2006-09-17 09:27:39 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
As a moderate Muslim, I can tell you that I'm pretty sure that if Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) was alive now, he would totally refuse this action of burning christian churches, he has already been patient for what others do for him.
2006-09-17 09:53:59 · answer #1 · answered by Green visitor is back :D 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Arson under any circumstances is wrong and a crime punishable by imprisonment. If done as a protest, it serves no useful purpose and is considered a desecration. What the Pope said, may or may not have been appropriate -- I'm not aware of what he said. But burning a church will not change anything except to make the public aware of what some ignorant person does to throw a temper tantrum.
2006-09-17 09:40:49 · answer #2 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad statement? I don't think it is a good reason enough to do such thing. If you are a true believer, you will not do anything to hurt anybody or cause them pain and heartaches. The Pope is just human and is therefore entitled to commit mistakes. He already apologized for what he had said. I hope those people who were offended have a good heart to forgive the Pope. The important thing is, he acknowledged that he offended the other people. We are all human. God forgives sinners, who are we, if we can't do the same thing?
2006-09-17 09:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by aarcue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is not that is something that you can't ever take back it would like the kkk burning the baptist churches down or someone doing it because that church didn't help them. A church is house of god where it should be worshiped as gods temple. To many people are burning churches down or breaking in to them because they're mad or something ticked them off like the preacher or someone in the church all the hate has to stop or we won't have any churches left. One of our churches was burnt down because the guy was mentally instable who did it and just burnt it down because they couldn't give him the help he needed. Then he burnt 70% of his body I geuss he thought that's how would get his point across but I geuss he did by lossing his own life. So who ever thinks about it or has done it may god have mercy on there soul. God forgives everyone I know that but nobody should burn anything down do to a bad statement mad of any sort or because they feel it. The hate and anger must stop we need to learn to get along with everyone. All you can do is pray for those who does that.
2006-09-17 09:52:34 · answer #4 · answered by babygirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So what was the pope's mistake? By telling the truth? The problem with people---and they're painfully christians or so they claim to be--- is they want to be politically correct, ultimately compromising the truth! The truth hurts, right? So why don't we quote from the Qur'an itself just to let every idiot know that the pope didn't have to quote some emperor if he really wanted to disparage Islam.
"Fight those who do not . . . follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book --Jews and Christians---, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection" (Qur'an 9:29).
"slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them" (Qur'an 9:5).
So yes, its definitely not OK to burn christian churches but then, that depends whose teachings one follows.
2006-09-17 10:31:35 · answer #5 · answered by Romeo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think everyone misunderstood what the pope said it was medieval passage it was'nt meant to offend anyone and he has apologized about and ok maybe he should'nt have said it but it does'nt give muslims the right to burn down churches after they complained about people throwing bricks and attacking their mosques when the 7/7 happened in london
2006-09-17 10:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by luvlifeshell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... :"We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.".. I believe that all christians, and everyone for that matter shoould believe this...
That did prove that the pope is hardly a spokesman for God though.
BTW.. chatholics arn't the only christians.
Why would they burn non-chatholic christian churches?
2006-09-17 09:30:45 · answer #7 · answered by Princess_SomethingOrOther 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholicism and christianity are two different religions...one has nothing to do with the other....so if people are burning christian churches over something the pope said, then they are moronic.
2006-09-17 09:30:49 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
All it proves is that the people doing the burning are just as intolerant as the person making the statement
2006-09-17 09:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Rather the pope said anything in that way, would not make it right to do anything unlawful.
This question brings to mind: If your friend tells you to jump off a cliff, would you?
2006-09-17 09:30:58 · answer #10 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋