Friday, July 24, 2015

Pope Francis: “Koran and Holy Bible Are the Same”

7/23/15, Washington Post

This is amazing. How sad is it that the pope is bowing to political correctness.

On Monday the Bishop of Rome addressed Catholic followers regarding the dire importance of exhibiting religious tolerance. During his hour-long speech, a smiling Pope Francis was quoted telling the Vatican’s guests that the Koran, and the spiritual teachings contained therein, are just as valid as the Holy Bible.

“Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Jehovah, Allah. These are all names employed to describe an entity that is distinctly the same across the world. For centuries, blood has been needlessly shed because of the desire to segregate our faiths. This, however, should be the very concept which unites us as people, as nations, and as a world bound by faith. Together, we can bring about an unprecedented age of peace, all we need to achieve such a state is respect each others beliefs, for we are all children of God regardless of the name we choose to address him by. We can accomplish miraculous things in the world by merging our faiths, and the time for such a movement is now. No longer shall we slaughter our neighbors over differences in reference to their God.”

The pontiff drew harsh criticisms in December after photos of the 78-year-old Catholic leader was released depicting Pope Francis kissing a Koran. The Muslim Holy Book was given to Francis during a meeting with Muslim leaders after a lengthy Muslim prayer held at the Vatican.

Pope Benedict XVI has courted several controversies since being elected as St. John Paul II’s replacement in 2013. Francis has gone on record to say that homosexuals are not to be judged, Proselytism is nonsense and has endorsed the usage of contraceptive by Catholics.

The Vatican will meet again with Muslim leaders in late February where they plan to talk about further steps that can be taken to spread understanding and awareness of the Islamic religion.



 

Comments

The Koran and the Bible are not the same and Islam is not just a religion; it’s a call to global ethnic cleansing with no one else left on earth but Muslims. 

Also, I don’t think Pope Francis has endorsed contraceptives and the Washington Post may have too much left-wing spin.

This comment may not be a symptom of Pope Francis’ naïve’ socialist leanings, the rumor that he has joined the Democrat Party, his delusional belief in global warming or his cozy relationship with the UN, but his timing is confusing and will be misunderstood by both sides.

Pope Pius XII supported the “just war” theory when Christian soldiers signed up to defeat Hitler. With the Jihadists, we have the same “just war”.  His olive branch would make more sense after radical Islam is eradicated by Muslim reformers. Right now, it further destroys his credibility and emboldens our enemies. 

I doubt that Muslims will edit the hatred of “infidels” out of their Koran, ever. Even though their refusal to do so makes no sense at all. I’m afraid Islam is an aggressive, destructive, dangerous political ideology, not a religion that does not fit with their historical and natural inclination to pursue free market trade. I think their leaders are as corrupt as ours are. If we can all get better leaders, anything may be possible.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

No comments: