insult america aswell?
America clearly went against UN lawswhen invading Iraq! And America always just wana be "mighty nation, freedom for"!
2006-09-21 22:32:55 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
actually, Pope John Paul 2 was in office and he did chastize the President & Congress about the war. You would need to actually judge based upon the time when it all started to actually find your asnwer.
2006-09-21 22:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Marysia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you read the text of the speech, he did not insult Islam. He was speaking about the views of another person. His comment was that when any religion uses violence then the people on whom the violence is committed reject that religion even if it is otherwise holy. His speech actually was about three things. Reason and its role in religion was the overall topic. The second them was that the use of violence by anyone is an act against God in all circumstances. I think this is what really stirred up the Jihadists because the Pope basically said they were acting against God although he wasn't actually speaking about them. The speech was a threat not for the unfortunate quote but because he said George Bush and Osama bin Laden are both acting against God, without naming them in person. The third comment was that the Western world was abandoning reason and going with its lower instincts.
2006-09-22 07:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by OPM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh I partly agree America is rather hypocritical for shouting loud about terrorism when in the early 1970's the US foreign office was funding the IRA and giving them arms BUT, alot of innocent people have been killed in the name of Islam, what the pope said was the truth, why should he be made to look the bad guy when he was repeating words from an ancient book of text? which however way you look at it has proven to be true....
2006-09-22 05:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because the passage he was quoting did not include America. He was only reading from a book and America did not exist in the passage he was reading.
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2006-09-22 05:36:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The pope insults America daily. its just not made a big deal of, because the Americans aren't so unsure of their religions that they have to kill people to prove him wrong, which sadly, just proved that 700 year old quote factual.
2006-09-22 05:40:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Look up "Peter's Pence." Most of Peter's Pence comes from America. It's always about the money - the Muslims have not been sending in their fair share. ;-)
2006-09-22 05:38:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ever Learn 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He the Pope leaves that( insulting America) up to the sand nigs....
2006-09-22 05:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rhode Island could go up against the UN and topple them.
2006-09-22 05:37:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most are christians
2006-09-22 05:56:12 · answer #9 · answered by hananiah m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think bush and blair were holding guns at the back of his neck at that time, either that or he is just being inconsiderate
2006-09-22 05:34:49 · answer #10 · answered by TheWillBe 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋