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Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims'
dailymail.co.uk ^ | July 15, 2008 | Steve Doughty

Posted on 07/15/2008 11:41:21 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims, the Archbishop of Canterbury said today.

Dr Rowan Williams also criticised Christiaity in history for its violence, harsh use of punishments, and its betrayal of its peaceful principles.

His acknowledgement of Christian faults came in a highly conciliatory letter to Islamic leaders calling for an alliance between the two faiths for 'the common good'.

It risked fresh controversy for the Archbishop in the wake of his pronouncement earlier this year that a place should be found for Islamic sharia law in the British legal system.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has admitted that Christian doctrine is offensive to muslims

The letter to prominent Muslim scholars comes at a time when Dr Williams is facing immense pressures from inside his own Church of England and Anglican Communion.

A gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world that begins tomorrow is on the brink of a devastating split over whether homosexuality and gay clergy should win their approval.

The Archbishop's letter is a reply to feelers to Christians put out by Islamic leaders from 43 countries last autumn.

In it, Dr Williams said that violence is incompatible with the beliefs of either faith and that, once that principle is accepted, both can work together against poverty and prejudice and to help the environment.

He also said that the Christian belief in the Trinity - that God is father, son and Holy Ghost at the same time - 'is difficult, sometimes offensive, to Muslims.'

Trinitarian doctrine conflicts with the Islamic view that there is just one all-powerful God.

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To: Free ThinkerNY

INTREP


21 posted on 07/15/2008 11:51:05 AM PDT by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Who put this guy in charge of the church? If I were in it I would demand a recall.


22 posted on 07/15/2008 11:51:44 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: agere_contra; All
Heere Bigynneth the Tale of the Asse-Hatte
23 posted on 07/15/2008 11:51:46 AM PDT by dighton
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Archbishop of Canterbury: 'Christian doctrine is offensive to Muslims'

Who CARES!?

24 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:01 AM PDT by Wil H
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I don’t have a horse in this race, but I’m praying for a split, frankly. Millions of Anglicans deserve better than this horsepoop.


25 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:23 AM PDT by grellis (By order of the Ingham County Sheriff this tag has been seized for nonpayment of taxes)
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To: snugs; UKRaddell

What is going on over there?


26 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:28 AM PDT by AliVeritas (If you don't love this country, tear up your passport, leave and live under a dictator.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Oh, and this asshat is badly in need of a neck circumcision.


27 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:32 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

He loves homosexuals and Muslim terrorists and hates devout Christians. This is the leader of the Anglican church. The decadence of the elites becomes more evident every day.


28 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:34 AM PDT by detective
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To: Nevadan

The Queen of England did it.


29 posted on 07/15/2008 11:52:42 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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To: AliVeritas

It’s what always happens when liberals take over religious sects, they pervert them to submit to evil.


30 posted on 07/15/2008 11:53:33 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Death cults have little use for Christian ideals


31 posted on 07/15/2008 11:54:00 AM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I was under the impression that ANY form of religion other than Islam is offensive to muslims... In fact, it seems to be rather difficult to find anything at all that isn’t offensive to muslims.


32 posted on 07/15/2008 11:54:13 AM PDT by dfwright (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left (Eccl. 10:2, NIV))
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To: massgopguy

LOL!

Just read recently that the founder of this guys religion (Henry VIII) had St. Thomas of Canterbury exhumed, tried in absentia for treason against his King, then had his bones burned. What a tool.


33 posted on 07/15/2008 11:54:35 AM PDT by allmendream (If the New Yorker makes a joke and liberals don't get it, is it still funny?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Islamic beliefs are offensive to Christians.


34 posted on 07/15/2008 11:54:46 AM PDT by Notwithstanding ("You are either with America in our time of need or you are not" - Hillary from Senate well 9/12/01)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Rowan Williams is offensive to Christians. And anyone else with half a brain.


35 posted on 07/15/2008 11:55:35 AM PDT by mojito
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To: theDentist

Traitorous priests who show nothing but disgust for the Bible as they push for voluntary subjugation are also offensive to Christians.


36 posted on 07/15/2008 11:56:58 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Well that explains it. Her son obviously is an idiot when it comes to the dangers of Islam in England. Now I know she is one too.


37 posted on 07/15/2008 11:59:01 AM PDT by Nevadan
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To: Amadeo

Why don’t they just get it over with

and put the

American “queen”

on Canterburry’s episcopal throne

and crown his gay sex partner, too?


38 posted on 07/15/2008 11:59:06 AM PDT by Notwithstanding ("You are either with America in our time of need or you are not" - Hillary from Senate well 9/12/01)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Time for the Queen to earn her keep and replace this creep.


39 posted on 07/15/2008 11:59:18 AM PDT by bajabaja
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Can anyone, please, tell me what non-muslim is NOT offensive to muslims?
40 posted on 07/15/2008 11:59:48 AM PDT by alecqss
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