Pope Benedict... Geez!
well... this is not another anti-pope blog! it's an anti-fanaticism one to start with. Through the waves of faulty and forged information i'm being hit with daily about such an incident, i'll just try to figure out with you what has really happened, trying not to be biased towards any side of the so-called "attack on islam" as the muslims here like to claim, nor a self defence as some christians might was to figure it as well.
So... what happened? What has made the muslims that rageous about it? Are they on the right side or the wrong one? Did they deal with it with an equivalent amount of protest, or they went on exaggerating? Was the pope right or wrong? And was the christian reaction reasonable as well or just refusing to admit what's behind it? Let's just try to answer those questions.
A few days ago i heard through the media that Pope Benedict 16th said some negative comments against islam, and of course couldn't watch the TV here without waiting for around 10 minutes at least at every channel till that anti-pope program ends and give my ears a break from such words, that i consider not less fanatic that what the pope said, and then watch some enetertaining stuff, or the boring talk shows aired daily. Back to our issue! maybe because i'm used to watch that emotional side of the issue on TV, and sometimes emotions go blind beyond imagination, i decided to browse the internet and see what really happened apart from fabricated information. Hola! again it's still fabricated online, with another kind of hypocrites saying that that speech was just a historic quote, and it reflects the past not the present, or at least claiming that it's under the category of self defence! So that's why i decided to analyze things on my own, and try to create a moderate opinion between both.
First, the pope said that old quote in his lecture at germany "and what new has mohammed come with except evil and spreading his religion by the sword?". Of course it's a very provocative quote to be mentioned at the first place. I think it can be included as an offensive action against a belief, and it being said by the pope, makes the issue more than just an insult. It also gives people from the other side to exaggerate and sail with their imagination to the strangest thought possible, and who could blame them while the biggest-ranking christian attcked them directly?
Later the whole issue lost its meaning, and turned into a rather fanatic contest! christians in the west, and maybe in the east as well are following blindly what the pope said, and became just small puppets to his will, forgetting that he's also a human who might make a mistake every now and then, yet i admit that his action was far beyond a supposidely responsible man being the pope, and people on the other side hunting mistakes for who're different, and also forgetting that their societies aren't respecting the other religions enough! And it was so apparent after burning churches in palestine and pakistan earlier, attacks on chruches in egypt, and attacks on other villages with a christian majority eiter in el kusheh or in kafr slama in el sharkeya province, or those anti-west campaigns on TV daily with soap operas and fanatic presentors.
I think that it's a part of human nature claiming supriority over each other. maybe also it's a human instinct, since we're kids we always want to be better than the rest, in which ever way, either by being quieter, or the most noisy person in the class, and when we grow up we keep the same nature, yet we use different means. It's a message to both sides: the christians: before you go on talking about how fierce and barbaric the current islam is, just remember the crucades, killing people who opposed you in the medievals, the famous betrayals then also, and currently how the belief is diversed into thousands of beliefs that each group of five can form their own church! Also the war against "terrorism" that in fact is a war against the different, covered in a religious coat. For the muslims: don't also forget the terrorist groups everywhere in the globe nowadays, and how they slay people in a rather barbaric manner, also the tapes filling your countries slandering other beliefs, and the hamayonic rule in egypt that prohibits building new prayer temples or churches for who embrace another beliefs, or those shows that attack others' beliefs daily creating a narrow minded society, and proving that islam currently is uncivilized as the west claims. chill out people and think in a mature way rather than that my-toy-is-better-than-yours attitude!
So... what happened? What has made the muslims that rageous about it? Are they on the right side or the wrong one? Did they deal with it with an equivalent amount of protest, or they went on exaggerating? Was the pope right or wrong? And was the christian reaction reasonable as well or just refusing to admit what's behind it? Let's just try to answer those questions.
A few days ago i heard through the media that Pope Benedict 16th said some negative comments against islam, and of course couldn't watch the TV here without waiting for around 10 minutes at least at every channel till that anti-pope program ends and give my ears a break from such words, that i consider not less fanatic that what the pope said, and then watch some enetertaining stuff, or the boring talk shows aired daily. Back to our issue! maybe because i'm used to watch that emotional side of the issue on TV, and sometimes emotions go blind beyond imagination, i decided to browse the internet and see what really happened apart from fabricated information. Hola! again it's still fabricated online, with another kind of hypocrites saying that that speech was just a historic quote, and it reflects the past not the present, or at least claiming that it's under the category of self defence! So that's why i decided to analyze things on my own, and try to create a moderate opinion between both.
First, the pope said that old quote in his lecture at germany "and what new has mohammed come with except evil and spreading his religion by the sword?". Of course it's a very provocative quote to be mentioned at the first place. I think it can be included as an offensive action against a belief, and it being said by the pope, makes the issue more than just an insult. It also gives people from the other side to exaggerate and sail with their imagination to the strangest thought possible, and who could blame them while the biggest-ranking christian attcked them directly?
Later the whole issue lost its meaning, and turned into a rather fanatic contest! christians in the west, and maybe in the east as well are following blindly what the pope said, and became just small puppets to his will, forgetting that he's also a human who might make a mistake every now and then, yet i admit that his action was far beyond a supposidely responsible man being the pope, and people on the other side hunting mistakes for who're different, and also forgetting that their societies aren't respecting the other religions enough! And it was so apparent after burning churches in palestine and pakistan earlier, attacks on chruches in egypt, and attacks on other villages with a christian majority eiter in el kusheh or in kafr slama in el sharkeya province, or those anti-west campaigns on TV daily with soap operas and fanatic presentors.
I think that it's a part of human nature claiming supriority over each other. maybe also it's a human instinct, since we're kids we always want to be better than the rest, in which ever way, either by being quieter, or the most noisy person in the class, and when we grow up we keep the same nature, yet we use different means. It's a message to both sides: the christians: before you go on talking about how fierce and barbaric the current islam is, just remember the crucades, killing people who opposed you in the medievals, the famous betrayals then also, and currently how the belief is diversed into thousands of beliefs that each group of five can form their own church! Also the war against "terrorism" that in fact is a war against the different, covered in a religious coat. For the muslims: don't also forget the terrorist groups everywhere in the globe nowadays, and how they slay people in a rather barbaric manner, also the tapes filling your countries slandering other beliefs, and the hamayonic rule in egypt that prohibits building new prayer temples or churches for who embrace another beliefs, or those shows that attack others' beliefs daily creating a narrow minded society, and proving that islam currently is uncivilized as the west claims. chill out people and think in a mature way rather than that my-toy-is-better-than-yours attitude!
posted by Unknown at 9/19/2006 06:28:00 PM
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