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A "peaceful" religion is very relative when the founder had an army and slaves.

• tabtab 7y ago
  Western civilization is founded on Greco-Roman culture, which was heavily based on slaves. All of civilization had an ugly past.
  • koonsolo 7y ago
    I'm talking about the founders of the religions here, not entire cultures.
    • tabtab 7y ago
      The Bible, including New Testament, doesn't forbid slaves either. It was common and accepted practice in Roman times. If you lose a battle, you become a slave. That was considered a fact life then. (A great motivator to win, I must say.)
      • koonsolo 7y ago
        Are you seriously doing your best to completely ignore what I'm saying? I'll make it really straight to the point then: - Did Jesus, the founder of Christianity, lead an army or have slaves? - Did Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, lead an army or have slaves? I'm really curious how you are going to twist these words again, you really seem to be good at it.
• apta 7y ago
  Peaceful does not mean pacifist, and slavery under Islamic law is not slavery as embodied by the West and other cultures.