by Max Barry

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Region: Capitalist Libertarian Freedom Region

Christians hold that the New Testament trumps the Old Testament - hence the old line "what would Jesus do?" when someone picks up a stone to throw at someone who has committed adultery or some such.

Jews believe that the Torah (the law books of the old Testament) can only be understood after long study of the Talmud - the learned discussions of the Jewish philosophers.

Islam rejects both of the above positions - it scripture says X, then X is what you do (according to Islam).

And the question "what would Mohammed do?" is a bit of a problem - considering what Mohammed actually did do (such as approving the murder of an old blind poet who had mocked him - and then approving of the murder of a pregnant female poet who had protested about the murder of the old blind poet).

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