Posted by
Jason on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:03:17 AM
Disclaimer: I'm just an average guy with an above average interest in news and politics. But hey, here's what I think anyway...
What I think... Pope Benedict XVI asserted this week that other Christians are "not true churches" and that other denominations do not have the "means of salvation." Evangelicals, infuriated by the Pope's comments, have taken to the streets. Already, 10 people have died due to the fierce rioting and dozens have been injured. Catholic Priests are being drug out of their parishes and shot, execution style, while their churches are set ablaze along with effigies of the Pontiff.
Ok... you caught me... that's not exactly the scenario that unfolded after the Pope's comments. In fact, there hasn't been much of a reaction at all. Now rewind to last September when the Pope alluded to Muslims spreading their faith through violence. How did Muslims react? (See paragraph 1, and simply substitute "Muslim" for "Evangelical").
Then the Pope spent weeks denouncing his comments and apologizing to the "religion of peace." Apperantly he was so intimidated by this experience that he no longer takes on the greatest evil of our time (as his predecessor did with Communism). Instead, he's just going to stick with issuing edicts about "defective" Protestants.
Oh well... At least nobody died...