Pope Benedict XVI speech controversy

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  1. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #41
    Talk about a catch 22...
     
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    #42

    Well Done Arnie,
    Nice Quote,

    To all the Satans out their! ( non believers - MUSLIMS)
    Jesus is on his way to deal with SATAN!


    Hahahahah
    Long Live Jesus! Long Live Our GOD. Peace!
     
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  3. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #43
    Pope Benedict XVI's scheduled visit to Turkey may be delayed/cancelled

    A top Catholic Church official inside Turkey says the polemics following Benedict XVI's comments about Islam may cause the cancellation of his November visit to the majority Muslim country, governed on secular principles.
     
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  4. mistermix

    mistermix Active Member

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    #44
    Maybe just to prevent 'civil unrest'.
     
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  5. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #45
    Yes you could be right, because history shows that Turkey has rarely got heavily involved in the regional imbroglio

    Lets hope that the 'cap does not come off' in Turkey, as because of their relative neutrality, I don't believe the Turkish people deserve another 'Lebanon Scenario' where they are delivered an uninvited deluge of bombs, rockets and mortars!
     
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  6. mistermix

    mistermix Active Member

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    #46
    I'm sure the Turkish Gov. is more concerned with preserving its $18billion tourism industry than protesting about the popes gentle words.
     
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  7. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    #47
    So your message to hezbollah in Turkey might be "don't cross borders to kidnap Israelis and don't fire rockets into Israel?" Sounds like solid advice ;)

    Oh, and we might warn hezbollah in Turkey not to hide behind women, children and the UN either. Kind of backfired on them.
     
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  8. britishguy

    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #48
    The hezbollah is a another dynamic 'an unwanted parasitic despicable bunch of radicals' that reside in other peoples countries without invitation or residency qualification in many cases, from where they start up there acts of terrorism and mayhem

    There is a permanent place for the hezbollah and the likes they can be accommodated on a permanant basis in Guantanamo Bay detention center which should be the receptive dustbin for this Scum!
     
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    #49
    Sound like a bunch of hippies to me! ;)
     
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  10. GTech

    GTech Rob Jones for President!

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    #50
    Agreed, well said!
     
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    #51
    I suspected his comments would be taken out of context.
     
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    #52
    If someone was to criticise Christianity, and come to the US or the UK, would there be a problem? No! Why? Because we are tolerant and respect opinions others than our own. Isn't that what we were raised to do?
     
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    mistermix Active Member

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    #53
    Civil unrest has nothing to do with violence/hate/terror - its just a large amount of people protesting. Just because I said it might be because of civil unrest it doesnt mean it actually happened.

    You make idiotic sweeping generalised statements about 'us' and 'them' that don't have any connection with real people.

    Anyway, your attitude towards Muslims is simply prejudice.
     
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    #54
    They are people like you and me, but they are also brainwashed ...
     
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  15. britishguy

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    #55
    Today's fallout to the Pope's Speech the Muslim world has gone berserk burning effigies of the Pope.

    We can expect another day of radical demonstrations
     
    britishguy, Sep 16, 2006 IP
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    #56
    I wonder how many have actually heard or read the entire speech of Pope Benedict XVI? (PDF file)

    Seems to me he was attempting to provoke a discussion among the educated by quoting from a 600 year old record of Byzantine Emperor Manuel II Paleologus, where the focus was on religious violence and its lack of compatibility with the other messages of religion.

    Now there will be deaths among muslims across the world caught up in the violence of those quick to anger.
     
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    #57
    mcfox exactly you are 100% correct
    But I doubt whether the radicals and the extremists will care a 'bomb' about that education is not on their Agenda!
     
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  18. Arnie

    Arnie Well-Known Member

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    #58
    The pope apologized today
     
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    #59
    Hereth lie another formation of "Pope on a Rope". :D
     
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    #60
    That is very lame and goes to show that the Catholic church is more of a world wide political party than anything else.
     
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