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| Father Troll: Don't Blaspheme Muslim "Prophet" |
| 2007-05-20 |
| (CNS) -- Christians must distance themselves from anyone or anything that insults Islam's prophet Mohammed and should come to a greater appreciation of his role in bringing millions of people to recognize the one God, said a German Jesuit scholar. But Christians cannot share Muslims' recognition of Mohammed as the last and greatest prophet, said Father Christian Troll, a professor of Islam and of Muslim-Christian relations at the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt, Germany. Writing in La Civilta Cattolica (Catholic Civilization), a Jesuit magazine reviewed by the Vatican prior to publication, Father Troll was responding to a question asked by many Muslims: "We Muslims recognize Jesus as a prophet and we venerate him. Why don't you Christians accept Mohammed as a prophet in the same way?" In the mid-May article, the Jesuit said that in recognizing Jesus as one of God's prophets Muslims are following the indications of the Quran, the sacred book of Islam. "If, on the other hand, a Christian would accept Mohammed's claim of being the true and ultimate prophet, it would go against the witness of the basic documents of the Christian faith," he said. For Muslims, he said, Mohammed was the prophet who revealed God's uncreated word, the Quran. For Christians, Jesus was not a prophet, but the word of God made flesh, he said. While Christians cannot share Muslims' faith in Mohammed as the last and greatest prophet, "Christians must decisively distance themselves from every insult against Mohammed and, in addition, must try to recognize and appreciate his exceptional historic personality, his role as founder of Islam and the extraordinary place he occupies in the faith, piety and religious thought of Muslims," Father Troll said. |
| Posted by:Sneaze |
| #10 Christians must distance themselves from anyone or anything that insults Islam's prophet Mohammed MO calls for the killing of Christians and Jews. If we can't insult him, I guess we should all just lay down and die. |
| Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-05-20 23:40 |
| #9 For Muslims, he said, Mohammed was the prophet who revealed God's uncreated word, the Quran. Gotta butt heads with you on this one, Pappy. Calling a brutally violent and intensely misogynist doctrine like Islam "God's uncreated word" just doesn't cut it with me. This is another unexpected and disconcerting bit of backpedaling from what once seemed a Pope in the ancient warrior monk tradition. Islam gives no quarter and deserves none in return. They who have designated the sword as their sole evangelical instrument must now elect to abandon it or die by it. Islam provides no other options nor do any present themselves. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-20 22:14 |
| #8 Another state supported theologian. Not much better than priests in the USSR. A state church is not a church just an arm of the government. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-05-20 22:10 |
| #7 I dunno, I don't disagree with him. Essentially he's saying Mo is a prophet - to muslims. And that muslims are wrong when they call Jesus a prophet. Seems that's more of a (truthful) metaphorical whack across the head to muslims than anything. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-20 21:24 |
| #6 As the Brits, in better times, used to say, derisively: mahound... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2007-05-20 19:05 |
| #5 Hey, Mo! You're exceptional, all right. It's been damned few I've known that had the hots for 9 year old girls. Perverted bastard; any other group than the sand rats would have hung you with your own entrails. |
| Posted by: Mac 2007-05-20 18:58 |
| #4 Judge a tree by its Fruit. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-05-20 17:12 |
| #3 Matthew 24:1-14 Many false prophets will rise up and decieve many. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Glaimble2526 2007-05-20 17:07 |
| #2 Voting #1 for the snark of the day! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-05-20 17:06 |
| #1 The only thing right about this guy is his last name. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-20 16:55 |