Perhaps they are just boldly stepping out in courage and in faith, speaking the Truth. If EVERYONE worries about adding fuel to the paranoid hysterics, what a bunch of mealy-mouths we would all be.
But instead, the foremost Christian leader in the world courageously stands by a man who wishes to convert. The world will watch — will the Religion of Peace Folks assassinate him for daring to believe? The world will see that. Will the RoP folks leave him free to worship as he pleases? The world will see that, too. Will the Muzzies around the world riot in fury? We will also see that.
I pray for this Pope every day. He is such a great leader.
So what if they did. We have a God-given, inalienable right to believe anything we want to believe. It would be anyone who would want to do harm to either of these two who are in the wrong.
Be as innocent as doves, and sly as serpents...
That Christians aren't scared of muhammedans, I'm sure.
The Church has done NOTHING to publicize this. The publicity came from CNN, actually. In Church notices, he was simply identified as an Italian intellectual who is an editor of Corriera della Sera.
Obviously, the Muslims were going to find out. And the problem with that is - what? Don’t you think we should be working to convert the Muslims? This might make some of them think.
The point is that we should not give a damn about what those insane f**ks think. Why should we hide when Muslims convert to Christianity they certainly don’t hide their goal to convert all of us by choice or sword. A friend of mine converted to Islam. So what? I’m tired of playing the game of walking on pins and needles trying not to offend the chronically offended. May God show them the way to Heaven or else may they find themselves in hell. As for this present world they will have to grow up and learn to live with the fact that others will NOT submit to their will.
So, are you suggesting it should all be “hush/hush” lest we make these muslims mad? I, for one, am not willing to surrender to these murder-crazed moon god worshippers in that way. I respect and honor the courage of both the Pope and the new convert. And I hope (no doubt, in vain) that the West will finally wake up and realize that islam itself must be destroyed and stop dancing around with this “it’s just the extremists” nonsense.
To make fundamentally different world views obvious and undeniable?
How odd an observation, the article I read said the conversion was kept quiet right up until one hour before the public ceremony.
As for me, I believe in freedom of speech anyway, and that includes any Church which desires to announce a conversion. The good that will come from announcing this muslim's conversion to Christianity on Easter Sunday is rather obvious to most Christians, namely, that even those poor souls who have been utterly corrupted by the bloody dictates of Islam have hope for salvation through Christ.
So, maybe if you’re really, really nice to them, they’ll agree to kill you last.
Someone’s got to prove that Dhimmitude doesn’t work everywhere. How appropriate, how beautiful that it gets nowhere in the Vatican. Very proud today of both parties.
An act on the long path to knock the extreme muslims and thier silent supporters out of the 7th Century. The religion is in need of reformation, away from murdering.
I thought his point very clear. This man wished to convert. The Holy Father let it be known that he is willing to risk all to allow that.
Remember the only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
Bin Laden has made it clear where he stands. B16 just let the terrorist know where he stands.
Vivi PaPa
Why should the pope be concerned about offending the koran animals,They certainly don't care about offending the rest of the civilized world with their behavior