> But I don't think it actually calls for killing people practising other religions. (In the new testament, that is) Does it?

Luke 19:27: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

As well as Matthew 10:34: Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.

I'm not sure why you want to split the old testament off from the new testament. When we see condemnation of homosexuals by some Christians the Christians are usually making reference to old testament quotes. (Substitute "homosexuals" for children (because some christian sects promote beating children) or women (ditto) to see other appalling behaviour defended by Christians making reference to the old testament.

It's a bit odd that I got downvotes for countering someone saying that Christians don't kill members of other religions by giving two examples - one still happening today - of exactly that; exactly Christians murdering people from a different religion purely because they were members of another religion.

Christianity has, since the 5th century, had the concept of "Just war". So, even if it's not in the Bible (but it is, there's lots of it in the old testament) it's bene part of the faith for 1500 years.

I didn't say that they don't kill, or that bible doesn't advocate it. I asked if it does.

I'm regarding the old testament differently, because I see it as a collection of crazy old stories. I don't believe it's possible to follow the word of the old testament these days without being insane. Or without getting locked up as soon as you start trying to stone prostitutes.

Anyway, my point was - does the text itself (in nt) tell you to fight anyone of different faith. The fragments you quoted say Jesus was going to do that. He didn't tell others to follow the same.

I'm not interested in this kind of dishonest contortion of facts.

GP claimed that Islam was a bad religion and pointed to a small number of Islamic extremists to prove their point.

That point is trivially countered by showing the genocides perpetrated by Christians against people from other religions -- and there is at least one genocide perpetrated by Christians that is still ongoing.

You're "only asking questions"[1] but you're ignoring inconvenient answers and refining questions in weird ways.

For example: You don't get to define which bits of the bible are relevant. The christians using the bible as a justification for murder do.

[1] "I'm only asking questions" is a troll technique. You probably want to stop that.