Comments on: Glass Houses and All That http://billmyerscreations.com/blog/2006/09/16/glass-houses-and-all-that/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:20:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bill Mulligan http://billmyerscreations.com/blog/2006/09/16/glass-houses-and-all-that/#comment-153 Bill Mulligan Sun, 17 Sep 2006 05:34:10 +0000 http://billmyerscreations.com/blog/?p=51#comment-153 Cliff May at the National review had a great suggestion. What if the Pope were to say: “Some of our Muslims friends have taken offense at my remarks. We understand that and we are distressed by it. “We would hope our Muslim friends also understand that there are Christians and Jews who also may believe they have cause for offense at a time when there are Muslims who routinely justify mass murder in the name of Islam. “And the other day in Gaza, two journalists, both Christians, were forced to convert at gunpoint. If there was outrage over this in Muslim communities, word of it did not reach our ears. “We would ask that violence and anger subside and that serious dialogue begin. “We are therefore planning to invite several leading Muslim religious leaders to visit us here in the Vatican where we can have detailed and inter-faith discussions" “After that, we would like Muslim religious leaders to invite us to continue the conversation in their holy places: Mecca, Medina, Qum and Najaf for example. Our Jewish brothers should be invited to attend, too. And why not add in people of faith from the Buddhist and Hindu communities? “This would, we believe, be both productive and historic.” Cliff May at the National review had a great suggestion. What if the Pope were to say:

“Some of our Muslims friends have taken offense at my remarks. We understand that and we are distressed by it.

“We would hope our Muslim friends also understand that there are Christians and Jews who also may believe they have cause for offense at a time when there are Muslims who routinely justify mass murder in the name of Islam.

“And the other day in Gaza, two journalists, both Christians, were forced to convert at gunpoint. If there was outrage over this in Muslim communities, word of it did not reach our ears.

“We would ask that violence and anger subside and that serious dialogue begin.

“We are therefore planning to invite several leading Muslim religious leaders to visit us here in the Vatican where we can have detailed and inter-faith discussions”

“After that, we would like Muslim religious leaders to invite us to continue the conversation in their holy places: Mecca, Medina, Qum and Najaf for example. Our Jewish brothers should be invited to attend, too. And why not add in people of faith from the Buddhist and Hindu communities?

“This would, we believe, be both productive and historic.”

]]> By: Bill Mulligan http://billmyerscreations.com/blog/2006/09/16/glass-houses-and-all-that/#comment-152 Bill Mulligan Sun, 17 Sep 2006 00:29:24 +0000 http://billmyerscreations.com/blog/?p=51#comment-152 Getting pretty tired of "muslim fury". It seems like a significant percentage of them erupt at just about any provocation and they completely miss the irony of responding to accusations that they are prone to violence by committing acts of violence. It's a sign of insecurity. The true Muslims don't need to kill or threaten people to advance their cause. If Allah IS the one true God he can't be happy at the sorry nature of so many of his followers. Getting pretty tired of “muslim fury”. It seems like a significant percentage of them erupt at just about any provocation and they completely miss the irony of responding to accusations that they are prone to violence by committing acts of violence.

It’s a sign of insecurity. The true Muslims don’t need to kill or threaten people to advance their cause. If Allah IS the one true God he can’t be happy at the sorry nature of so many of his followers.

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