Posted on 09/21/2006 8:24:09 PM PDT by Pyro7480
His [Mohammed's] many and cruel executions, his craftiness in planning and allowing assassinations, his treachery, in his attacks on the unarmed during the sacred months, his insatiable hatred towards Jews and Christians, his raids and highway robberies, distinguish him among the most notorious brigands, and make him a tyrant of no mean degree. His unimaginable cruelty as well as the debauchery of his private life, go to show in him a very great degree of moral degeneracy and height of self-delusion, which are scarcely compatible with the practical wisdom of many of his actions.
We find him, after his early struggles and the commencement of his preaching, constantly imbued with fatalistic ideas; he believed in predestination, he had many superstitious beliefs and was guided by omens and prognostications. His many inward struggles, his moral debates, and his aspirations seemed to him the very voice of God speaking to him. Although he pretended to denounce idolatry, and to preach the worship of the one true God, still his conduct towards the Kaaba and the superstitious practices he ordained to be practised there, his veneration of the black stone at Kaaba; his superstitious belief in the water of Zem Zem well, all make us doubt whether he really denounced idolatry generally or denounced only such idolatry as did not meet his taste.
However, his denunciation of idolatry on the whole, his preaching the one true God, the equality of man before God, his precepts of charity and fraternal love; his injunctions forbidding the use of liquor and other spirits as well as of the practice of usury to his followers, really distinguish Mahommed [sic] honourably as a great religious teacher; though on the other hand his sensuality, deception, cruelty and intolerance stain the Prophet's life to the highest degree and prove him to be both an erring mortal and in no sense an infallible model of conduct.
It is simply astonishing to see over 180 millions [in 1912] of the people of the globe, quite ignorant of the true life and character of the Prophet of Islam, blindly and fanatically profess the religion taught by the Prophet besides promising them heavenly paradise after death, gives them full scope in this world to lead a life as easy as one could desire and to satisfy their sensual pleasures to the highest imaginable degree.
Boooooooooooze
Morning Tas...;-)
I vote for the spiritual one.
I still don't understand why they call him a Prophet.
I'm gonna order that book when I get home from work.
"What's wrong with usury and drinking booze?"
Nothing. Some people don't have the self control to manage their booze or their finances so some religions ban them. They are religions for lazy stupid people.
LOL!! Well said indeed.
Thanks AAC!
I'm pretty sure that a Muslim could come up with the same sort of explainations for their practices that Rev. J.L. Menezes is complaining about.
So I'm glad you illustrated the point.
If it's not a symbolic act, then does it not suggest the days when superstitious savages would cut out the hearts of their enemies to eat them and gain their strength ?
"Another recognized religious leader heard from {Fr. Menezes}...."
Anyone have this book or actually read it ?
In a online review it was mentioned the good Father says at the end that ONLY Catholics will go to heaven --- Can someone verify this ?
It certainly suggests that. In fact, that was the reaction of His audience.
John 6:60-61The difference is that the Eucharistic sacrifice, which makes present Christ's once-for-all sacrifice on the Cross, makes Christ's sacrifice present in an unbloody manner. His body is present in a real but supernatural (or spiritual) way, under the appearances of bread and wine. His body is not present in a natural way.Then many of his disciples who were listening said, "This saying is hard; who can accept it?"
Since Jesus knew that his disciples were murmuring about this, he said to them, "Does this shock you?
A more in-depth explanation here.
Pointedly, these were all low-level workman's occupations in those times, and given the islamic prohibitive against alcohol, the beer-brewing job was also considered a very snide insult...
A.A.C.
"His body is not present in a natural way."
I'm sorry, didn't you just link to an example of natural physical body being present ?
Your link dosen't mention ... did the priest at the time chow down ... or did he reject the "body of Christ" ?
false prophet? there now, is that better?
yes, in fact I do. thanks Twink.
Thanks for the ping!
You make exactly the points I made to my mother a couple days ago.
Oh? Just because he lived before modern economics, and had differing views from yours. Thomist ideas are still incorporated in our civilization. A "moron" wouldn't have been able to pull that off.
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