tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post115835955278543853..comments2024-03-18T02:14:50.959-07:00Comments on ADORED BY HORDES: MarcLordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17036432624426967890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-1158598463664371392006-09-18T09:54:00.000-07:002006-09-18T09:54:00.000-07:00Hi, thanks for your insights. They're all true, bu...Hi, thanks for your insights. They're all true, but I'm not happy the Pope said what he did at all. He made a speech about primarily Western liberal cultural politics soon before he was to visit islamic nations. He had the opportunity to say "Look, we (Catholics) have made mistakes, but each soul is equal in the eyes of God, and we too are trying to work out how best to reflect that equality. Let's talk." Instead he sent a mixed message which betrayed what he really thinks about Muslims, rather than telling them what he really thinks and pointing out benefits of change.<BR/><BR/>Previously, Benedict relocated the Vatican's top inter-relgious affairs expert, Michael Fitzgerald. It was widely seen as a demotion, and the lack of Middle East expertise a reason that line made it into the Pope's public speech:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/world/europe/17cnd-pope.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ei=5094&en=0d4754e0f8567959&hp&ex=1158552000&partner=homepageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32850048.post-1158555492258091962006-09-17T21:58:00.000-07:002006-09-17T21:58:00.000-07:00I am quite honestly happy he said the things he di...I am quite honestly happy he said the things he did. He is showing that he has the courage to confront the growing double standards of the Muslim world. Forced conversions by Muslims occur daily around the world, whereas if the situation were to be reversed the outcry would be tremendous. <BR/><BR/>The Communist Party of China had an interesting motto during the Cultural Revolution: describe a thing as it truly is. How can we attempt to understand the Muslim world if we are not willing to openly talk about the atrocities that are being committed in the name of that religion? You might be surprised how many Muslims continue to think any and every terrorist attack since 2001 has been carried out by the Jews and the CIA, and I'm not just talking about in the Middle East. On the other hand, there are no Christians that deny the Holy Spirit Movement of northern Uganda is a murderous, twisted -Christian- sect. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, we live in an age where we have to treat all beliefs with more than a few million adherents as religions equal with Catholicism and Protestantism. Thankfully, our forefathers didn't make the mistakes that we are making. When they went to China and saw the widespread mutilation of women through foot-binding, they said it was evil and lobbied to outlaw it. When the British saw Indian women jumping on the pyres of their burning husbands, they outlawed it. Today, we are not even allowed to say that Islam is a religion that practices widespread female sequestration and oppression. How can we understand anything of the world if we are not even allowed to describe it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com