Posted on 07/16/2008 4:23:33 AM PDT by Coffee200am
The Archbishop of Cantebury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has described key elements of the Christian Trinity doctrine as being offensive to Muslims.
The Trinity is the Christian doctrine stating God exists as the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and conflicts with Islamic teaching that there is one all-powerful God.
In a letter to Islamic scholars, Dr. Williams also spoke critically of the violent past of both Christianity and Islam, and of Christianity's abandonment of its peaceful origins.
Keen to promote closer dialogue and understanding between the two faiths, Dr. Williams letter covers difficult issues, including religious freedom and religiously inspired violence, and according to The Telegraph, it is in response to a document written last year by Muslim scholars from 43 countries. That letter was described by the archbishop as polite and well meaning.
Discussing differences between the religions, Dr. Williams acknowledges that Christian belief in the Trinity is "difficult, sometimes offensive, to Muslims".
Speaking about the history of the two religions, Dr Williams said they had been too often confused with Empire and control.
"There is no religious tradition whose history is exempt from such temptation and such failure. What we need as a vision for our dialogue is to break the current cycles of violence, to show the world that faith and faith alone can truly ground a commitment to peace which definitively abandons the tempting but lethal cycle of retaliation in which we simply imitate each other's violence," he said.
The 17-page letter, called A Common Word for the Common Good, is in response to a letter from Muslim leaders written last September.
That letter, A Common Word Between Us and You, was signed by 138 Muslim scholars to declare the common ground between the two religions. (ANI)
Nothing surprises me when it comes to England’s appeasement tactics.
Not only have they given over their nation to the Muslims, now they have ceded their national religion.
They’ve lost all sense of self in their desire to please.
I used to be upset by the fracturing of the Anglican Communion. Now I can’t wait.
I wonder what would happen if I wrote to Mecca stating that Sharia law is offensive to non Muslims......Crickets or hate crime?
Another gem from the vile Williams.
How long will this man be allowed to continue?
Muslims killing in the name of Islam offends me.
Wouldn’t it be simpler just to make a short list of the things that are not offensive to Muslims?
It doesn't take much of the Koran to know the difference.
Rowan Williams isn't just a fool, he's evil.
And...?
The Archbishop has had a little too much wine if he thinks the Muslims are going to delete the verses in the Koran that command believers to kill all infidels and Jews. His efforts are futile as has every civilized group that tried to reason with the followers of Islam. Offended? Good!
On the other (up wind) side I would open up a bar-b-que pit that specialized in ..... you guessed it, pork.
Enough is enough
Islam is not a religion nor is it a cult. It is a complete system. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic and military components. The religious component is a beard for all the other components. Islamization occurs when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their so-called ‘religious rights'.
When politically correct and culturally diverse societies agree to ‘the reasonable’ Muslim demands for their ‘religious rights,’ they also get the other components under the table. Here’s how it works (percentages source CIA: The World Fact Book (2007)).
As long as the Muslim population remains around 1% of any given country they will be regarded as a peace-loving minority and not as a threat to anyone. In fact, they may be featured in articles and films, stereotyped for their colorful uniqueness:
At 2% and 3% they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs:
From 5% on they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. They will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature it on their shelves — along with threats for failure to comply. (United States).
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islam is not to convert the world but to establish Sharia law over the entire world. When Muslims reach 10% of the population, they will increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions (Paris –car-burnings). Any non-Muslim action that offends Islam will result in uprisings and threats (Amsterdam - Mohammed cartoons).
After reaching 20% expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings and church and synagogue burning:
At 40% you will find widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks and ongoing militia warfare:
From 60% you may expect unfettered persecution of non-believers and other religions, sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels:
After 80% expect State run ethnic cleansing and genocide:
100% will usher in the peace of ‘Dar-es-Salaam’ — the Islamic House of Peace — there’s supposed to be peace because everybody is a Muslim:
Of course, that’s not the case. To satisfy their blood lust, Muslims then start killing each other for a variety of reasons.
"Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel."
– Leon Uris, ‘The Haj’.
It is good to remember that in many, many countries, such as France, the Muslim populations are centered around ghettos based on their ethnicity. Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. Therefore, they exercise more power than their national average would indicate.
I’d eat there. Are guns allowed in the resturant? YES! ribs; lots of ribs. Lots of smoke too.
My breathing is offensive to Muslims, seems like. Can we move on now?
Dogs sleeping with cats, dogs wearing boots, anglicans bowing down to muslims - something happening here!
Who ya’ gonna call?
Right on schedule...Rowan Williams helps the Muslims conquer England, yet again.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article597161.ece
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Muslims are offensive to me, especially their desire to kill me because I’m a Christian.
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