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Posted by: pagey 2 years, 9 months agoPope Benedict XVI has said he is sorry that a speech in which he mentioned Islam has offended Muslims.
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CameronKollwitz
Sept. 16, 2006, 12:26 p.m.Of course he is sorry. He is the Pope, he doesn't want to be "de-poped"
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Daylight
Sept. 16, 2006, 12:27 p.m.If he really says sorry we should accept it, to forgive is divine, and God is forgiving and merciful, Muslims should not take this topic further.
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CodeNameHawk
Sept. 16, 2006, 12:34 p.m.Those Muslims are so quick to make someone apologize, yet you never ever see them apologize for ANYTHING. They are too thin skinned and delight in getting another to fall before their feet. It' sickening.
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CameronKollwitz
Sept. 16, 2006, 12:40 p.m.Not totally true. Did you see the topic about the Arab-American/Muslim who apologized for September 11th?
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Demerit
Sept. 16, 2006, 1 p.m.Damn - I was just about ready to convert to Roman Catholicism - and now the Pope is going soft on Islam - BTW is a German waffle like a popeatoe pancake?
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Daylight
Sept. 16, 2006, 1 p.m.CodeNameHawk
Those Muslims are so quick to make someone apologize, yet you never ever see them apologize for ANYTHING.
You name a Muslim leader who openly attacked a religion.
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Forester
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:01 p.m.You notice that he said that he was sorry that the quote angered muslims ; not that it was untrue . He also did not say that he is sorry that he quoted the man he did . As much as I do not care for the catholic church the sentiments of this pope have been correct on muslims , and he has nothing to appologize for; except for not taking a stronger stand against them . Of course this pope was a member of the Hitler youth , and the Nazi regime was condoned by the catholic church . The Nazi goverment was also closely allied with a lot of muslim nations ... things that make you go hmmmmm.
When people quit being so PC towards the muslim faith , then the whole world will be better off. It is true , while most muslims are not terrorist , most terrorist are muslims.
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NewEnglandYankee
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:02 p.m.One Arab American? Not really news worthy I think. I believe the Pope was just adding an historical reference, making the point that violence and Islam have been iterrelated for a long time dating back to the time of the quote - and before. Does it ~have~ to be that way? No. It is a religion with the same one God, Allah (meaning Father), as Christanity and the Jewish faith. They have beautiful rituals and those that practice are very devout. It is a disservice to islam that members of the Muslim faith themselves connect their faith and violence (jihad...) This has been going on for a long time, to point it out is not a "bashing" but only a statement of the obvious. Their leaders should try truly embracing peace and spreading their faith peacefully and condeming, both verbally and physically, those in their own faith who spread violence ANYWHERE to ANYONE. Does anyone see the happening anything soon though?
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rw1969usa
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:03 p.m.You know this is why terrorists do what they do to , geez God forbid if the pope uses free speech then a bunch of these retards go out cause havoc, throw a couple of bombs around and bam here is the pope apologizin... to what you said, now you look like a hypocrite I mean really.
People including the pope should have a right to speak their mind without people getting all ******ed off and ready to war over it.
Carpet bomb that whole society, they make me sick and thank God I am not a Catholic cause I would probably be so ashamed I would want to kill myself.
Be prepared people, ISLAM Will rule, very soon, the signs are there.
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Twistoflex
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:06 p.m.Perhaps Ill Papa needs a therapy session on the couch. When you invoke the words of a Byzantine Christian Emperor calling the founder of another religion satanic, you can expect some outraged blowback, no? Roman Christianity has a long history of this sort of thing, it is a Christian tradition going back centuries before the sado-theology became the official religion of Rome. Christianity's founder, the Roman/Herodian, Paul, made an identical attack on Moses, the founder of the Jewish cult.
The simple truth is all of the Abrahamic cults are variants of mental disease and they all derive their "authority" from pure fantasy, inflicting their pernicious depredations on the free minds of humankind. They're preformed lies ready to spark the next senseless war.
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NewEnglandYankee
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:07 p.m.Boy was rw all over the road or what? First he was in support of the Pope using free speech, wants to carpet bomb the whole society, THEN he says they're going to rule.....what???
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Locky12
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:08 p.m.The Muslim religion has been hijacked by Islamofacists that slam hijacked airplanes into buildings, blow up pizzerias and discotechs all in the name of Allah.
The Pope was right on the money and had no reason to apologize to those savages that still believe in spreading religion at the end of a sword.
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eddie107
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:09 p.m.They call us horrible names, We are not "clean" enough to set foot in thier sacred places, we cant even speak of thier religion without infuriating them and having them to break into a murdurous tyrant. So everything that a Christian does has to be appologized for. The fact that many Muslims keep thier wives and children like slaves and beat them just the same, gives no bearing to the fact that Islam is a peaceful harmonious religeon where everyone is happy. Well, only the ones that count are happy anyway, nobody else counts, and they exist just for those they serve anyway. This Holy War was invented by a barbaric monkey who only wants to rule all of the people around him, so he doesnt loose his place in the community and find out that he is just another bug that god created on this earth, just like everyone else, nothing more, nothing less. They can murder and beat thier own, but we cant comment. People are just sheep. You know what muslims like to do with sheep...
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rw1969usa
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:09 p.m.Twistoflex: Good point, they are all deranged and what the funny thing is they all represent the same GOD so really are fighting themselves, their "ego" has lead jews,xians and muslims to believe they are special and the true religion and for years continue to battle, it will never end, ever.
RELIGION KILLS
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rw1969usa
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:13 p.m.YANKEE: I do support his free speech but think he is a coward
I mean carpet bomb all of these religious freaks, the jihad retards, and yes they are going to trule, is it not obvious to you? I never took sides for either.
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NewEnglandYankee
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:13 p.m.The point is blowing people up, killing people, especially in the name of God - waging war on non-Muslisms (infidels I believe) is wrong. And before you say it - it is just as wrong for Christians and Jews to do it also. BUT, that is not the present case. It's not - but they might want to make it seem so - because then we'll be busy apologizing and they be busy doing what they are doing. Case in point - any present given news day.
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McChloe
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:15 p.m.He doesn't need to apologize to the worlds biggest hypocrits. Iranians and Palestinians(just to name a couple major Muslim populations *not a sterotype, a fact) cheered in the streets when the towers went down and they never apologized for celebrating the death of so many innocents. Maybe we should make the Muslims apologize for everything Saddam has ever said ad done, or the president of Iran apologize for saying the Holocaust was a myth and that Israel should be wiped off the map, because, after all, THAT WASN"T OFFENSIVE TO ANYONE? right? Wake up people, I'm not Jewish, Catholic or Muslim, I'm just tired of the non-sense, it's getting old. Maybe we should make the Muslims apologize for Rosy O'Donnel and her comments of late, she needs a good dose of reality also, DIRKA DIRKA, DIRKA:)
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eddie107
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:16 p.m.Actually, you dont have to kill people in the name of God, just kill the ones who do kill or oppress in the name of God.
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rw1969usa
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:17 p.m.Yes it is wrong even if jews or christians do what they do, I retract the carpet bomb statement but I guess what I am saying is this is another indicator that they are controlling things, I mean cmon you cant even make a comment about those jihader tarts without a possible war or attack.
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afterglow
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:19 p.m.Daylight,
You said "You name a Muslim leader who openly attacked a religion."
Are you blind, deaf and . . . never mind! You already proved the last one! Name a religion that the Muslims HAVEN'T attacked! One of their psycho leaders recently threatened us to convert to Islum or ELSE!
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Locky12
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:20 p.m.The Pope was compared to Hitler and Mussolini. How many Catholics do you think are going to take to the streets and threated Mecca?
As for fr1969usa, the only religion that's killing right now is the Muslim religion. It isn't Christians blowing up buses filled with Jewish commuters. Likewise, it wasn't Jewish radicals that destroyed the World Trade Center.
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InChrist
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:20 p.m.Daylight,
It nice to see you state that, a wise and true statement indeed. If you read my post you know I'm critical of Islam but stating such on a world stage is very reckless. It made me think about comments I've made regarding Islam and I realize I need to be more careful with what I say. God Bless.
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NewEnglandYankee
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:20 p.m.No rw, that is not apparent to me. and you call the Pope a coward? For apologizing? But he didn't - that's WHY they're pi**ed off. And he won't apologize any further. He obviously didn't mean to anger them but they get angry at EVERYTHING. It's a ploy to keep you defensive. You must have known people like this. You have to do what he has done - look them in the eye and basically say "It is the truth, I'm sorry it angers you. It is still the truth."
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tenspeed
Sept. 16, 2006, 1:25 p.m.Not being Catholic does not put me at ends with the Pope or the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Being Christian puts me at ease and in step with other Christians that praise, worhship and accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. All others, this includes the Islamics, we pray for so that they will see the true Savior of this world. True Christianity does not want to kill off anyone. We truthfully believe that "none should perish".
I am not against what the Pope said. Furthermore, he should not have to appologize for a religion that advocates killing of nonbelievers...
I am sorry that the Pope backed down from using the Bible as his source of wisdom. Unfornatlly, he, the Pope, appeared that he was sorry that what he had to say, from Scripture, offended the Islamics.
I would not back down... There is not compromising the Word of GOD.
If you do not believe this, you are not a true Christian. Being born in the USA does not make you a Christian.
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