Christianity versus Islam: Is Pope starting a new war or is it a slip of tongue.?

Answer 1

Slip of the tongue but,

Don’t you see the irony in Muslims being able to desecrate a Christian Temple in Jerusalem by spreading feces on images of Christ? But a Christian leader (the Pope) can’t remind people of what 14th century Byzantine emperor Manuel Paleolous II said about the profit Mohammad several hundred years ago. It wasn’t even the Popes own words or thought. He was repeating what Paleolous II supposedly said. . What’s with the hypersensitivity anyway?

The Muslims can dance in the streets; shout and yell; raise their fists all they want to but I do not believe the Pope owes Muslims an apology for anything.

Some have contended the terrorists are a form of radical Islam and a small minority of the faith. They say the large majority of Muslims are a peaceful people. I am beginning to wonder about these claims when I see the reported millions in the streets protesting what the Pope repeated.

Two faced or what? Is Islam a peaceful religion or a violence based religion? By what I am seeing and hearing, I would have to conclude the latter.

Answer 2

The answer to your question is no on both counts. The Holy Father is not starting a new war nor was the quote a slip of the tongue. You must read the whole of the lecture and not just what the press focuses on. The press would never bother to put the strong quote the pope used from the Byzantine emperor in context. Nor would the press tell you why the Holy Father used it. It would rather present the quote itself, mention the pope, and have the people believe he is prejudiced. And why would they do this? For the sake of sensationalism and profit. If the whole of the pope's speech was in the paper, then it be a blurb on page 10 section C or something. Yet, to have the quote alone and a picture of the pope....FRONT PAGE.
Anyway, the main focus of the lector is the oversecularization of the world and secularisms desire to divorce the divine from any religious culture. And the Holy Father was letting the Muslim world know that he joins them in resisting the Western tradition of divorcing the divine from its culture. However, the Holy Father made it clear that the Church and all religions should clearly and radically reject religious motivations for violence to achieve any religions good ends. He is not saying Islam is a religion to be rejected, but those who would use any means should be rejected from that religion. So he was extending a hand to the Islamic community in helping preserve their religious faith and not have it wrested from them by a secular society.
He used the quote from the Byzantine emperor to demonstrate to Catholics that if any believe Islam only produced that which is evil and inhuman (as the emperor's quote surmised) then they are not a part of the Church and are not a Christian. For Christ and His Church would not stand for such a belief.
It is a shame that the press in Turkey took the quote completely out of context and did not bother read the whole text of the Holy Father's lecture. It would have saved them a lot of unecessary heartache.
May the Lord bless and keep you. May He let the light of His face shine upon you.
God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john

Answer 3

The Pope was simply referring to something that was stated by someone else. Inflamatory? Maybe. But sometimes things just need to be said. The extremists hate everyone anyway, so what difference does adding the Pope to the list make?

Answer 4

Pope is a Catholic . He cannot reflect the ideas of a christian, The catholics worship Mary and other saints and building churches in the name of them. They do not oobey God"s command is:" Do not worship statues" They have statues all over their churches and disobeying God. So The Pope CANNOT START WAR BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM!!!

Answer 5

Neither. He was quoting an historical test and expressed no opinion either way as to the validity of the quote. I think George Bush is a far more likely candidate for warmonger than the pope.

Answer 6

Not slip his tongue it is a political propanganda to blame Islam and divert media with present time.A responsibile person can,t talk like meaningless speach.

Answer 7

“Pope Benedict XVI is being widely denounced by Muslim leaders in Europe and the Middle East, and some are asking for an apology. The pope, who will travel to Turkey in November, was also condemned by the head of Turkey’s state-run religious directorate who said he was now opposed to the Holy Father’s trip.

“Some of the blame goes to the media for hyping out of context what the pope actually said, and some of the blame goes to those Muslims whose first response to criticism is a defensive posture.

“The subject of the pope’s address was the necessity of recognizing the centrality of faith and reason in the modern world. The universities, which pride themselves on promoting the faculty of reason, have unfortunately become places where ‘radical skepticism’ reigns. In making the case for the reconciliation of faith and reason, the pope drew attention to the integral role that reason plays in shaping Christianity and the disconnect between faith and reason apparent in Islam. It was a quote from a 14th century Byzantine emperor that sparked most of the criticism: ‘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.’ Unfortunately, most of the media that have reported on this have not emphasized that twice the pope used the words, ‘I quote,’ when introducing this remark.

“In any event, true dialogue between Catholics and Muslims rests on coming to grips with some realities—such as the frequent practice of killing converts from Islam in the name of jihad—that are as barbaric as they are detrimental to ecumenical relations. A good place to begin is for all Muslim leaders to condemn in the strongest of terms those who invoke the name of Muhammad in their quest to kill Jews.”

Answer 8

Neither he just needs to clarify what he meant and issue and apology fo how it sounded. Then I want Muslim officials to apologize for the innocent christians and catholics they have killed because of what the Pope said.

Answer 9

Here is a link to the English translation of the Pope's controversial speech: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/speeches/2006/september/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060912_university-regensburg_en.html

With love in Christ.

Answer 10

Does he have the courage to admit he is mortal and made a mistake?

Can his conscience bear responsibility for the deaths which may follow if he does not apologise?