Comments on: Papal Offense http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shy Guy http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/comment-page-1/#comment-12581 Shy Guy Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:26:42 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/#comment-12581 I would be willing to compromise and simply ask that the Vatican opens up all of its vaults of artifacts and manuscripts of every kind for the entire world to see and study. What could an organization which promotes an axiom like "the truth will set you free" have to hide? Or should I answer that? I would be willing to compromise and simply ask that the Vatican opens up all of its vaults of artifacts and manuscripts of every kind for the entire world to see and study.

What could an organization which promotes an axiom like “the truth will set you free” have to hide?

Or should I answer that?

]]> By: Aussie Dave http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/comment-page-1/#comment-12580 Aussie Dave Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:18:42 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/#comment-12580 Margaret, You say Pope Benedict has "repeatedly confessed and asked for forgiveness for the ills of the crusades and every other conceivable “sin” done by previous Christians, including anti-semitism". Perhaps you could point me to the relevant place(s) so I can see for myself. Even if everything you said is true - and I remain skeptical until I see it with my own eyes - why won't the Vatican return the Jewish artefacts they have stolen over the ages? Margaret,

You say Pope Benedict has “repeatedly confessed and asked for forgiveness for the ills of the crusades and every other conceivable “sin” done by previous Christians, including anti-semitism”. Perhaps you could point me to the relevant place(s) so I can see for myself.

Even if everything you said is true – and I remain skeptical until I see it with my own eyes – why won’t the Vatican return the Jewish artefacts they have stolen over the ages?

]]> By: margaret http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/comment-page-1/#comment-12577 margaret Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:50:38 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/#comment-12577 The document (encyclical) "Spe salvi" is not 76 pages long. Only 26 A4 (including source list) printed out from the Vatican website. Why don't you read the entire document? You seem to be quoting from reviewers. Spe salvi is a very good piece of work. And about the tired cliché, repeated ad nauseam in the MSM and on some blogs like a knee jerk reaction: this pope and the one before and others before HIM had repeatedly confessed and asked for forgiveness for the ills of the crusades and every other conceivable "sin" done by previous Christians, including anti-semitism. These words of contrition are even on record in Papal documents and EVERYONE who is well-informed knows about it. Christians are fully informed about the history of Christianity: we're not allowed to forget what some of our Chrsitian ancestors did..... No religion is perfect, at least not in its human manifestation and in the life and deeds of certain of its so called adherents. That is why we need G-d. And the pope is correct about atheism. He did not say all atheists are "bad" either, by the way. The document (encyclical) “Spe salvi” is not 76 pages long. Only 26 A4 (including source list) printed out from the Vatican website. Why don’t you read the entire document? You seem to be quoting from reviewers.

Spe salvi is a very good piece of work. And about the tired cliché, repeated ad nauseam in the MSM and on some blogs like a knee jerk reaction: this pope and the one before and others before HIM had repeatedly confessed and asked for forgiveness for the ills of the crusades and every other conceivable “sin” done by previous Christians, including anti-semitism. These words of contrition are even on record in Papal documents and EVERYONE who is well-informed knows about it. Christians are fully informed about the history of Christianity: we’re not allowed to forget what some of our Chrsitian ancestors did…..

No religion is perfect, at least not in its human manifestation and in the life and deeds of certain of its so called adherents. That is why we need G-d. And the pope is correct about atheism. He did not say all atheists are “bad” either, by the way.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/comment-page-1/#comment-12563 Jeff Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:58:52 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/12/02/papal-offense/#comment-12563 Last time the Pope said something, quoting, another religion, he got himself a fatwa, which could be in effect still by those he's defending as far as I know. If I recall correctly, that last pope had a real "good time" around the ancient churches around Israel by them also. Last time the Pope said something, quoting, another religion, he got himself a fatwa, which could be in effect still by those he’s defending as far as I know. If I recall correctly, that last pope had a real “good time” around the ancient churches around Israel by them also.

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