Can anyone give me a better reason why the Pope shouldn't have apologized?

Question

Muslims murder 3,000 innocents in New York and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 202 tourists in Bali and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 333 schoolchildren and their teachers in Beslan and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 292 innocents, mainly Kenyans and Tanzanians at two US Embassies and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 241 US and 58 French peacekeepers in Beirut and expect no criticism.
Muslims fire 4,000 Katyusha rockets into Northern Israel killing over 50 innocent civilians and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 52 in London and 191 in Madrid and expect no criticism.
Muslims murder 200 in Mumbai and expect no criticism.
Muslims behead Western hostages in Iraq, Buddhist monks in Thailand and Christian schoolgirls in Indonesia and expect no criticism.

Muslims murder 500,000 in Darfur and expect no criticism.
Muslims regard Jews as 'sons of pigs and monkeys', and vow to nuke Israel and expect no criticism.
Muslims force women to wear hideous sacks, stone to death women for getting raped and for leaving the home unescorted, engage in honor killings of sisters and daughters for unapproved dating, and expect no criticism.
Muslims danced in the streets and handed out sweets to their kids to celebrate the 9/11 atrocity, and still expected no criticism.
Since 9/11 Muslims have killed over 26,000 and wounded over 50,000 in terrorist attacks worldwide since 9/11 and expect no criticism.

Since 9/11 Muslims have committed terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chad, Chechnya, Dagestan, Denmark, East Timor, Egypt, England, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ingushetia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Jordan-Iraq, Kabardino-Balkans, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Gaza-Palestinian Authority, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Republic, United States, Uzbekistan and Yemen, and still expect no criticism.

Answer 1

I wrote about this in one of my bloga and there was a heavy debate going on for a while. You are willing to look at it:

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-5ksVjU47eqs_12qDwPwirmLXqHA-?cq=1&p=678

Answer 2

The deaths in IRAQ are 19000 innocent people each month. This is clearly much more than the sum that was written in your questions. I do not blam ALL Americans for that because I am sure that most of them are misinformed and I am sure that they wont agree with the killings if they knew the actual situation. But the problem is that eventhough the American know that thier administration are liers they keep on believing what they say about the muslims being terrorists.

Killing is not justified by anyone however I want to ask US citizensh a question, How did you feel when all those innocent people died in 9/11 dont you want all those responsible to be dead. Well this is the case with the so called "muslim terrorist" they are not terrorists, they are only people whose family member were killed and they want to revenge for thier deceased, and they do it desperetly because this is the only thing that they can do. Just like what the US did in Iraq, it only wanted to revenge and why not get some oil by the way.

This circle of hatrerd from both sides can only be stoped if the palistinians were given thier own state, just the same way you want to be in your own home safe and sound

Answer 3

the excellent reason is that he unquestionably desires to open talk. Muslims are notably lots going to be offended with you no count what you do / say. i think of the pope is conscious that. Apologizing to muslims has no longer been useful for every person and could no longer be. The pope certainly desires to develop open communication in an ongoing way. you may step on some feet to try this. thankfully, you may observe, the pope seems notably ok approximately getting his very own "feet stepped on" in this technique. that's notably darn sturdy for a catholicPontiff.

Answer 4

The Pope read some history. That is all. No apology is necessary. I say this and I am not even Catholic.

It wasn't even his words. He was reading documented information from historical texts.

If I said the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, does that mean I hate the Japanese?

No, it does not. I own a Toyota thank you. It simply means that I acknowledge history. The nuts who are enraged need to be more civilized and stop being so easily offended.

The Pope was actually trying to make things better by talking about the past. Apparently, dialog and intelligent conversation isn't possible when dealing with Islamic Fascists.

Answer 5

The pope couldn't apologize because of the doctrine of papal infallibility. If the pope said something like "it was human error", or "sorry, I was wrong, I made a mistake" it would be contrary to catholic doctrine of papal infallibility -- that is, that the pope is incapable of erring on doctrinal matters. So all he could do was apoligize for the way the message was interpreted by those who were offended, which is pretty offensive, doncha think!?!

Answer 6

--Is Catholic--

Keep pointing out the blinding obvious. Keep trying to wake people up.

The Pope did not apologize. Read the full text of his statements. He said sorry for your hurt feelings and sorry you didn't read what I said.

There are a host of problems at issue with what occurred after B16 gave his speech....a speech that really should be read in its entirety as it is equally harsh in a factual manner about the West as it deeply questioned Islam.

Essentially, the core of what B16 said, is a statement followed by a question. The statement is that violence done in the name of religion is against the very nature of God and is a completely irrational activity. The question, which gets to the heart of the problem, is that is violence core to the understanding of Islam?

Now if you listen to B16's "apology" he said that he was deeply sorry for the reaction of the Islamic street, which answered his question affirming that violence is core to their understanding of Islam.

Now let me show you some of the cards that are in play here. The dialogue that the Pope wants to get going is on the following: Can Islam reject violence for the sake of religion? Is it possible to separate violence out of Islam and enter into a rational discussion about the nature of God, humanity, life, peace, and all that? In other words, is Islam still Islam without the violence?

The response of many Islamic clerics, politicians, and nations is NO. Violence is commanded by Allah and it is written in the Koran that we shall kill all who do not submit. Mohammed, the very model of what it means to be man and Muslim, preached with the sword and commanded violence. The violent struggle is key to our ability to achieve paradise. The world must be conquered and put under Islamic Law.

If you are paying attention, because it is being taken as axiomatic that violence for the sake of religion is against the nature of God and is irrational, much of this dialogue is intended to focus on the following topics:
1. How infallible is the Koran if it commands violence?
2. How well do Muslims know God?
3. How much of a model is Mohammed really?

It really is up to the Muslim community to answer these questions. There is no need for Catholicism or anyone else to interject and point things out. Obviously Islam has a lot to think about and a very large existential question to answer.

Personally, I think that B16 simply asked the question that we are all to afraid to ask and demanded that Islam rise to the occasion and answer it.

Is violence fundamental to the nature of Islam?

Answer 7

You're really good at keeping records....

I'm not as good... just a few things I remember... the US killed over a MILLION Iraqis in the last few wars since 1991.... Israel killed over a thousand innocent civillian in the last offensive on Lebanon...

Check out:

http://perso.orange.fr/do/ag/1020/1020.htm

Answer 8

The Pope's comments were taken completely out of context. He has over apologized. End of story. Beating a dead horse only makes your arm tired. Move on.

Answer 9

because to taint a religion with the actions of a few extremists would mean all christians were responsible for the nazi holocaust and the dropping of 2 atomic bombs on civilian targets in japan.

"muslims" in general didn't do it, terrorists did.

Answer 10

The last thing that innocent nun in Somalia said after a muslim terrorist shot her, was that she forgave him.