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Benedict is right
Yisrael Rosen
Published: 17.09.06, 23:34
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61. All Christian supporters of Israel ARE BLESSED!
Christian's 4 Israel ,   BLESS! ISRAEL   (09.18.06)
Bless Israel! We're with you all the way!
62. DACON9 #20
Bacon99 ,   Earth   (09.18.06)
Oh no, not you. Why are you filled with so much hatred? But at least turn off your caps lock key, will ya?
63. Did you know ...
Muslim ,   India   (09.18.06)
This pope is closer to Pope Urban than his predecessor. By quoting the emperor he was indirectly trying to say that islam is evil. This is what Muslims are mad about. Did the Jews not get mad, when Ahmedinejad was quoting Khomeni thet "Zionist Israeli regime should be wiped out from the map". Did he apologize to the jews during his visit to Auswitz ? Did he condem Jerry Falwell or Franklim when they say that the anti-christ will be a Jew ? Think about it.
64. Simon from Bologne (18)
sk ,   USA   (09.18.06)
he,he,he, simon. Why don't you read something from Fallaci? After all, she died for your sins. Fool.
65. WE HAVE OTHER REASONS TO SUPPORTING JEWS
ANA MARIA ,   ECUADOR   (09.18.06)
IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD WE HAVE SEEN HOW JEWS HAVE HELPED OUR PEOPLE PROVIDING EDUCATION, CREATING SCHOOLS INDUSTRIES, TECHNOLOGYCAL AND SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES, ETC.. WHILE ON THE OTHER HAND WE CAN SEE HOW RADICAL LEADERS SUPPORT CORRUPTED DICTATORS IN LATIN AMERICA PERPETUATING SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND MISERY.
66. truth
Christian ,   Lebanon   (09.18.06)
"My blood is on u and on ur decendants"..Jesus Christ addressing those who sent him to crucifix....
67. extrem islam
roos   (09.18.06)
yes, it's thetruth!
68. #57 Myth of Muslims protecting Jews
Isac ,   Florida   (09.18.06)
Jews were never protected Jews. You are just listening to propaganda in your mosque and from hearsaying. Jews and Christians are by the readings of the Koran and were by the facts always second class citizens. Your statement that Muslims never kill innocents, i.e. children and women are a total lie. What is about the facts that terrorists are blowing up dancing halls, cafes, busses and other public places in Israel, India, Afganistan, Iraq. And they do so on purpose. Why is it, that Muslims fly airliners into skyscrapers in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania and kill thousand of innocent people. Why is it, that the majority of Muslims are either supportive, sympathetic or silent when their brothers and sisters are commiting those crimes. Islamic fascists or not any better than Nazis.
69. Pope offended Muslims(?)Rosen offended Christians
simon ,   bologne   (09.18.06)
70. excellent article, I agree totally
george ,   rome, italy   (09.18.06)
71. #68 Isac, don't lie , say the truth
Moslem ,   Jordan   (09.18.06)
1 - Who killed 6 million jews ? 2 - Who killed 200000 Japanese in one day by Nuclear Bomb ? 3- Who killed millions of Vietnamies for nothing ? 4- Who killed red indiand in their homeland America ? Moslems or Cristians ??? If there are a few moslems who commit terror acts, we are against them, and we do not accept killing innocent people, but open your eyes and see the BIGGEST TERRORISTS IN USA AND IT"S SPOILED BABY ISRAEL .
72. To #63 Muslim of India
Darren ,   Tampa, FL USA   (09.18.06)
What the Pope indirectly said IS TRUE....sadly he cowardly said it indirectly instead of shouting it from the mountaintops BOLDLY. Satan worshippers appear eve less evil if that were possible. Well at least they don't go around beheading people, killing innocent men, women, and children, or strapping bombs on their own children. How wicked and evil a faith. But I should not be surprised since it is Satan inspired. Imagine how much more peaceful if the fictional Quran had not been written. I can only dream and if I have to have bad neighbors, I'll take the satan worshippers for at least they are less violent and they are honest about who their real "father" or "supreme being" is....whom also goes by the name of "allah of the quran".
73. crusaders' massacre Muslims and Jews forrefusing to convert
sharon ,   tel aviv   (09.18.06)
No Muslim (or Jew) could forget that the Byzantines had taken part in the Crusades 200 years earlier. The very term "holy war" was coined by Pope Urban II, who sent his Christian soldiers off to massacre Muslims and Jews simply for refusing to convert to Christianity
74. Both Zionism and Catholisicm are inherently violent
Marc ,   Perth   (09.18.06)
So was it the little blue smurfs who were responsible for colonialism, the crusades and oh Israel did'nt kill 20000 civilians in Lebanon. If Islam is inherently violent, then so is Catholocism and so is Zionism. So would it be more acceptable then to fight your occupation of others lands in the name of something else other than Islam. Because face it folks, they going to fight you anyway.
75. #13 you are right
gm ,   south africa   (09.18.06)
i have heard that too, and as long as the Jews are holding out against the radical muslims, then christians are safe, because their focus is on the Jews. To christians out there, you are wearing blinkers. Open your eyes. Jews don't go out to convert people, and certainly NOT through violence (look at darfur). We might not believe that Jesus was the messiah, but we certainly have not stopped you from believing it, if you choose to. We want to live in a small country called Israel and be allowed to live as Jews freely in the world. World catch a wake up, you are all giving in to muslim propoganda and conspiracy theories.
76. #72 Darren
Muslim ,   India   (09.18.06)
By your own logic : 1. Pope is a COWARD 2. Christians are the BIGGEST Satan worshippers as they have killed many more innocent men women and children than any other religion. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres] I rest my case ...
77. 63 - Muslim India: Yes we know...
Truth ,   USA   (09.18.06)
1. Islam is evil 2. The Jews didn't riot, burn churches, kill nun and threaten lives when criticized 3. He didn't apologize (oh well, no reason to riot and kill) 4. Jerry Falwell is hugely pro-Israel Christian, on anti-christ, satan is an imitator of God. anti-christ professes himself messiah. The true Messiah came through the line of Israel. It further confirms Israel's true relationship as God's representative people. Who, by the way, scripture confirms is greatly beloved by God Almighty. So, God Bless! Israel :)
78. 73/74 crusaders were nothing compared to today's jihad
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (09.18.06)
i'm no apologist for the crusades but they were in response to the murderous jihad of the day, taking christian-controlled land by the islamic sword. catholicism felt it had a duty to the christians and people of the islamic colonization to free them. they were overly zealous, did something unimaginable in 1000 years of christianity by killing/forcing conversions, which is an abberation in christianity (as opposed to what islam has done consistently throughout its history).
79. The Pope did not apologise
John Corish ,   Dublin, Ireland   (09.18.06)
He simply said that he regretted that his earlier remarks - which clearly implied that Islam is a violent religion - had given rise to so much anger (and violence) in the Muslim world.
80. Hitler...
John Corish ,   Dublin, Ireland   (09.18.06)
...may have been baptised a Catholic but certainly wasn't a practising Catholic in adult life. And while the upper echelons of the Nazi Party may have been Christian in name, their actions were anything but! Of course atrocities have been committed in the name of Christianity over the centuries - often by Christians on Christians. Oliver Cromwell's attemepted genocide of Irish Catholics was a prime example. But there is no way this barbaric behaviour can be linked to the teachings of Christ.
81. 66 - Wrong. Jesus did not say that...
Truth ,   USA   (09.18.06)
You will find that no where in the Judeo-Christian Bible. “…Pilate [Roman Gentile Governor]… had Jesus flogged, and handed him over to be crucified. Mark 15:15 "Father forgive them [Roman (Gentiles) & Jews], for they know not what they do. And they [Roman Gentiles] parted His raiment, and cast lots" Luke 23:34 Christ was no mere man. "..O Bethlehem...out of you shall come forth to Me the One to be ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting." Micah 5:2 "... His name will be called Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6) God said, He Himself would come and save (Savior) His people Israel. So all Christian's "plead the blood" of Jesus (God with us) as the only atonement for sin, into salvation, healing, redemption and right relations with God. Please don't pretend to be a "Christian" if you don't know that the Judeo-Christian scriptures show that statement as being a HUGE blessing on Israel. God makes sure His people are covered.
82. #13: Your skepticism is a proof that
observer   (09.18.06)
jews behind doors say first muslims then christians.
83. to 22 , forget it
(09.18.06)
I am 100% Christian with Catholic mother and Copt Orthoudox father ...
84. to 11
(09.18.06)
You can not blam the Jews for Hiroshima and Nagasaki , most of the weapons in the world now made in the USA but used by anothers should we blame the USA for each massaker made by American weapons used by anyone else ?? and it's wrong to say that the Moslems want's to destroy me ... i lived all my life between Moslems , my best friend since more than 30 years are Moslems , my naigbours , my scholl kollegs , my teachers most of them were Moslems ... no body wanted to destroy me at all ... ask the Jews who lived in the Arab countries before 1948 how was the life there before the zionists spoiled this good relationship , the west played a big part to spoiling the relation between the Moslems and the Christians ... who brought back Khomini and put him in power in Iran and to start importing his Islamic revoluation ??? who made Sadam Husin ??? who made and supplyed Ben Laden with weapons ??? the west fall in the hole they made by their hands .. an old English writer wrote a book after the end of the English occupation to Egypt and said ... you don't find out who is moslem and who is Christian only when you see them going to pray who go to the Mosqu is Moslem and who go to the Church is Christian ... otherwise you will never find out . hope i could explain somthing ... peace on you
85. There must be some human truth here that is beyond religion
gerd schulz ,   germany   (09.18.06)
"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger. I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. It's that simple! There must be some human truth here that is beyond religion". (Fallaci)
86. To #71
american woman   (09.18.06)
You are deflecting blame by blaming others. If Muslims are so against the killing of innocents, why aren't there street protests in the Muslim world about what is going on in Darfur? More Iraqis have been killed by Muslim terrorists than by coalition forces. No one is saying America is a perfect country or that Catholics or Christians or Jews are perfect people, or that any country is perfect. No such thing exists. But you are glossing over the fact that Muslims have PLENTY of blood on their hands.
87. Truth?
A real Christian ,   Plymouth, Mi USA   (09.18.06)
#66 What Bible are you reading? I heard that Christian Bibles in Lebanon don't include the Hebrew Scriptures because they are raised to hate Jews. Yeshua(Jesus) was Jewish and said no such thing. Are you really a Christian?
88. #83 Parents or church membership not a Christian make
Darren ,   Tampa, FL USA   (09.18.06)
You stated, "I am 100% Christian with Catholic mother and Copt Orthoudox father ..." All that means is that you have a mother who is Catholic & a father who is Coptic Orthodox. Being Catholic, Orthodox, Coptic, Protestant, evangelical, or non-denominational does NOT make one a Christian. Nor a child of such make them a Christian. Jesus of the Bible (who is not the Jesus {Isa} of the Quran) stated: MK 16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. JN 3:3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. " The Book of Romans is a simple yet powerful method (called Romans Road) of explaining why we need salvation, how God provided salvation, how we can receive salvation, and what are the results of salvation. The first verse on the Romans Road to salvation is Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." We have all sinned. We have all done things that are displeasing to God. There is no one who is innocent. Romans 3:10-18 gives a detailed picture of what sin looks like in our lives. The second Scripture on the Romans Road to salvation, Romans 6:23, teaches us about the consequences of sin - "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." The punishment that we have earned for our sins is death. Not just physical death, but eternal death! The third verse on the Romans road to salvation picks up where Romans 6:23 left off, "but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 5:8 declares, "But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus Christ died for us! Jesus' death paid for the price of our sins. Jesus' resurrection proves that God accepted Jesus' death as the payment for our sins. The fourth stop on the Romans road to salvation is Romans 10:9, "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, all we have to do is believe in Him, trusting His death as the payment for our sins - and we will be saved! Romans 10:13 says it again, "for everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins and rescue us from eternal death. Salvation, the forgiveness of sins, is available to anyone who will trust in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. The final aspect of the Romans road to salvation is the results of salvation. Romans 5:1 has this wonderful message, "Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Through Jesus Christ we can have a relationship of peace with God. Romans 8:1 teaches us, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." Because of Jesus' death on our behalf, we will never be condemned for our sins. Finally, we have this precious promise of God from Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Only faith in Jesus Christ can provide salvation! Are you a Christian as defined by scripture above, or a believer in the lie that membership to a church or having parents who may be Christians make you a Christian?
89. #3 For a Christian wishing to be left alone
AK   (09.18.06)
what the h*** are you doing her?
90. #4, you're Christian like I am Muslim.
AK   (09.18.06)
What you are is a troll.
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