Remember this embarrassing day for the Catholics? …….

[Randy Carson]

Pope John Paul - Kissed the Koran

Many non-Catholics objected when Pope John Paul II kissed the Koran during a visit to a mosque several years ago. However, in showing respect for Islam’s scriptures, the Holy Father was following the advice of one of the greatest evangelists of all time, the Apostle Paul, who described his own approach to inter-faith dialogue in these words:

1 Corinthians 9:19-23
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.

[21CIconoclast]

Since none of your points actually addressed the boogyman factor of Islam, let me explain what a boogyman is for you...

Per dictionary.com, a boogyman is, "a person, real or imaginary, used as a threat, esp to children". Now, pre-9/11, how many people really gave a shit about Islam? If you asked the average American, "Do you know what he Qu'ran is?" or, "Do you believe Islam is one of the main threats to the world today?", how many do you think would say yes? If you asked the average American, "What is your opinion of Sharia law taking over Europe and Canada?" they would have probably thought you were talking about some new form of socialism.

Before 9/11, the "boogyman" was Mexicans and gangsters. They were the ones that were going to destroy the American way of life. Before them it was the Chinese, the communists, the socialists, the Krauts and the Japs, the Roman Catholic Italian and their Irish drunkard friends, and so on. It's just an endless cycle of everyone has to lose their shit and live in fear because group x is coming to destroy group y's way of life, and it's pathetic.

And again, if you are expecting the Catholic Church to not be involved in politics given their thousand-umpfh years of being the key political power in Europe, then you are being ridiculous. The pope has never been a purely religious figure and there is no reason to treat him as one.

Believe it or not, the average person... Christian, Muslim, Jew, Buddhist, Hindu, atheist, whatever... don't give a shit what you, I or anyone else believes. The majority of the world could care less if Catholicism is ridiculous or not. So again, implying that the majority of the world is laughing at the RCC's ridiculousness is just false.

If you say so.

Just because people were ignorant of Islam and it’s creed prior to 2001, does not in any way or form take away this disgusting faith’s doctrine that was making itself known, and the ones like myself that read about this faith, should not be held hostage because others were not made aware of it. In fact, it was the boogieman showing its ugly head prior to 2001.

When it comes to politics, I understand that JP4 and primitive religions have to deceitfully placate to one another, but in this situation by doing so, JP4 was lying to his sheep by kissing the camel scented Qur’an because it represents the killing of his own followers!  If this Pope on a Rope was true to his primitive faith, THEN NO POLITICS should have been shown. He should have taken the Qur’an from the Muslim standing on the side, raised his flock, and pissed on it, then set fire to it!  lol

In essence, I will not be held hostage to another’s ignorance, and yes, "I say so."