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Valerie Tarico.
God as the Original Terrorist: How the Bible Condones Atrocious Acts of Terror – Valerie Tarico*
BELIEF There are quite a few prescriptions for terrorism in the Bible. Last fall, Dutch pranksters put a cover from a Quran over a Bible and then asked passersby to read aloud homophobic, violent or sexist passages that violate modern moral sensibilities. The texts shocked people who had never immersed themselves in the Iron Age […]