the bloody pope how dare he.isnt he supposed to show respect?

Question

how dare the pope say critical things against islam/.hes a bloody pope for gods sake not any old tomd dick and harry that can go around saying as they wish.i thought christians were against this kind of obvious hatred against another religion.shows how wrong i was about chrsitians.

Answer 1

I agree with you.Pope represents Catholics and there were plenty of Catholics listening during that time.Though we as Catholics used logics and reasoning still this kind of words might mislead and give us more prejudiced about Muslims.He should filter his words before he let it out.He knew that Muslims value and respects Muhammed.He added more hatred feelings between Muslims and Christian

Answer 2

And I guess we Christians have been fooled about how Islam is a religion of peace.

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 3

you are wrong
quoting from a past emporer who said something, and making the statement yourself are two different things.
Wheras, Islam is bent on the death and destruction of all that is non-Islam, the Pope merely quoted from an ancient, who said what was, and remains true about Islam throughout history.
That being, that Islam will convert by force, commiting to the sword all who do not comply. Exactly the violence and criminality that they charge the Christians with. Only flaw? the christians have not persisted with the level of violence throughout the ages, that Muslims have down to today.
Did you not notice the lack of outrage from the Catholic Church as regards the Muslim reaction? Calling the Pope Hiter, and Mussolini, was by far more offensive than the Pope reviewing a part of history.
Islam, is currently the guilty religion Guilty of murdering innocent men women and children, the world over.
Islam? You have taken the place of the murderous Catholic Church in the middle ages, when they killed all who spoke against the 'Church".
Shame on Islam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Muhahhmed would turn in his grave to see this farce of what you intolerants have become!!!!!!!
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Answer 4

I see. You think that islam is above all criticism. What the Pope said is not hatred, oh wise one, it is only a commentary which can be mistaken, but it does not justify the furious rage that islams show. A religion that shows such hatred should not dare to say ( as some say ) that islam is a religion of peace

Answer 5

Below are key excerpts as reported by the BBC. For the complete speech, click on the link in the reference section below.

[Pope Benedict is saying]
I was reminded of all this recently, when I read... of part of the dialogue carried on - perhaps in 1391 in the winter barracks near Ankara - by the erudite Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an educated Persian on the subject of Christianity and Islam, and the truth of both.

In the seventh conversation...the emperor touches on the theme of the holy war. Without descending to details, such as the difference in treatment accorded to those who have the "Book" and the "infidels", he addresses his interlocutor with a startling brusqueness on the central question about the relationship between religion and violence in general, saying: "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."

The emperor, after having expressed himself so forcefully, goes on to explain in detail the reasons why spreading the faith through violence is something unreasonable. Violence is incompatible with the nature of God and the nature of the soul. "God," he says, "is not pleased by blood - and not acting reasonably is contrary to God's nature. Faith is born of the soul, not the body. Whoever would lead someone to faith needs the ability to speak well and to reason properly, without violence and threats."

Answer 6

Do little more reading, The Pope has no reason to apologize, he quoted a 14th century emperor and it was taken out of context. I know of no other religion in recent history that has been as militant, radical, and terroristic as the Islamic radicals. Almost all terrorist acts have been in the name of Islam, all beheadings, suicide bombing, and torture has been in the name of Islam. The rest of the world should demand an apology from the Islamic clerics, and a pledge for them to stop the senseless violence done by these so called true believers.

The following was provided by another member in response to a similar question, it seems to reinforce the propensity toward violence.

Ishaq:544 “Muhammad commanded the people to prepare for the foray [raid, incursion, sortie, attack, or assault]. The Messenger informed his troops that he was going to Mecca. He ordered them to prepare themselves and ready their equipment quickly. He said, ‘O Allah, keep spies and news from the Quraysh until we take them by surprise in their land.'” Fundamental Islamic organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and al-Qaeda offer the same prayer today.

Ishaq:544 “Hassan incited the men, reciting: ‘This is the time for war. Don't feel safe from us. Our swords will open the door to death.'” And so it would be forevermore.

Qur'an 9.5 “When the sacred forbidden months for fighting are past, fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, beleaguer them, and lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war.”

Answer 7

The pope said that Islam and Christianity are mostly similar, but that the tendency of Islam to resort to violence to promote religion is evil.

I don't see how anyone can legitimately complain about someone saying that using violence to promote religion is evil. It IS evil. The fact that it was used by many different religions in the past is no excuse for allowing it to be used to do that in the future. Violence to promote religion IS evil.

As for the tendency of Islam to resort to using violence in this manner, the coming riots by "peaceful" Muslims will just prove that the pope was right.

Answer 8

Have you actually read what the Pope said?

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 9

words are just words...he should have the freedom to say what he feels in his heart whether or not it is offensive...just like a cartoonist should be able to draw a cartoon of Allah without Muslims retaliating with violence. True muslims should be more outraged by the fanatical muslims who always use violence and vengance to solve their problems.

Answer 10

What exactly did he say? I looked for links on yahoo but did not have much luck.