Well for one, the death penalties, and harsh punishments like mutilation, only apply to Judaism. The idea behind the new Testament and Christianity is that Jesus died on the cross for peoples sins, and so punishments like that could be done away with. In their places is confession, at least in the Catholic church. Protestants believe simply being a Christian is enough to get you into Heaven.
Now i know you will counter with “look at what the Church did during the middle ages”. Well the church hardly followed the bible or Jesus’s teachings. That is why common folk were not allowed to own bibles, and why the copies were in English. The people would simply read through and find out the Church was taking advantage of them.
Lets take a look at the leaders of Islam and Christianity for a comparison. Jesus, who taught love, forgiveness, and peace. Then we have Mohammed, who taught violence, conquering, and pretty much rape. I understand there are many verses in the bible that are sexist and preach that women are second class citizens, but’s also remember the time periods in which it was written. There were very few places back then that weren’t sexist by today’s standards.
Lets take a look at some countries with high Islamic countries vs countries with a high Christian population. Take America vs pretty much any Middle eastern nation, the difference is black and white. Women are not oppressed, the religious laws do not run the country, unbelievers are not killed.
Now that last thing I’m going to add is my own experience to this. I have been to probably hundreds of churches in my life time. Catholic, protestant, you name it. I have never heard, any of the violent or sexist verses spoken by any of the priests, preachers, or ministers in any of those churches. I can guarantee you, that many Mosks do preach violence and sexism.
