All Mixed Up by Confusing Theological Statements?
Tuesday September 12th 2006, 7:09 pm
Filed under: notes

Would someone like to parse this for me? Because makes no sense to me:

“Today, when we have learned to recognize the pathologies and life-threatening diseases associated with religion and reason, and the ways that God’s image can be destroyed by hatred and fanaticism, it is important to state clearly the God in whom we believe,” the pope said.

From The Pope Assails Secularism Does he think that Muslims have a different God? from Christians Is that what he means? Because, excuse me for pointing it out, but there are three major western religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They all have the same stories. One could argue they are much more similar than different.

And finally, I quote from the NY Times:

At the end of that summer, he devoted an annual weekend of study with former graduate students to Islam. In that meeting, and since, he has reportedly expressed skepticism about Islam’s openness to change, given its view of the Koran as the unchangeable word of God.

Let’s play Mad Libs. Substitute “Bible” for “Koran.” Hmm…sound familiar?