Take From Me and Give to Him: A New Perspective on Prayer 1

Christians love to rail against hateful language in the Koran, saying that
the extremist teachings there can be used to justify violence. Well, it’s in
the Bible too—all over the place
2.

What’s to stop a new cult at some point in the near future from claiming
there’s Biblical justification for killing non-Christians based on this
language in the Bible? Nothing. It’s there in cold print for anyone to
summon for their own purposes.

EDIT: A number of people are pointing out that this was a
story he was telling, and not something he was commanding directly. I
concede that I should have used a better title, as “quote” generally implies
“direct” quote. I should have used “teaching” instead, as that’s more
precise.That being said, I don’t think, morally speaking, this distinction
helps much, if at all. Why? Because the story was literally about what
happens to people who don’t obey their master, something Jesus consistently
talked about with respect to following his own teachings. In short, it was a
warning.

And, directly related to this, here are some choice pieces of what Jesus is
promising to do to unbelievers when HE gets back. (Revelations 19)

So it’s not some abstract “story” unrelated to Jesus’s teachings or morals;
it’s a direct threat about suffering the consequences of not
listening to him. Notice that he ended the parable with that quote. In
short: obey or I will kill you. ::

Notes

The Bible Gateway | Luke 19:27
If you’re ever curious about all the other stuff in the Bible of every
church and hotel room that most Christians don’t even know is there,
spend some time at
this
link.
You might argue that there are peaceful teachings from Jesus in the
Bible as well, and that they are the opposite of this kind of speech,
but that’s not a good argument. 1. The fact that there is such
strikingly opposite teachings in the Bible is not an argument *for* the
Bible; it’s a major strike against it. 2. Such beauty exists in the
Koran as well, so if you discount the hate that Jesus taught you have to
do the same with Islam’s prophet as well.