"The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war," Benedict said. "He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'"
Now if I remember correctly - and please correct me if I am wrong about this - the official stance of those in the religion in question is that you can either convert, enslave, or kill those who do not believe as you do. Does that or does that not match the words of Emperor Paleologos II? And if you believe that your faith is one of peace and of turning the other cheek, wouldn't you believe that the spreading of any faith "by the sword" to be EVIL?
And yet B16 is considered guilty of "blasphemy" by bringing that up...
Well I guess if you're looking for that all-out religious war, you're not too far away from seeing it happen.
The sad part is that B16 and his cronies have more in common with the people he supposedly "offended" than in the ranks of the infidels and blasphemers that he's being pushed into.
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Muslims have reacted to this newest public declaration that their religion preaches death to infidels by murdering a nun and small child in her care, and firebombing several Christian places of worship.
Indeed, the Pope's slavish attempts to pacify them can only be seen as the gutless and hollow speeches of a figurehead who is afraid to call a spade a spade.
From the news photos of Muslims burning the Pope in effigy and thousands of them thronging the streets chanting their everlasting bloody threats, one begins to see a pattern: why are there never ANY women in these photos? What are THEY doing while all of this is going on? And, don't these guys have anything else to do beside run around the streets burning flags & statues and flagellating themselves? Curious they never seem to find the time to work or farm or do any other sort of thing that might improve their living conditions.
Dianne C.
Woodstock, GA
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