Alan: I believe there is no passage in the Quran as bloodthirsty as this excerpt from Deuteronomy, one of the five foundational books of The Torah.
Whereas the Quran enjoins the slaughter of infidels, this excerpt from Deuteronomy not only authorizes, but commands the slaughter of one's own children - and not because they are infidels but because they are "stubborn" - in many translations, "rebellious."
Notably, the obligatory slaughter of one's own children is invoked for behavior that is not only normal but necessary for the development of an adolescent's psyche.
According to this Deuteronomic command, I -- and everyone I know -- would have been killed as teenagers, first being denounced by our own parents, then being stoned by ALL the men of my community, most of them blood relatives.
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