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Benedict blunder shows he has failed to master media machine
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Posted on 09/15/2006 3:04:01 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum
Who said it was a "blunder"? Maybe the rest of us should speak up as well.Well said. Islam has been the enemy of Christendom for 1400 years. It began as a military operation. The West finally beat it back in the 8th century in the middle of France, then at Belgrade, Lepanto, Vienna; and earlier Constantinople survived several sieges before falling in the 15th century. Pray tell, exactly what good and positive thing did it introduce to the world?
To: Nachum
What blunder? What he said was right on the mark!
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:49:02 PM PDT
by
BlessedBeGod
(Benedict XVI = Terminator IV)
To: gotribe
Can ANYONE find a single gift from islam to the world? I can! You see Islam gave the world...
ah..
Um
hmmmmm...
I'll get back to you on that.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:49:34 PM PDT
by
Nachum
To: LibWhacker
"...he quoted a 14th-century Christian emperor who said the Prophet Mohammed had brought the world only "evil and inhuman" things, portraying the Islam he founded as a religion which endorses violence, where faith is "spread by the sword"."
Blunder? Sounds like accurate information to me.... anyway, anything that speaks the truth about Islam gets the fanatics all hot and bothered.....
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:50:04 PM PDT
by
Enchante
(There are 3 kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Mainstream Journalism)
To: Nachum
By unwittingly angering Muslims with his comments on Islam, Pope Benedict XVI has shown that he has yet to shake off his academic theological roots and master the global media machine with the same deftness as his predecessor.I don't believe the Pope blundered at all, and if the Muslims are mad about it, it just means they understand the threat he poses to them. They have had a cushy time of it in the media up to this point; no one wanted to say anything bad for fear of reprisals. The Pope doesn't care about reprisals. He knows the Truth, and speaks it, as he should.
45
posted on
09/15/2006 3:51:34 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
To: Enchante
To: MrLee
More "world leaders" should speak up against these Muslim animals..... Instead the world cowers! There are too many Chamberlain type "world leaders" around today.
The Pope speaks of dialog and the Muzzies go Arab Street.
Anti Pope barf tag needed.
47
posted on
09/15/2006 3:52:11 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: Nachum
In a few hours at Regensburg University on Tuesday night, he undid much of the groundwork done in Cologne a year before, and must now use his late-November visit to Turkey and its 70-million Muslim population as a major bridge-building exercise.There is no reason to build a bridge to evil.
To: everyone
"Failed to master the media machine."
Or maybe the Pope just ignored the media machine and spoke the truth.
Or maybe he was looking for a real debate and some real thinking by so-called Christians, which even a very hostile media reaction might help to provoke.
Benedict is not a politician. He is a leader. The two approach the media quite differently. I would bet heavily that he knew, and knows, what he is doing.
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:53:58 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: Nachum
Speaking the truth is not a blunder!
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posted on
09/15/2006 3:59:24 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: California Patriot
Benedict is not a politician. He is a leader. The two approach the media quite differently. Amen!
Heck, I forgot to watch Katie C again for the 10th straight evening.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:02:54 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: Nachum
It appears that one cannot have an intellectual conversation with the muslim community. Intelligent discourse could lead to needed reform of Islam.
The religion of Islam has had no equivalent to the 21 Ecumenical Councils held by the Catholic Church. Islam is thus stuck in the 7th Century and full of contradictions and inconsistencies in its holy literature.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:03:01 PM PDT
by
olezip
To: bella1
speaking the truth is never a blunder.
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Honey, do I look fat in this dress?
53
posted on
09/15/2006 4:03:02 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: wtc911
LOL
That is unfair!
BTW, has your wife stopped beating you?
54
posted on
09/15/2006 4:06:21 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: TYVets
55
posted on
09/15/2006 4:07:25 PM PDT
by
wtc911
(You can't get there from here)
To: TYVets
She certainly looks good, but that's not what newscasts are for.
56
posted on
09/15/2006 4:12:12 PM PDT
by
California Patriot
("That's not Charlie the Tuna out there. It's Jaws." -- Richard Nixon)
To: Nachum; All
This just in:
" When is the world going to wake up to this?
They are always demanding, threatening, killing, blaming their killing on someone else, they are always insulted (yet they insult the whole world), they act like Nazi's but call everyone else Nazi's. Enough I say."
"To say that Islam is intolerant cannot be tolerated!"
Muslims in uproar over popes remarks on Islam.
Muslims deplore Pope speech, want apology.
Muslims express fury over popes remarks.
Turkish lawmaker compares pope to Hitler.
Muslims assail popes remarks on Islam.
Pakistan parliament demands Pope retract Islam comments.
Pope branded a medieval crusader in India.
Muslims demand pope apologise for Islam comments.
" Gee, that's surprising."
Muslims express fury over pope's remarks
This AP image is making the rounds.
"How dare you say Muhammad spread his faith by the sword?"
What is the over/under for increased rage after Friday sermons?
Islam On Benedict
BBC;
The head of the Muslim Brotherhood said the Pope's remarks "aroused the anger of the whole Islamic world".
Muslims reacting in anger. How can that be ???
Fox News quotes Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam ;
"Anyone who describes Islam as a religion as intolerant encourages violence".
h/t Polly in the comments
Posted by Kate at
09:31 AM |
Comments (52) "The facts are what they are: Islam has become a violent religion. When atrocities are committed around the world in the name of Allah, condemnation never seems to come from those in the peaceful religion. The silence is deafening when, for instance, a suicide bomber blows up innocent women and children in Israel."
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:13:41 PM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an Old Keyboard Cowboy, Ridin' the Trakball into the Dawn of Information)
To: wtc911
I lied like a rug...Your mom didn't raise a stupid son.
58
posted on
09/15/2006 4:15:37 PM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
To: Nachum
I don't think it is a blunder at all. It is more of a little trap to make a point and the muslims took it hook, line, and sinker. The pope quotes what a long dead emperor said about muslims and violence and just as expected the muslims go off on a violent rampage. The muslims are their own worst enemy. Everyone else is trying to give them a break and a chance to reform by pointing out that their concept of a religion based on violence and hatred can no longer be tolerated.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:18:30 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Nachum
Given that fact that Cardinal Ratzinger pretty much won the papacy with his campaign speech / homily to his predecessor, I highly doubt that he wasn't aware what he's doing, especially post-Jyllands Posten.
And while I have to admit that JPII was a communications genius, his willingness to kiss everyone and everything, including the Qur'an, doesn't necessarily make him right.
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posted on
09/15/2006 4:19:19 PM PDT
by
wolf78
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