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SeattleUte · 10-02-2006, 10:37 PM

It seems the Pople has been reading SeattleUte's posts on this board.

http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20061...irenberg100906

This is exactly the brief I would develop for Catholocism, indeed, Christianity in general. The author of the article tries to put a provocative spin on his essay by at the end criticizing the Pope for being divisive and not really wanting a dialgue with other religions. I think he's being melodramtic and in any event the author's criticisms do not diminish that this is Christianity's best defense against reason. Now take a trip over to the FARMS/FAIR site and take a look at all their screeds against the "Hellenization" of Christianity (of which Paul was the primary architect and instigator).

The author also criticizes the pope for ignoring Islam's rich intellectual history. But the signature tragedy of Islam is its squandering of its once great intellectual tradition, which, by the way, it picked up from the West. Note the author's point that the Greek philosophers were once revered by Islamic culture too. Also note that he doesn't challenge the Pope's characterization of the Protestant reformation.

10-02-2006, 10:37 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Interesting article about the Pope's statements about Islam It seems the Pople has been reading SeattleUte's posts on this board. http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20061...irenberg100906 This is exactly the brief I would develop for Catholocism, indeed, Christianity in general. The author of the article tries to put a provocative spin on his essay by at the end criticizing the Pope for being divisive and not really wanting a dialgue with other religions. I think he's being melodramtic and in any event the author's criticisms do not diminish that this is Christianity's best defense against reason. Now take a trip over to the FARMS/FAIR site and take a look at all their screeds against the "Hellenization" of Christianity (of which Paul was the primary architect and instigator). The author also criticizes the pope for ignoring Islam's rich intellectual history. But the signature tragedy of Islam is its squandering of its once great intellectual tradition, which, by the way, it picked up from the West. Note the author's point that the Greek philosophers were once revered by Islamic culture too. Also note that he doesn't challenge the Pope's characterization of the Protestant reformation. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster Last edited by SeattleUte; 10-02-2006 at 11:01 PM.