Why does the Pope spread myths about Islam being spread by the sword but stays silent on the Xtian Dark Age?

Question

No, I'm not some muslim guy. I'm agnostic, hence objective.
But the arrogance of christianity kills me. Has the Church forgotten its attrocities committed during the medieval age and its prosecution of gays and atheists? Are they trying to overshadow their bloody history by creating myths about a violent Mohamed and bashing other religions?

Answer 1

Now, people may point out that Christians have at times resorted to violence wrongly, including the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. But the comparison is not completely apt. First, Christ Himself never advocated forced conversion and slaughter of unbelievers. Muhammad not only advocated it, but personally cooperated in it. Second, in the case of the Crusades we should be careful not to buy all of the anti-Catholic propaganda being sold. Do you know why Christians fought the Crusades? Because Muslims first forcefully took over Christian lands and persecuted the Christians living there, and controlled Christian holy sites. It is true that some Crusaders did some despicable things in a spiteful, vengeful way. But the Church herself never condoned, let alone ordered, these excesses. And as for the Inquisition, if it was as bad as some anti-Catholics claim, it is odd that there are records of people requesting transfers of their cases to the Inquisition from the secular Spanish courts. No doubt, some horrid things occurred, but it is more accurately understood as the unfortunate result of the weaknesses and sin of individuals, not the official teaching of the Church.

Additionally, the Inquisition never asserted authority at all over non-Christians, unless they were pretending to be Christians. The Inquisition was aimed at eliminating heresy within the Church, not at the conversion of non-Christians. Conversely, Islam has taught and practiced slaughter and forced conversion of non-Muslims from the beginning. It is not the case of an isolated historical event or period here or there. Even now, we have Muslim "mullahs" and "imams" (highest level religious authorities) who emphatically agree that suicide bombers are martyrs for the faith of Islam; entitled to 72 virgins and all; basing it all on the Q'ran and the traditions related to it. After 9-11, supposedly “moderate” Muslim countries filled their streets shouting with joy when the twin towers fell in New York city. Again, while this is not at all to suggest that all Muslims felt this way, there has been a disturbing lack of significant protest, forthright rejection and real action from the world-wide Muslim community to this atrocity and other more current ones. Considering the violent beginnings and spread of Islam, one may hard pressed to discount the current violence as an "aberration" or perversion of Islam. A reasonable argument may be made of just the opposite, it would seem that those Muslims who support religious freedom and tolerance today are at odds with their own prophet, holy book and history. We all ought to pray that Muslims one day reject the violent essence and genesis of their faith and make it truly peaceful. Even more, we ought to pray for the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima, that they come to accept Christ, Who is true peace.

Answer 2

History has proven that Islam was spread by the sword. It's funny that fundamentalist Islamists (like Osama bin Laden and Ayman Zawahiri) rail about the Crusades and Crusaders while conveniently ignoring their own past history. The Crusades were in large part a backlash against Moslem conquests and forced conversion by the sword. Unfortunately the Crusaders did the same thing, but that's all the Muslims seem to remember.

Answer 3

Christians are aware of their past. The Crusades did not start without reason. Jesus never called anyone to war.
If you call the raids Mohammed called for myths, you sure don't know anything about history.
http://www.carm.org/islam/islam_chronology.htm

The Crusades took place after 400 years of steady Muslim aggression against, and conquest of, entirely inoffensive Christians and Jews in their own lands, who did not attack Muslims, who did not, for the most part, even know that Muslims existed. All of Mesopotamia and Syria, Syria, Judea, Egypt, the rest of North Africa, and Spain had been conquered. There had been mass destruction of Christian sites, and massacres were common

In the 11th century a series of events, including the destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ordered by the Fatimid Caliph Hakim (in Egypt) in 1009, and continuing right through the century, particularly after the Seljukid Turks took Jerusalem, led to attacks on Christian sites and Christian pilgrims and Christians in the Holy Land, and this in turn, finally triggered what we know as The Crusades.

The Crusades, unlike Jihad, were limited in time and space. They were intended to recapture not all of the territories that the Muslims had won, and where they had subjugated Chrristians, but only the Holy Land. They lasted about 200 years.

lg *Sternchen*

Answer 4

Islam is still being spread by the sword. Catholics ,Orthodox Christians and other religious minorities are still persecuted byIslamic governments and everywhere just about in the Islamic World non Muslims are mistreated.
The Church of today condemns spreading the Faith by the sword the way los Conquistadores did. Vat 2 declared the right of freedom of religion and conscience.
Atheist regimes are persecuting Catholics today and no where is the Church persecuting atheists. The arrogance of antitheists is far more of an obvious fact than that of any Catholic group I know of.

Answer 5

You've got a 1,000 piece puzzle and you're just sticking pieces that don't fit together to create your own story!

To unravel what you're ranting about ... I must first assume you are talkin about the Pope's "History class" he was giving students on the History of the Catholic Church in order to promote peace; whick ironically the Muslims turned to hate in 2006. Education is a function of the Church. Yes it teaches the good and bad to give a totality of history. She doesn't "Black out" the "Dark Ages". In fact, Pope John Paul II made OVER 100 appologies for the wrong doings of the Catholic Church over it's history.

So now the ball's in your court ... do you want to hear someone say they're sorry and can we work together ... or do you want to focus on the bad stuff to promote hate? Choice is your's.

Answer 6

Myths? If it were not for the Crusades Europe would be 100% Islamic today - every person having been either converted or slaughtered by the advancing Mohammedan hoards. And by extension, so would North and South America, which would have been settled by Islamic Europeans.

Answer 7

Because hes the Pope, which makes him "infaliable". Their attrocities dont count because they were performed for the "real" God.

Also Christianity is quickly loosing its stranglehold as the worlds largest religion, with Islam quickly closing the gap, so hes logically just being very very not nice for an old man.

Answer 8

the myths he is spreading about MUHAMMED arent even true ...................
it clearly states in the quran that
32. "Because of that We ordained for the Children of Israel that if anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land-it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind. And indeed, there came to them Our Messengers with clear proofs, evidences, and signs, even then after that many of them continued to exceed the limits (e.g. by doing oppression unjustly and exceeding beyond the limits set by Allah by committing the major sins) in the land!"


AND MOST PPL USE THIS HALD AYAT THAT ISLAM IS TEH RELIGION OF SWORD THIS IS THE HALF VERSION OF IT...
And fight in the cause of Allah
WHEN THE REAL AYAT IS FROM SURAH BAKRA
190. " And fight in the cause of Allah (against) those who fight you, but be not aggressive, for surely Allah loves not the aggressors."
FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO THIS WEBSITE....
http://www.islam-watch.org/Archemedez/KillingInKoran.htm

Answer 9

Actually, the "Dark Ages" is itself a myth.

The time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the dawn of the Rennaissance was by no means "dark." Historians know that learning flourished and universities sprung up all over Europe. The humanities thrived and travel and trade exploded. The treasures of antiquity were preserved in the monastaries of Ireland, where monks tirelessly translated the works of Homer, Euripedes, Plato, Aristotle, et al.

Anyone who uses the term "Dark Ages" doesn't know history.

Answer 10

Myths?

Yeah, I guess Arab raiders are a "myth."

Just because the Church sucks doesn't mean Mohammed was a nice guy.