[Sergio]

I agree with the Pope, but when I said something similar after Mass one Sunday, folks looked at me like they would look at an apple that had only half a worm in it.

As psychologists like to say, the first step to solving a problem is to admit the problem exists.

Thanks for the post, best regards.

Sergio

[livius]

when I said something similar after Mass one Sunday, folks looked at me like they would look at an apple that had only half a worm in it.

LOL! The other thing that the Pope did not say - I hope simply out of tact - is that Islam cannot be reformed because it is fundamentally false. The Church has reformed itself again and again, sometimes to meet new situations and sometimes because the truth had grown faint and was overwhelmed by the all-too-earthly nature of Church members (and particularly heirarchs).

But all "reform" means in Islam is adhering even more literally to the same insane religious-political theocratic ravings that are the foundation of the cult. A bad tree bears bad fruit and no "reform" is possible without cutting it down and planting an entirely different tree.