other hand, tells Muslims to kill and slay non-believers. There's a major distinction between the two.

The Buddhists killed their opponents because of their interpretation of a doctrine.
Muslims (jihadis and Islamists) killed non-believers because the doctrines told them to kill non-believers. No interpretation is involved.

It's still a matter of interpretation if it's to kill other people, or the more popular interpretation: to defend the  fait. Don't forget the bible explicetly curses people who follow a different religion, so that thats not really a fair point to make.

A non sequitor followed by another red herring. There's nothing to interpret if the texts tell you to kill a certain group of people. In addition, telling followers to curse non-believers is significantly different from telling followers to kill non-believers. I'd rather live with people who curse me for not following their religion because at least they're not going to kill me. Curses don't chop my head off.