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[Joey559 1]

http://www.courttv.com/news/2006/0918/slain_nun_ap.html

I forgive...

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

You clearly do not know much about history....the places you mentioned were never the cradel of chirisianity... Muslims/Arabs lived in these places before Christainity existed even the pope does not agree with you on this one. and can you please give me the exact names of battles / wars/ occupation that muslims inflected for 300 years.....

ahem........

as christianity started about 2000 years ago and islam about 1400 years ago....i think it's safer to say that christians lived "in those places" before muslims

[Fandango 1,440]

My husband is Muslim and he said the Pope made a boo boo with that one.

Yep, he asked for it, didn't he?

The extreme reaction to this whole hoo-ha actually proves the original quote...calling for the Pope's death? I'd say THAT'S the 'booboo'

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

http://www.courttv.com/news/2006/0918/slain_nun_ap.html

I forgive...

True peace....

[jjjimmy 0]

muslims have taken over south samalia and are setting up a taliban style gov. complete with public beheadings,muslims rule the sudan and the whole world fears mass murder there,and many countrys in the middle east are theocracys.So the gov. by definision does speak for the faith.i consider myself a liberal,and very tolerant but i am sick of people defending islam as peaceful,within 3 decades of mohammads death muslims were speading thier faith through the sword,and there is no indication that this will ever change.

[mybackpages 0]

You know I have always been tickled by this Western image of the crusading Muslim with a sword in one hand and the Quran in another.Muslims would only carry the Quran in their right hand, so where did they find such a large army of left-handed swordsman?

[mmmbop1976 1]

You know I have always been tickled by this Western image of the crusading Muslim with a sword in one hand and the Quran in another.Muslims would only carry the Quran in their right hand, so where did they find such a large army of left-handed swordsman?

they must have found them somewhere because supposedly they are going to overrun the vatican

You know I have always been tickled by this Western image of the crusading Muslim with a sword in one hand and the Quran in another.Muslims would only carry the Quran in their right hand, so where did they find such a large army of left-handed swordsman?

but your right, silly of us to have that image, it should be more like quran in the right hand, suicide bomb vest around the body

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

but your right, silly of us to have that image, it should be more like quran in the right hand, suicide bomb vest around the body

[Nikita2Charles 32]

At church yesterday, The priest brought up the statement of that ruler Pope Benedict quoted, He's trying to make a point VIOLENCE under the name of religion is not the answers. JIHAD extremist to go and beheaded people, kill people in the name of Allah is not the answer, God is about Love and Forgiveness, Unity, loves your neighbor, Christian had their own period of the cursader, but they went away from the old ways, I have a lot of nice muslims friends, travel around quiet a bit, the average muslim is peaceful and non violent, it's the EXTREMISTS that are defacated the name of the Prophet, and Putting ISLAM in such a bad posture.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

You know I have always been tickled by this Western image of the crusading Muslim with a sword in one hand and the Quran in another.Muslims would only carry the Quran in their right hand, so where did they find such a large army of left-handed swordsman?

Very convincing argument.....

[Mirorgate 0]

The Crusades were a response to 300 years of Muslim invasions and oppression. The Near East, Middle East and North Africa, the cradle of Christianity, used to be Christian civilizations, till the Muslims wiped them out. They almost did the same in Europe.

You clearly do not know much about history....the places you mentioned were never the cradel of chirisianity... Muslims/Arabs lived in these places before Christainity existed even the pope does not agree with you on this one. and can you please give me the exact names of battles / wars/ occupation that muslims inflected for 300 years.....

Hmmm.... imagine that. the european ppls painted themselves as the saints before/during/after the crusades in history books. the ME ppls painted themselves as saints before/during/after the crusades. yet both lied to make themselves look good. both have blood on their hands in this area. neither are guiltless.

as to what did the muslims do during that time? I dont know.... maybe hold southern Spain (Moors) for quite a while? in later years the Ottoman empire was very expansive in that it got to the eastern european lands. As a son of Ishmael.. I'd have thought you'd have learned a bit more than that, there was a time when Muslim lands were very forward thinking and progressive... beyond that of even the european nations... what happened there and why? Maybe too much fractured in-fighting between the ppls as a part?

[mmmbop1976 1]

but your right, silly of us to have that image, it should be more like quran in the right hand, suicide bomb vest around the body

death to her..holding the quran in her left hand...

[mrsushi66 0]

Perhaps it should be pointed out that leaving aside religion, there are significant cultural and political differences between "Muslim" and "Christian" countries. Why it always comes down to religion, and not these other factors - never ceases to surprise me.

Political repression, lack of education etc are what fuels fundamentalist interpretations of islam, but that really doesn't imply that Islam is an inherently "hateful" religion.

After all, the likes of KKK (for example) could hardly be called rocket scientists could they?

This is my biggest problem with people in the united states. IMHO this is not a Christian country, THIS is a democratic country. I am not Anti GOD or Anti religion but I am ANTI Church and state. I love it when everyone says oh but we were founded using the 10 commandments and blah blah blah. GUESS what if the founding fathers wanted the state to have a church they would have not based our laws on the 10 commandments THEY would have used the 10 commandments but guess what they didnt!!! Because they knew what it was like to have a religion forced upon you when it is not your religion. They wanted a society where people were judged on their contribution to society not who they prayed to.

Do I want a moral person in the government? YES!! Do I want someone in the government saying ooo I cant vote that way because God says that is wrong? NO!!! If you can't separate your religion from your duties as an elected official you have no right being in the government.

Paul

[Peter Miami 0]

but your right, silly of us to have that image, it should be more like quran in the right hand, suicide bomb vest around the body

Exactly the point!

Peter Miami

[rclouse 0]

At church yesterday, The priest brought up the statement of that ruler Pope Benedict quoted, He's trying to make a point VIOLENCE under the name of religion is not the answers. JIHAD extremist to go and beheaded people, kill people in the name of Allah is not the answer, God is about Love and Forgiveness, Unity, loves your neighbor, Christian had their own period of the cursader, but they went away from the old ways, I have a lot of nice muslims friends, travel around quiet a bit, the average muslim is peaceful and non violent, it's the EXTREMISTS that are defacated the name of the Prophet, and Putting ISLAM in such a bad posture.

Quite right.

I read the context of the quotation from the Pope's address in Regensburg, and it is pretty clear that he was quoting the Emperor to illustrate the point that Islamists are going against the teaching "there is no compulsion in religion". The problem is that he didn't make clear that he didn't agree with the first part of the quotation: "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman,..." The scond part, "such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached" is his main point.

But it does bare the hypocracy of those who say over and over that Islam is a religion of peace, and these people:

Just once I'd like to see something affront muslims, and then muslims say "that's wrong, but we've got more important things to worry about". Instead there will be protests and threats and firebombings.