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Olde Tyme Religion
Pope Shenouda denounces Pope Benedict
2006-09-17
The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Saturday became the first top Christian leader to join the Muslim world in denouncing comments made by Pope Benedict XVI's about Islam and jihad, as religious and political leaders warned of impending sectarian violence despite the Vatican's insistence that the Roman Catholic leader's words were misinterpreted and he didn't intend to be offensive. Coptic Pope Shenouda III said in published remarks that he didn't hear Benedict's exact words but that "any remarks which offend Islam and Muslims are against the teachings of Christ."
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#17  Excellent post, mcsegeek1.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 17:25  

#16  If you don't know what your talking about, then Shut up Pope Shenouda!
Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087   2006-09-17 16:53  

#15  Of course, Islam wasn't even a blip on the radar when Christ was on earth, and wouldn't come along for another 700+ years.

So if you are going to claim that something goes against Christ's teachings, you are talking about general principles and not specifics. The general principles are too well known for me to enumerate them here. I'll just repeat what I said yesterday. Christ was not a milk-toast, and he NEVER advocated getting along with evil at any cost.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-17 14:50  

#14  "any remarks which offend Islam and Muslims are against the teachings of Christ."
Christ made quite a few remarks that would offend Islam and Muslims.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-09-17 10:59  

#13  Did he say this before or after they threatened to behead him?

He's a high-ranking Christian in a Muslim land. The threat to be beheaded is an assumed constant.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2006-09-17 08:44  

#12  Did his mouth move when he talks?
Posted by: Gletle Flegum7716   2006-09-17 08:11  

#11  Did he say this before or after they threatened to behead him?
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-17 06:34  

#10  The poor man. His entire congregation in Egypt, what's left of it after a thousand years of Muslim ravages is hostage to his words. Even when he gets it right, the men will still be beaten, the women ravaged and married off, the children kidnapped and disappeared forever.
Posted by: trailing wife   2006-09-17 04:38  

#9  "any remarks which offend Islam and Muslims are against the teachings of Christ."

The remark that Jesus was the Son of God offends Islam and Muslims, as does the statement that he died on the cross and was resurrected. You can only believe these things if you reject the Koranic accounts of "Isa's" life. You wouldn't want to be rejecting the Koran there, would you Mr. Pope or whatever?
Posted by: Baba Tutu   2006-09-17 03:24  

#8  Officially, they were on the other side on the Crusades thing. Not that they had any choice in the matter.
Posted by: Cluck Glulet6232   2006-09-17 02:34  

#7  He serviced them both.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 02:19  

#6  What side of the Crusades was this guy on????
Posted by: Joe of the Jungle   2006-09-17 01:42  

#5  It's somewhere in the back. [/Reverend Lovejoy]
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 01:34  

#4  "any remarks which offend Islam and Muslims are against the teachings of Christ."

Yeah! I think it's in Luke or Deuteronomy or Job.....

Goddamit! I know it's here somewhere.....

"Thou shalt not insult Islamotards....."

Help! Someone help me out here!
Posted by: Thoth   2006-09-17 01:08  

#3  But he has the most geegaws, so he wins. BTW, I didn't realize he was the WWF Champ.
Posted by: flyover   2006-09-17 01:01  

#2  "any remarks which offend Islam and Muslims are against the teachings of Christ."

"[A]ny remarks which offend Islam". Boy howdy, that doesn't leave much now does it? Big clue time; Every-effing-single-thing offends Islam. Even the stuff that doesn't offend Islam offends it if they feel like it on that particular day.

Tell you what, Shenouda, I can count the number of your church's followers without taking my pants off. Benedict happens to sheperd a much bigger flock and gives a hot damn about whether they're going to spend the rest of their lives kissing Islamic ass, something you do so regularly, you blow your nose with toilet paper.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-09-17 00:46  

#1  Of course, had he said anything else but this, being in Egypt, he would have put the Copts' lives at risk.
Posted by: Rafael   2006-09-17 00:41  

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