September 19, 2006
The Pope Sticks His Foot In It
This morning I bumped into my elegant Italian friend, who felt that the Pope's anti Islamist remarks could spell trouble for Italy. I never thought of that. To refresh your memory, here's exactly what P. Benedict said:
"The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war. He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.'"
Kinda provocative.
I have always considered the Pope's morality to be flawed, at best. Moving right past all of the gold hats and real estate, when so many Catholics are starving, I hold him, and his beloved predecessor, responsible for the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, [make that the world]. and cannot understand why Cardinal Law, who was complicit in all of the Boston sexual abuse cases, has not only been gathered into the bosom of the boys at the Vatican, but promoted. However, I would certainly not wish a jihad upon Benedict.
To his credit, in a somewhat humbled moment for a Pope, he did try to apologize. Muammar Gaddifi's son feels the apology didn't go far enough, and has asked him to convert to Islam. Too bad, Gaddifi, the fundamentalist Christians got there first.
Bet you wondered what the Pope was referring to in his insult. Here's the back story. Why we reading it on the blog, corrente, and not in the New York Times? Maybe you need to be a farmer to do the diggingl
In the words of the ultimate Christian "Judge not lest ye be judged"
Photo note: The twisted cross on the rocks --- actually shot at the Swedenborgian church, but fancy crosses are hard to find in my archives.
Posted by Dakota at September 19, 2006 07:08 PM