tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post113659198753272070..comments2024-03-26T16:03:42.608-06:00Comments on Flares into Darkness: What does the Pope think about Islam?ambisinistralhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03836786826294202405noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136609098525008842006-01-06T21:44:00.000-07:002006-01-06T21:44:00.000-07:00MHAThe picking and choosing has been settled after...MHA<BR/><BR/>The picking and choosing has been settled after centuries of Islamic Scholars decisions. Their arguments have been honed such that nothing stands in their way anymore because they've already refuted everything contrary to their belief. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, between any two, the one that comes latest is the final word.<BR/><BR/>And Mr. M's brutality only increased as he aged.<BR/><BR/>If I were a glass-half-empty person, which I am on alternate days, I'd say we are royally f*'d.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03069871911665125873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136595802591580852006-01-06T18:03:00.000-07:002006-01-06T18:03:00.000-07:00Truepeers,I read the interview earlier today, and ...Truepeers,<BR/><BR/>I read the interview earlier today, and it gave me great respect for the new Pope.<BR/><BR/>But I wish Mr. Hewitt had deleted the last paragraph of his interlocutor's comments. That last was a bit of a saltation of the elasmobranch...<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Jamie IronsJamie Ironshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483791884102487505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136594377083933212006-01-06T17:39:00.000-07:002006-01-06T17:39:00.000-07:00mha:I think the west is too in love with itself fo...mha:<BR/><BR/>I think the west is too in love with itself for that.<BR/><BR/>They like their drugs, sex and rock and roll too much.terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609746018265953069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136593241135141942006-01-06T17:20:00.000-07:002006-01-06T17:20:00.000-07:00So I think that Islam will change or perish.Or els...<I>So I think that Islam will change or perish.</I><BR/><BR/>Or else the West will perish for lack of belief in itself.MeaninglessHotAirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767916621253839341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136592969737712462006-01-06T17:16:00.000-07:002006-01-06T17:16:00.000-07:00"No modern Christian or Jew really believes..."-ye..."No modern Christian or Jew really believes..."<BR/><BR/>-yes, but that's because the Bible is seen as part of a historically progressive revelation, from Abraham and Moses (and for Christians) through Jesus to the apostles. Some people take this tradition fo historicism as a license to become relativists - truth all depends on the times - while others would say that the Bible as part of an expanding universe of truths that all owe their debt to the original truth of the creator and creation.<BR/><BR/>Can Muslims adopt such ways of thinking, and remain confident Muslims, since the strategy of Islam's founders was precisely to avoid the historical game of the Jews and Christians and proclaim their monotheism to be the uncreated, eternal, truth?truepeershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16821859.post-1136592414232033882006-01-06T17:06:00.000-07:002006-01-06T17:06:00.000-07:00This is a well-known and widely held view of Islam...This is a well-known and widely held view of Islam. Of course one must remember that in the revealed religions there's always a lot of picking and choosing which goes on. No modern Christian or Jew really believes in the "eye for an eye" nonsense. The arguments are always about which parts we're going to ignore. I don't believe that Islam will not substantially change within my lifetime though.MeaninglessHotAirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767916621253839341noreply@blogger.com