Reading violent commandments does not incite believers to violence

Evidence

The Torah is, of course, replete with God’s injunctions to his chosen people to destroy the original inhabitants of the Promised Land. But it would be incredibly naive to suggest that religious Jews who read such passages are thereby incited to violence. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 53

Categorization

• XREF: Direct parallel with the reader’s broader theme about the double standard in attributing violence to scripture. — connects to: Roof’s Christianity was integral to, not incidental to, his violence. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 408