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Pope: "Remarks not my views"
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| 17 Sep 06
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Posted on 09/17/2006 5:49:41 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: gcruse
OK, that's good. Ask your pastor or whoever to support the Pope, though, because I am really distressed at how little support he's getting. Not to mention things like the headline that made it sound as if the Pope (rather than the Islamic nutcase) was the one who shot and killed that poor 70 year old nun in the children's hospital in Somalia...
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posted on
09/17/2006 6:54:13 PM PDT
by
livius
To: uncbob
We could use some Aussie backbone in the US.
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posted on
09/17/2006 6:54:58 PM PDT
by
gcruse
(http://gcruse.typepad.com)
To: SnarlinCubBear
I'm not Catholic, and I don't get it. If they weren't his personal views, then why did he say anything?Um, because he was giving an academic lecture at university when he mentioned them. Didn't you ever have to quote others while you were in school...Perhaps in writing a report for history class??
To: Zman516
So, if the Pope does not "in any way" agree with what he quoted, what DOES he believe?Part of the answer to this question is in the rest of the text of his lecture.
To: sageb1
Does he say what his personal opinion is? No.Does he need to?? Recall, the point of his lecture was not to dwell on his personal views Islam.
To: Mike Darancette
I hope the European (Western Empire) leaders are bright enough to understand what the Pope was trying to tell them What about our leaders here in the US? Only silence from our political leaders, our Protestant leaders, our Jewish leaders.
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:01:38 PM PDT
by
ladyjane
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Please can someone link to a transcript of the ORIGINAL speech he gave?
I have no idea what to think until I know what he said (in full context!)
Thanks in advance.
To: ladyinred
They think they won..perhaps. They don't win, and by the way they will never learn, so it's usless to think that they could be taught a lesson in the first place. We win in the end.
To: sageb1
It does not express my opinion either, which defines muslims as murderous mentally-disturbed thugs.
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:03:45 PM PDT
by
alecqss
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
This is surreal...The pope quoted everything Mohammed brought was evil...such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.
Proving this to be a "mis-representation " muslims have burned seven churches and shot a nun.
The west's response??? Have the pope apologize.
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:05:27 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: RolandBurnam
These are not people, they are sick, demented, satanic evil animals. And I don't mean the animals that roam this earth. I mean the animals that roam in Hell.
To: vrwcagent0498
The religion of peace, indeed!
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:16:22 PM PDT
by
Former Fetus
(fetuses are 100% pro-life, they just don't vote yet!)
To: Shimmer128
How did he cave? He did not apologize for his speech, but rather for the sensitivities of those who were offended. I say 'I'm sorry' when I hear someone passses, but that doesn't mean that I killed them, does it? It's freagin' courtesy...statecraft, if you will. The Pope ain't gonna lie, either. If the words of the 14th century emperor are not his personal views, then, they're not his personal views. Demands from FReepers that he take ownership of them aren't much different than the demands by Muslims that he reject them.
To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
How dissapointing.How so? The man is the Pope -
Etymology: Latin pontific-, pontifex, from pont-, pons bridge + facere to make
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:19:08 PM PDT
by
jla
To: Former Fetus
Bunch of cowards to boot. Look how they cover their faces.
Come out in the open and fight like men!
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:19:51 PM PDT
by
vrwcagent0498
(Mark Levin and Ann Coulter are my patron saints.)
To: right-wingin_It
No different?? I'll tell you how they're different! WE are not threatening to kill him. WE didn't murder an innocent woman over this.
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:22:21 PM PDT
by
Shimmer128
(Deja moo: The feeling you've heard this bull before)
To: stm
Pope Benedict caved.I am too am very disappointed.I am very disappointed also. Mostly because I see hundreds of people reacting to what the Pope supposedly said,which is based on reports by newscasters,who have distilled interpretations,supplied to them by translators.
There are three opportunities for other agendas than the Pope's to come into play. And this is to say nothing of unintended mistakes that could have been caused by thoughtless errors in conveying the information.
For example,I am sure you have an extra "am" in one of your short sentences.
To: livius; Dark Skies
"I believe he knows what he is doing."That's been my take on the man since my first exposure to him some years ago.
He's principled, rational and kindly disposed towards others.
But then...
I'm one of those guys whose faith in people is easily rattled.
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:29:51 PM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: saradippity
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:33:05 PM PDT
by
stm
(Katherine Harris for US Senate!)
To: saradippity
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posted on
09/17/2006 7:33:07 PM PDT
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stm
(Katherine Harris for US Senate!)
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