Philippine Atheists

The Pope quoted Byzantine Emperor, Manuel II Paleologos, back in the 14th century as saying “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new and there you will find thing only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” The place that this statement was made was amazingly insensitive because this place in Germany is where there are thousands of Moslem “Guest Workers” who have been subject to ill treatment by local Fascist thugs. The Pope therefore will have fueled this racism.

Was this uttered as a slip of the tongue? Hardly in fact the Pope has form on this because just a few months before he was elected, he spoke out against Muslim Turkey joining the E.U. because he argued “Christian Europe must be defended.” The Popes credentials as anti Islam must now be well established within the Moslems world irrespective of any apologies he may make.

If the Pope really wanted dialogue with Islam leaders as he professes, he could have balanced his remarks with mention of one of his predecessors, Urban II who first summoned a Christian Jihad against Islam. He could have also drawn attention to the born-again Christians who have been at the forefront of support for the invasion of Iraq, the invasion and occupation of Palestinian land by Israel, the threat of the use of nuclear weapons against Iran and the whole “Reorganization” of the Middle East in which many thousand of Muslims have lost their lives.

If the Pope had bothered to read the bible, which it seems the Roman Catholic Church rarely recommends, he would be cognizant of the passage written there to the effect; “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”

As far as my opinion goes I quote Shakespeare’s “A Plague on both Their Houses” but the hypocrisy and double standards shown in the Pope’s words make me want to vomit!

Doug Adam
Philippines

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