No, Chris, they are not following the instructions of their holy book.
Yes, Penelope, they most certainly are following the instructions of their holy book. You can pretend that it's all one big misinterpretation, but if you've read the Quran you wouldn't make such a statement. It is Christians that ignore the nasty verses and pretend as if they don't exist. And in most cases Christians haven't even read their own Bible. MOST Christians I talk to don't know a thing about the Bible. So how can they be expected to comment intelligently on the Quran? They can't. Just like with their own faith they are ignorant of other peoples faiths. They parrot back little sentences they've hear uttered on TV or by their religious leaders.
I strongly suggest people read both the Bible and the Quran because they are horrendously evil. Please, explain to me what I am reading wrong about these verses...
King James Bible
Exodus 12:29
29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Numbers 11:33
33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
Exodus 32:27-29
27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
29 For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Numbers 15:32-36
32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
33 And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
So we're to ignore the above verses just because elsewhere in the Bible it says some warm and fuzzy stuff? Please. I'm too intelligent for that. I think you are too.
Sure, most of the nastiness is in the Old Testament, but isn't it the same God? Sure it is. So I'm not going to turn a blind eye towards God endorsing killing your own sons and daughters, keeping and beating slaves, or murdering those that work on the Sabbath.
I am not going to copy and paste the evil in the Quran because it won't be read or considered. It will be rejected as nonsense and misinterpretation no matter how well I cite the verses.