Dukes Mangola
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Sorry, but that is impossible from a theological point of view.All religions are peaceful so long as those who believe in it believes in Peace.
The Quran and Bible explicitly require adherents to persecute non-believers. A true Christian or Muslim is required to be non-peaceful towards non-believers - whether that take the form of active persecution or proselytism or both.
A Christian or Muslim who does not do so is not a true Christian or Muslim. They are not compatible with a plural society unless they abandon the teachings of their faith, in which case they are not Christians or Muslims. It is a paradox that they refuse to admit to. You cannot be both at the same time without being selective in which teachings you follow, and once you become selective, you are not a true Christian or Muslim. If my Muslim colleague at work does no try to convert me or become violent towards me then he is not a Muslim. He cannot refuse to follow the Quran and yet call himself a Muslim. Such is the depravity of Islam that a terrorist has a greater claim to being a Muslim than a "Muslim" who is tolerant of kaffirs. That is a fact no matter what the liberals of those religions try to deny. The only way for Christians and Muslims to become peaceful members of society is to abandon their faith. If the USA is peaceful now, it is only because their Muslims and Christians have been forced to become non adherents of their faith. They may consider themselves true Christians and Muslims, but they are not.
This paradox does not exist for Hindus because Hinduism does not require their practitioners to convert or prosecute non-believers. A true adherent to Dharma is 100% compatible with a peaceful multi-religious society without abandoning his faith. The fact that Dharma is a universal law applicable to anyone is what makes it so compatible with peace. The only element of violence prescribed by Sanatana Dharma is when adherents are required to act against the immoral (eg the war at Kurukshetra), irrespective of the religion of the immoral person(s). Dharma does not prescribe action against adherents of other faiths who happen to also be moral in their behaviour because of the belief in the one supreme Brahman.
Therefore it is only the tolerant non proselytising religions like Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism (and to an extent even Judaism) that allows it's followers to be both true believers as well as peaceful members of a plural society.
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