Can anyone understand why would the pope apologize if he was quoting from a medieval book and he didnt invent events he was quoting history.. He happens to mention it at this time because he wanted to send a message that faith cannot be linked to violence which is true , faih and violence are not compatible , God is love not violence
2006-09-23 09:27:23 · 15 answers · asked by fuschiafish 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because he is going the extra mile to be humble and keep peace. I do not think he was wrong (and I don't think he thinks he was wrong)- but he is doing what he can to heal (whether justified or not) and promote peace.
Very noble
2006-09-23 09:31:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it looks like the islams thought that the Pope was saying that they were violent. They felt insulted and they threatened to kill the Pope, they burned churches, and very likely, they were going to keep doing other nonviolent things. To stop the noviolence, the Pope had to apologize.
To edward_lm:
The Pope can stand for his convictions if and when these convictions would affect only him, but he is not a private citizen. He represents the whole Catholic church. Had he not apologized, the consequences would have been terrible for world peace. Besides, not apologizing would have been pride, the most hateful sin.
To dhaxem healer:
When you mention the Inquisition and eight million people, I assume that you are including the Protestant inquisition as well, obviously, that burned people like Dr. Michael Servet, the discoverer of the blood circulation
2006-09-23 16:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was totally intentional to inflame people Islamic faith. If the Dali Llama said Christians are violent and falsely used the words of god to burn women, calling them witches and christian white society is still violent and invading other countries and blowing people up, there would be hell to pay and Dali knows it. Thats why he doesnt say it.
But take the pope and he blurps out some rather insensitive remarks and acts all surprised he stepped on toes. He totally ment to do it.
He apologizes to fan the flames and keep the issue alive. Its coersive and antagonizing. Completely intentional. Hopefully Islamic bodies will know this and not react in a way that would be detrimental.
2006-09-23 16:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the pope shouldnt apologize we are in the 21st century and we live in democracies and we have the right to quote whatever we want and to say our opinions freely , why would we stop having a religious debate in our time ? is it because of some extremists who are used to live under pressure and want the others to live the same way, we are in a free globalized world and we will always stay free no matter how much pressure we receive to stop giving our opinion
2006-09-23 16:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by kitty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the pope was to quote from medieval books, he would have to promote the inquisition. The inquisition brutally murdered about 8 million people, in so called Christian territories. The pope apoligised for the wrongdoings of the church in relation to the inquisition.
Would it not seem fair to treat both sides the same way? And is it fair to apologise to one side but condemn the other?
2006-09-23 16:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with "Angels". I couldn't (and still don't) understand why he even read it in the first place. Considering the sensitivity of this subject matter in today's world, and the uproar that happened from the Irish paper's cartoons, he should have left it out of his speech. As a Catholic, I am not happy with this Pope. I don't think he is a good representative of the modern Catholic church.
2006-09-23 16:36:55 · answer #6 · answered by Josh B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, although what the Pope said was true, he said it in the wrong way to the wrong people.
If you are going to give a constructive criticism to your neighbor (Islam) then you should do it to his face not behind his back.
The Pope's speech used Islam as a bad example of "faith and reason" to a group of Catholics when he probably could have found a better bad example in Catholicism.
Therefore it is appropriate for the Pope to apologize.
With love in Christ.
2006-09-24 00:44:11 · answer #7 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
For the same reason he should apologize if he quoted Mein Kampf to Jews. It was tactless.
2006-09-23 16:41:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He made a choice to quote it and must have meant something by it, just not "look at this old book i've found, wonder what it says? Shall I read it out loud for you little ones?"
2006-09-23 16:34:03 · answer #9 · answered by johanna m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but why would he add that quote in his speech unless he has a different agenda in his mind...It's not a very positive quote, by the way...not very constructive...
2006-09-23 16:32:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋