[vladimir998]

You wrote:

“Well, I doubt that I would declare this “well put”. It sounds like a bunch of gobblygook nonsense to me.”

LOL! So say you. Care to prove how it is such?

“If the Catholic Church feels the Muslims are not worshiping the ONE true God, why don’t they simply come out and say so.”

1) They did. Remember the Church clearly said Muslims DO NOT BELIEVE JESUS IS DIVINE.

2) To say it as you wanted it simply had no place in the kind of documents that LG and NA were. Notice, the whole document is about what religions share more than what separates them. It is about hope in finding common ground to begin discussions. I think this was largely pie-in-the-sky thinking from the council fathers in the early (and very hopeful) 1960’s, but it does not deny that the Muslims deny Christ.

“The real answer (understandably) is that the Pope would have hoards of Muslims storming Rome. No matter how much one tries to slice and dice what Rome is saying these days about Muslims, it is clear that they have sought the path of appeasement rather than confront people with the truth of the gospel.”

Utter nonsense. Think for once in your life. What Muslim hordes threatened Rome in 1964 or 1965? Seriously, get a clue.

[kawaii]

what sort of church do u go to?

[HarleyD]

HD-It sounds like a bunch of gobblygook nonsense to me.”

vla-Care to prove how it is such?

It seems to me that if I read through the thing five times trying to parse the sentence structure and still can't form a coherent thought, then something isn't clicking. Grant it, it may be me but life shouldn't be so complicated. I realize Catholics have people explain things to them but I'm not like that. I like things in clear text.

Notice, the whole document is about what religions share more than what separates them. It is about hope in finding common ground to begin discussions. I think this was largely pie-in-the-sky thinking from the council fathers in the early (and very hopeful) 1960’s, but it does not deny that the Muslims deny Christ.

What religions share????? And what precisely do we share with Muslims religion-wise? The Church fathers didn't share this view in the 11-12th century when the western world was being overrun. In fact, if memory recalls, the present Pope made the mistake of reading about what one of the mid-1500s Catholic Church writers thought about Muslims not wanting peace. That took about three months and several high-level meetings to correct.

What Muslim hordes threatened Rome in 1964 or 1965? Seriously, get a clue.

Did I say 1964 or 1965? I said that the Pope and the Church don't want to make waves.

Let me know the next time the Pope goes out without his "Popemobile".