An Article on Scripture from Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong write an article in Mail & Guardian Online on the topic of Scripture and how people see and use written Scripture. This is a good article, and makes several strong points. Click here to see the whole article: Mail & Guardian Online. Here is a paragraph I thought would grab some attention:

People do not robotically obey every edict of sacred texts. If they did, the world would be full of Christians who love their enemies and turn the other cheek when attacked. There are political reasons why a minority of Muslims are turning to terrorism, which have nothing to do with Islam. But because of how people read their scriptures these days, once a terrorist has decided to blow up a London bus, he can probably find scriptural texts that seem to endorse his action.