It's not just the Muslims. It's not just haters of Muslims.
And, believe me, I've had it with the Islamofascist and the "moderate Muslims" who continue to fail to deal with them.
Even devout Catholics are totally foolish about this!
The Pope's address had nothing to do with Islam at all! It was meant to encourage ACADEMIA to be more inclusive in their definition of what is considered "rational"!
If he was invoking Islam at all, it was merely to say that even that a radical "God doesn't have to be rational or consistent" viewpoint should be given consideration in academic thought.
For the record, I should be clear about my own opinions; I don’t hate Muslims but I do have disdain for their religion, which I consider to be extremely dangerous. I appreciate your putting moderate Muslims in quotations but I’m not sure why anyone would reasonably expect these “moderates” to admonish the extremists.
From my point of view, the only difference between a moderate and, I’ll use the word extremist, rather than fascist, is that the moderates simply have not yet read the holy book. The extremists, or perhaps more accurately, the fundamentalists, have. They are simply following Mohamed’s dictates. I view moderates as potential fundamentalists, and hence, as potentially dangerous.
Islam can only be considered a religion of peace if none of its practitioners have actually studied what Mohamed preached and we can be certain that none ever will. Of course, that‘s silly.
The Pope's address had nothing to do with Islam at all! It was meant to encourage ACADEMIA to be more inclusive in their definition of what is considered "rational"!
If he was invoking Islam at all, it was merely to say that even that a radical "God doesn't have to be rational or consistent" viewpoint should be given consideration in academic thought.
I understand your point about the Pope’s attempt to engage academe in a thoughtful discussion about religion and culture. However, no one should be surprised at the response of the Islamic world to the Pope’s thoughtful commentary.
To my main point, what matters to the Islamic world, what has angered them so much, and what should matter to us as well, is that the Pope had the guts to, however obliquely intended or reasoned, utter the truth about Islam. This, Islam cannot tolerate.
And the reason why it should matter to us is that almost none of our other leaders will, even if they understand it, speak truth to this cancer of a religion.