"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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Which leads to a question of mine as to whether or not the koran actually
does give the option of killing nonbelievers...


Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously
with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate.

Koran 9:73

Believers, make war on the infidels who dwell around you. Know that God is
with the righteous.

Koran 9:23

The believers who stay at home-apart from those that suffer a grave
impediment-are not the equal of those who fight for the cause of God with
their goods and their persons. God has given those that fight with their
goods and their persons a higher rank than those who stay at home. God has
promised all a good reward; but far richer is the recompense of those who
fight for Him...He that leaves his dwelling to fight for God and His apostle
and is then overtaken by death, shall be rewarded by God....The unbelievers
are your inveterate enemies.

Koran 4:95-101.

Just a small selection of quotes from Sam Harris' book. I'm looking for the
part about death being the mandatory punishment for violation of the
commandments.

It's nothing more than selectively ignoring certain parts of the "perfect
word" that we mange to maintain any type of civility. Eventually, we will
have to ignore it all if we ever want to truly evolve.

mike

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