Slow down and smell the roses...
The thread took a nasty turn early on with an accusation of a personal nature
Yes that is ignored and the poster is defended by his belief mates
Same ol’ same ol’
Slow down and smell the roses...
Exactly.
And now, it's like the guy who initiated that nastiness wants to take the limited apology that was made, back (as long as he gets to keep trying to get a rise out of yet other people).
The actual words of Francis (that muslims worship the same God as do Christians, having been said with hardly any limiting, qualifying refining) was the issue initially referred to, even if there was some degree of possible mis-application of those words, in eventual response, here on this thread (a person having made it out to be, in response to Bergoglio's comment, that mosques and churches were said by Bergoglio to virtually be the same things) which was not specifically included in Bergoglio's statement, but still does logically, rationally follow as consequence, to some extent.
Has this been dealt with honestly? Not by those who initially derailed the thread by making a series of rude comments.
Instead, now we have word counting, and sentence counting substituted, presented as some form of pretended-to-be-crucially important commentary (as if anything much hinges upon that 'game' and distracting noise-making) while the underlying truth of the matter is still being studiously avoided.
Any who attempts to touch upon that issue --- is attacked in some way.
The technique there repeatedly appears to be ---make it all about the persons posting (THEY COMMITTED ERROR, by gum) so the whole deal gets dragged off into the bushes, if possible.
Here we are, dozens of posted comments later. We've all seen this movie before, haven't we?
In this thread, whether consciously, deliberately intended, or not, it has served as a way to obscure Bergoglio's troublesome words ----since of course it's all the fault of the listeners who didn't engage the trusty old "what he's really trying to say" decoder rings (which grace of giving one benefit of the doubt is of course not extended to any who dare criticism of the secret decoder society/cult) instead of being upon the initial speaker, Bergoglio, who was being referenced.
Come Home, they like to say. You're thinking about us all wrong though. Don't believe your own eyes. Believe instead what we tell you, and only what "we" say (sola ecclesia, nothing restricting that Supreme guiding sola, whatsoever).
Come home, so that the snakes among us can bite you, is more like it. Which is why I advised one of the promoters of Romanism to leave this forum, since that one's contributions, I am sure, drive far more persons away than could ever attract ---that otherwise possibly would be interested in submitting themselves to popery, and the associated attendant philosophies (and included corruptions of Christianity, as I recognize portions of those philosophies, to be).