Re: Islam was spread by the sword? What about Christianity?
- From: David Aldred <nr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:00:23 +0100
Revd. Eric Potts wrote:
I am very surprised that the Pope has put his foot in it like this. He
is a scholar, perhaps, rather than a diplomat, and I do not doubt that
he did his research well and that he wanted to use the quote in a
context that was not offensive.
Actually, I don't think looking at the whole context would appease any anger
over this, although it might reveal some divisions in Islamic thought.
Simplifying rather heavily, the question the Pope was addressing was that of
the nature of God - whether God is constrained to act according to His own
word and reason; Christian tradition assumes that He is, whereas some
strands of Islam would contend that he does not.
If Muslims of these strands are upset by the quote, they will probably be no
less upset by the context.
(The whole thing is available on line at
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=94748)
--
David Aldred
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