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Pope Francis Defends Jihad, Says Christianity Has Roots in Idea of Conquest [Rev 13]
Breaking Israel News ^ | 5/18/2016 | Abra Forman

Posted on 05/18/2016 3:04:00 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski

Islam and Christianity share the "same idea of conquest", and for that reason, Islam should not be viewed as a threat, said Pope Francis in a newspaper interview this week.

"It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam," he conceded to the French Catholic newspaper La Croix. "However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew's Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest."

Ostensibly, the Pope was drawing a parallel between the Islamic "conquest" known as jihad, a holy war or struggle waged against infidels, and Christian missionizing. The comparison was part of a larger conversation about the increasingly desperate refugee crisis currently facing Europe. Pope Francis has been an outspoken voice on the issue of Arab refugees who seek asylum, encouraging governments to take in migrants and "integrate" them into western societies despite widespread concerns that the largely Muslim populations might harbor extremist or terrorist elements...

(Excerpt) Read more at breakingisraelnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caliphate; conquest; epa; francis; globaljihad; globalwarminghoax; islam; nwopope; pope; popeantichristian; popefrancis; popefrancisjihad; romancatholicism; sharia
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I can’t say what I think.


61 posted on 05/18/2016 4:14:34 PM PDT by stevio (God,Guns,Guts.)
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To: DuncanWaring

I’ve personally left the roman catholic church over this guy. The other side of my family are eastern orthodox Christians, so I’m moving over their way.

This Pope is a lunatic. I don’t know what else to say.


62 posted on 05/18/2016 4:17:27 PM PDT by Catholic Canadian
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To: Intolerant in NJ

He has long ago proven that he is indeed that stupid.


63 posted on 05/18/2016 4:18:01 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Catholic Canadian

“This too shall pass”.


64 posted on 05/18/2016 4:19:02 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Somebody has got to muzzle this guy. He is off his rocker! Maybe he could join Benedict in retirement?


65 posted on 05/18/2016 4:19:53 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew’s Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest.”

(((

Why, yes, of course, now I remember that part of the Gospel where Jesus told to his disciples to kill anyone who would not convert, to rape the women, etc. How careless of me to forget that part.


66 posted on 05/18/2016 4:23:17 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Keep calm and Pray on.)
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To: JediJones

Can the Catholic Church De-Pope senile old fools like this one?

Hire a young pope that still has his mental facilities in intact

Franny is one step away from drooling on his bib.


67 posted on 05/18/2016 4:26:02 PM PDT by Gasshog (Clinton denies... Except to see a lot of this)
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To: Jan_Sobieski
It is true that the idea of conquest is inherent in the soul of Islam," he conceded to the French Catholic newspaper La Croix. "However, it is also possible to interpret the objective in Matthew's Gospel, where Jesus sends his disciples to all nations, in terms of the same idea of conquest."

he is confused about the difference between voluntary choice and involuntary force in acceptance of a religion.

69 posted on 05/18/2016 4:33:41 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: PsyOps

I can see that you consider it a game.

And I can tell that you are not convince-able about this.

Bye.


70 posted on 05/18/2016 5:08:51 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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To: Jan_Sobieski

This so-called pope needs to be excommunicated from the church.


71 posted on 05/18/2016 5:09:47 PM PDT by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

He truly is an IDIOT or a NON CATHOLIC!!!!


72 posted on 05/18/2016 5:12:01 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: golf lover

The Pope is ONLY INFALLIBLE in Church DOCTRINE....not in his RAMBLINGS! THGIS is RAMBLING from a LEFTIST.


73 posted on 05/18/2016 5:13:22 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: JediJones

He is NOT a WISE man... he is a LEFTIST......they are known for being dumb.


74 posted on 05/18/2016 5:14:47 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Fai Mao

Give me a freaking break....there would be NO BIBLE if it wasn’t for the CATHOLICS putting it together!!! READ your HISTORY...PLEASE!!!


75 posted on 05/18/2016 5:16:28 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BatGuano

The people that OFF Popes are the Leftists!!


76 posted on 05/18/2016 5:17:20 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

77 posted on 05/18/2016 5:18:22 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Ann Archy

Remember the Protestants think the RCC is a medieval entity. The Early Church was not, in their opinion The Roman church but the Early Church.

In Protestant theology there was no RCC church until about 700-800 AD. The Eastern Orthodox church would take a similar position and say it is the true first church.

In either case it was not the RCC that put the Bible together

But it is also true that the RCC did resist the promulgation of the Bible in modern languages - see Wycliff and persecuted Christians for reading the Bible themselves


78 posted on 05/18/2016 5:31:04 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao

LOL!!!! The CATHOLIC MONKS put the Bible together!!! Get a grip....face the TRUTH...the PROTESTANTS CHANGED the Bible after Henry VIII......good freaking grief...just face FACTS ,girl.


79 posted on 05/18/2016 5:33:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Catholic Canadian

You are not thinking clearly....think of ETERNITY, not a POPE. Geesh...how shallow can you be...this Pope will be gone in a few years. but your soul will live forever, either heaven or hell.


80 posted on 05/18/2016 5:36:41 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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