Pope: I'm sorry (sorry you're offended, that is)

Inthenews.com (UK) ^ | 9/16/2006 | Staff

[trisham]

Excellent post, KAC.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

You know they won't be pacified unless he says Islam is better than Christianity, and he will refuse that step, I guarantee you.

Because that's what they're upset about. He insinuated Islam is not the best.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

Thank you!

[Knitting A Conundrum]

This was good:

In India, Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, who is president of the Indian Catholic Bishops Conference, said the Christian community in that country must face Muslim protests over the pope's speech "with Christian courage and prayer because truth needs no other defense," according to AsiaNews

[backtothestreets]

Pakistan was the first of the Islamic governments to criticize the pope with a unanimous condemnation. Turkey went further in describing the pope to Adolph Hitler.

How I wish we had members of Congress with the moxie to introduce a resolution in support of the pope.

I believe the pope intended to harm no one in quoting a historical source that depicted how Islam was viewed in that time. The irony is that his use of the quote stripped away the cloak of Islam with Islam reacting exactly as the quote described, evil and inhuman.

The Islamic response has not been limited to words, but the burning of churches. The Christian response to the Turkish government of the pope to Hitler brought indignation, but no burning of mosques. The Turkish government comparison to Hitler is an interesting choice in itself as Muslims often idolize Hitler for his treatment of Jews. That they now use the memory of Hitler to suit a contradicting image perfectly shows Islam has not true set of values, but values that can be twisted to suit its immediate needs.

I am without doubt Islam is at war with every non-Islamic country, culture, religion, and people. I am not Islamic, and but their choice of war, not mine, I am at war with Islam.

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A) why would anyone give a rats a__ about muslim reaction?
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Pope Benedict meant what he quoted and knew the muslims would respond the way they did. The Pope is warning us all about the depth of the muslim depravity. It is time for Christians to respond to this threat.

[Petronski]

Thanks for adding the modifier to the title.

[Dark Skies]

Thanks for adding the modifier to the title.

Ditto that!

[LachlanMinnesota]

I believe the reaction to the Pope is an example of an attempt to suppress the Church, and to try to divide the West by startinga squabble over whether he should have said what he said. Satan will try all sorts of ways to divide us, and he is burned by the truth.

I pray that whatever brand of Christian or Jew, we unite behind the idea that we are now at war, and it is not because of anything we have done, but because Satan views us in a weakened spiritual condition, and he is taking a shot at us all.

We must discern evil for what it is, and act to stop it where it appears, all the while seeking to do God's will.

I'd say the Muslim reaction shows an high degree of control by Satan in the Muslim community, for their every solution is to kill and hate with even more fury.

When to the Muslims reach out to Christians?

[Chuzzlewit]

agreed. To apologize, one has to say that what they say or did was wrong. He's only sayin, sorry if what I said upset you.

Hate to say it, but this will be a windfall for the Republicans. It just further illustrates the need to combat this vermin.