Are the Muslims really the biggest threat . . .

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do christians still kill entire villages to steal the virgins?

no(at least not int he west that i know of), well theres your answer.

life happens, as time passes the behaviors in a religion that no longer hold relevance (for an example integrated muslims in the west) it simply doesnt happen, even if the scriptural evidence is still there.

7 "How can we provide wives for those who are left, since we have taken an oath by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?" 8 Then they asked, "Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?" They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the camp for the assembly. 9 For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there. 10 So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children. 11 "This is what you are to do," they said. "Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin." 12 They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan. 13

^Those people are Jews (I know early Christianity was a form of Judaism) and it's a one-off occurrence. There is no command from Jesus to do such a thing. And yes, before you start, I am aware that Jesus said that he had not come to destroy the old laws. But, I hardly think your example qualifies as a 'law'.

I'm not a Christian or even a fan of Christianity, but I was raised in that tradition, so I have a certain respect for the structure of the Bible and how it is interpreted by modern Christians. When people quote Old Testament atrocities like that, they misrepresent the religion. In the same vein, I was interested in how Islam is interpreted by modern Muslims. I want to know why they disagree with scholars.

I disagree.

You can be ruled over by people who violently believe in a certain doctrine (not necessarily Islam) and who will kill anyone who tries to dissent (in any way, either orally, through gestures, clothing, music, et al), or to question, or tries to do their own research, or to leave its grip.

So Islam (or Christianity) can be imposed upon people.

If I put on my car stereo and put my music on, which one person in the car hates, are they being forced to listen to it even if they can "tune it out"? Even though they can still hear it and they still hate my choice of music?

What would you call the situation that holds in much of Afghanistan? Or Saudi Arabia? (I'm aware that liberal Muslims probably get Saudi Arabia thrown at them a bit, a bit like a lot of Jews get stick from anti-Israel/anti-Semitic people, but it's worth asking.)

What's different about the modern world that makes the punishment not applicable, then?

Because I don't believe it was intended that anyone who leaves the religion should be killed, only if they're just "converting" to do something like steal or spy. That's not applicable anymore because it's no longer in the context of warfare. Imagine if someone could move to another country, commit all sorts of crimes and sabotage there, then skip back across the border and say "I'm not one of you anymore, your laws don't apply to me, you can't do anything about it, hah", then keep doing the same thing over and over. Do you just leave them alone?

I get it now, thanks.

@Oodain. No, I still think the comparison between the two texts in Christianity and Islam isn't applicable here. It's different because much of the 'Islamic world' still interprets scripture that way. Muslims like Cei are the exception on a global scale, not the rule.

The majority of Muslims live in south-east Asia/ East Asia 1,005,507,000 of the 1,619,314,000 muslims in the world.
They are mostly Sufis and hold almost none of the beliefs ascribed to Muslims here.
What we are really talking about is the Saudis not Islam at all.

And the Iranians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Afghans, Bangladeshis, Somalis, Nigerians...

Also, most Muslims (75-90%) are Sunni, not Sufi.

Sufi and Sunni are not exclusive terms like Protestant and Catholic.
Most Sufi are Sunni although the Alevis in turkey are the most Sufi.
The troubling Muslims just like the Troubling Xtians and Jews belong to politically motivated sects.
Wahhabism and the Saudi support of it is the problem in Islam.

I know, but it's hard to say how many Sunni practitioners (most Muslims) are also Sufi. Also, Sufism is a mystical practice more than it is a theological system, so it's possible to go chasing after divine love through mystical practices and still believe nasty things about apostates, as per your scriptures. Mother Teresa was a mystic but she still believed that the poverty was ennobling and women should never use birth control.
Mainstream (non-Sufi) Sunni and Shi'a interpretation of scripture also troubles me. Most Muslims I've met have been Sunni or Shi'a with only a minimal interest in Sufism (the same way you get Catholics who are into Christian meditation, but they're still Catholics). I've even met Muslims influenced by Salafism - in the West, who are of Desi origin (so, nothing to do with Saudi Arabia). I think Islam is becoming more radical across the globe, and this isn't limited to KSA.

In Pakistan Muslims are the biggest threats to Christians.

Lahore: August 31, 2012. (PCP) - http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/he ... ewsid=3720

A story of fear and blasphemy is in making in one of the Muslim majority area of Lahore like Mehrabad, a slum of Islamabad from where 600 hundred Christian families fled from home after Muslim mob attack after arrests of minor disabled Christian girl under blasphemy charges.

The venue of new horror and fear is reported by Christians via e-mails and SMS by Christian residents of LDA, Walton Road, Lahore, where Muslims sprayed bullets on homes of Christians on night of August 30, 2012, issuing warning “Convert to Islam or leave this neighborhood”. Today on August 31, 2012, Muslims are gathered in hundreds around Christian’s homes and chanting slogans “Naara-e-Takbeer” which is used by Jihadists before attack to kill.

Rev. Dr. Jamil Nasir of Church Of Pentecost Lahore Pakistan, resident of same locality of Walton Road Lahore, says “It happened two nights ago when I was at a meeting and my family was alone at home. Some Maulvis (Islamic Clerics) came to my house and started banging and kicking the door. They wanted to meet me. My family was very scared and my children were crying and praying inside. They left and came back again. One of them said to me, “I want to become Christian". I said, “I do not make anybody Christian". The other one said "I was a Muslim and now I have become Christian, I need your help". I understood the situation and knew that they were trying to harass me. So I did not answer them. They threatened me when they left”

In Pakistan Muslims are the biggest threats to Christians. A Christian half-wit girl was put in peril of her life because she was accused of tossing written verses from the Q'ran into the trash. It turned out she was probably framed by a Muslim. The fact that even a trivial act of tossing a piece of paper with a verse from the Q'ran is grounds for death indicates the nature and degree of the threat.

ruveyn

What exactly happens to someone in America if they publicly burn a US flag exactly?
Last I checked they were lucky not to be beat to death by a mob.

That's a flag. Not even a holy, spiritual item. Just a flag.