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2006-10-19 Olde Tyme Religion

Spengler: Reason to believe, or not - Benedict And The Muslim 38

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Posted by mrp 2006-10-19 09:30|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Spengler-excerpted paragraph from the open letter - starting with:

[T]he dichotomy between "reason" on one hand

and ending with

as a way of knowing the truth

should have been block-quoted. My apologies for the confusion.

Posted by mrp 2006-10-19 12:59|| 2006-10-19 12:59|| Front Page Top

#2 hmph. Taquyia.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2006-10-19 18:22|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2006-10-19 18:22|| Front Page Top

#3 Perhaps in parts, but is isn't just any obfuscation; the open letter is a formal reply by Muslim scholars to an address given by the head of the Catholic Church. This isn't just an academic froth-fest or a panel discussion between academics. On one hand, the Pope is the leader of over 1 billion Christians (a point made explicit in the letter) and his address in Regensburg included serious critiques in regards to Islam - points senior Islamic representives from diverse Islamic schools felt compelled to answer.

When "All the eight schools of thought and jurisprudence in Islam are represented by the signatories", the issue escalates to a higher level than we've ever seen before. Whether or not we in the West find their letter "reasonable", there isn't much doubt that the stakes involved are very, very big.

Posted by mrp 2006-10-19 20:23|| 2006-10-19 20:23|| Front Page Top

#4 The theological grounds for the coming world war are being set today : the Pope and Western religious leaders are trying to explain the concept of "Faith seeking Reason" to the Muslim "Submission or death" crowd. The Muslims will, of course, reject any form of rationalism or reformation, which will lead to the world war in the next 5-10 years. And a great deal of that war will be fought on the streets of the West since we are already heavily infiltrated by the Muslim horde. I have no doubt that we in the West will start seeing belt bombers on our streets on a regular basis within the next 5 years.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2006-10-19 21:01|| 2006-10-19 21:01|| Front Page Top

#5 I think we will see IED's much more than we will see suicide bombers in the US. IED's have already been seized (not used) along our southern borders.

Posted by Snuns Thromp1484 2006-10-19 23:10|| 2006-10-19 23:10|| Front Page Top

#6 As wid the USA via 9-11/WOT, then Israel, and now Benedict, where the West's enemies are concerned the burden is on the West to save and justify {Radical] Islam, etal. before the West either surrenders to same, andor is destroyed by same.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-10-19 23:24|| 2006-10-19 23:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Wich makes the USPS' annoucement that they're getting rid of a lot of boxes very interesting.

Removing extra targets.

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-10-19 23:38|| 2006-10-19 23:38|| Front Page Top

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