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If Benedict XVI and his principal host in Turkey, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, had their way, I suspect that the storyline here wouldn’t be, “Pope’s First Visit to Islamic Country Since Inflammatory Regensburg Address,” but rather, “Peter Meets Andrew to Consider the Unity of the Christian Church.”
Long experience should have taught both men, however, that, while the world press isn’t much interested in Christian ecumenism, it’s mightily interested in politics, especially the politics of a potential clash of civilizations.
So, whatever Benedict and Bartholomew manage to accomplish ecumenically, the question of the Muslim response to the Pope’s initial visit to an Islamic country is almost certainly going to dominate the coverage.
Ireland on line
Turkish security teams fanned out across the Turkish capital Ankara today before the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI on his first visit to a predominantly Muslim country, where he faces public anger over his remarks on violence and Islam.
Before departing from Rome, the pontiff said he was embarking on a “trip of dialogue, brotherhood and reconciliation at this difficult moment in history".
Turkish police set up positions along the motorway leading to Ankara from the airport, where Turkish and Vatican flags waved in a light breeze.
new york times
Turkey — a democratic Muslim country with a rigidly secular state — is at a pivot point. It is trying to navigate between the forces that want to pull it closer to Islam and the institutions that safeguard its secularism. Turkey’s pro-Islamic government is constrained by rules dictating secularism established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Turkey’s revered founder.
Politics has been the dominant feature of Pope Benedict XVI’s trip to Turkey, a vexing if inevitable distraction from his aim of applying pressure for more protection for the Christian minority.
The irony is that the pope, who has railed against secularism in Europe, is seeking conciliation with a determinedly secular state.
In all, 99 percent of Turkey’s 72 million people are Muslims — but the state goes to great lengths to ensure that religion is not a feature of the power structure.
Originally posted by 7Ayreon
I am getting so tired of the middle east religious conflicts, the whole system over there is medieval and should have been left behind hundreds of years ago. The pope and other leaders should resign and look up to a much more brighter god than pulling eachother apart. When I think of muslims I see them as brainwashed capsules programmed to do there gods bidding by bowing and preaching or w/e in a mass. It's rediculous and so blunt. There the oblivious byproduct of Darkness.
[edit on 29-11-2006 by 7Ayreon]
Originally posted by 7Ayreon
I am getting so tired of the middle east religious conflicts, the whole system over there is medieval and should have been left behind hundreds of years ago. The pope and other leaders should resign and look up to a much more brighter god than pulling eachother apart. When I think of muslims I see them as brainwashed capsules programmed to do there gods bidding by bowing and preaching or w/e in a mass. It's rediculous and so blunt. There the oblivious byproduct of Darkness.
7A
[edit on 29-11-2006 by 7Ayreon]
Originally posted by Kachina
Yes the Muslims bow and pray 5 times a day, the first time at daybreak, when the sun is about to rise.
Originally posted by 7AyreonThe real god up there...
The sun itself is worshiped by satanic cultists, because the very essense of the sun is false and artificial.
there bodys are putrid consumed and possesed by annunaki.
Jesus Christ (an actual True-Light being who came to Earth, and the leader of all truth warriors in the False Realm) had his name hijacked by the Reptilians. They used him as a character in their perverted, brainwashing bestseller entitled "The Bible." For disinformational and metaphysical reasons, the Reptilians decided to use the name of the actual True-Light leader for their fictional "son of God" character.
"The Reptilians hijacked the Message of Jesus and created a religion with Him as its figurehead. The Jesus in the Christian faith bears little resemblance to Jesus the Messenger of the True Light. In short, Christianity is a Reptilian-sponsored religion...Thomas Paine denounced the 'divine right of kings' in his time and exposed Christianity as another form of sun worship" (Amitakh Stanford, "The Revised Anunnaki Protocols - The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion").
Sun worship existed long before Christianity. Unfortunately, Christians are too brainwashed to realize that Christianity is just another sun worship religion. "Son" = "Sun".
Originally posted by Kachina
The Muslims are a product of darkness?
You have it all wrong buddy.
Yes the Muslims bow and pray 5 times a day, the first time at daybreak, when the sun is about to rise.
Now lets compare them to Judaism and Christianity.
Both worship not the sunRISE but the sunSET.
So obviously they welcome the darkness.
Who has their arsenal of weapons poised and pointed toward the mid-east...
Who seems to be following the script we find in 'scripture'?
You have it ALL wrong...the Judaeo Christians want to turn everyone's lights out.
The Jews and Christians worship darkness.
namaste
Raphael
Originally posted by spliff4020
ok...am i the only one who finds it odd that the pope criticizes the muslims for being violent, and they in turn, order his death?
I mean... is he wrong?
In a speech Tuesday, the pope quoted from a book recounting a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and an educated Persian on the truths of Islam and Christianity.
"The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war," the pope said.
"He said, I quote, 'Show me just what Mohammed 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.'"
Clearly aware of the delicacy of the issue, Benedict said "I quote" twice before pronouncing the phrases on Islam and described them as "brusque," while neither explicitly agreeing with nor repudiating them.
Originally posted by RedGolem
Originally posted by spliff4020
ok...am i the only one who finds it odd that the pope criticizes the muslims for being violent, and they in turn, order his death?
I mean... is he wrong?
Spliff
What the pope made the speech about was some history from the fourteenth century.
In a speech Tuesday, the pope quoted from a book recounting a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and an educated Persian on the truths of Islam and Christianity.
as "brusque," while neither explicitly agreeing with nor repudiating them.
As to weather or not he was wrong you may check the sources of written history if you like. Ordering his death or killing the sixty five year old nun, which did happen, I hope you will not think is an acceptable response to the speech with a quote from a historical figure.