Posted on 07/10/2016 5:34:33 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne has issued greetings to Muslims on the occasion of the feast of Eid al-Fitr. The Very Reverend Denis Stanley, Episcopal Vicar for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Melbourne Archdiocese, wrote:
The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne would like to extend its best wishes to the Muslim community in Victoria and Australia on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Feast of the Breaking of the Fast, celebrated at the end of the sacred month of Ramadan.
The Holy Qur’an was first revealed in the month of Ramadan and had a special purpose:
And We sent down of the Qur’an that which is healing and mercy for the believers…” (Qur’an 17:82). The Prophet Muhammad was also sent as an instrument of God’s mercy: “And We have not sent you (O Muhammad) except as a mercy to the worlds.” (Qur’an 21:107).
Ramadan, therefore, has been a time of reflecting on God’s mercy and preparing oneself to receive it….
Note that Stanley doesn’t write that Muslims believe that the Qur’an was revealed, or that Muhammad was sent as an instrument of God’s mercy. He states these elements of Islamic belief as if they were universally accepted facts.
Does the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne, then, believe that the Qur’an was revealed by God, and that Muhammad is a true prophet? Stanley, if challenged (which he will not be) on this point, would probably say no, he was just being generous and ecumenical. Very well. But then why not speak precisely, rather than sow confusion by making what appear to be affirmations of Islamic faith? And when have the Melbourne Archdiocese Muslim partners in “interfaith dialogue” ever made affirmations of Christian faith in a likewise generous and ecumenical spirit? Why, never, of course. They’re more careful, and more aware of what the purpose of the “dialogue” really is.
What’s more: the issuance of such a fulsome and fatuous message, with no reference whatsoever to the Christians being exiled and massacred by believers in the Qur’an and Muhammad and in accord with their teachings, is nothing short of obscene.
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Or, it could be similar to this (but I doubt it):
In the book of Jeremiah, the Lord referred to “my servant” Nebuchadnezzar “ three times (Jer. 25:9; 27:6; 43:10). Old Testament writers generally used the title “Servant of Yahweh” to designate persons who had a special relationship with God and who were obedient to God’s will in the life of His people.
Jeremiah designated Nebuchadnezzar the “Servant” of God as a way to present Babylon’s king as the individual God appointed to have dominion over the nations and the one who would act as the instrument of God’s justice (Jer. 25:8-11). Because Nebuchadnezzar was acting as God’s agent, Jeremiah declared to the people that rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar was rebellion against God.
Instrument of Satan Mo was and any Christian who states otherwise needs to have a vacation in Sharia land.
I’m so glad I left the catholic church. Otherwise, I’d be furious at these dhimmi idiots
If the Koran is inspired, then the Bible is full of distortions and lies.
(Particularly, because the Koran insists that it was Ishmael whom Abraham took to be sacrificed, not Isaac; and hence all the blessings of Issac fall to Ishmael — and not to Israel.)
Maybe this idiot could quote from the satanic bible next for all his wiccan brothers and sisters....
Mohammed was Charlie Manson without the humanity, only with more money and less musical talent. Except that Charlie Manson, as far as we know, never raped any children.
And to those who respond by saying "violence has been committed in the name of all religions through the centuries," I ask: "How many people did Jesus kill? How many slaves did Jesus own? How many women did Jesus rape?"
The Five Pillars of Islam:
Murder
Slavery
Rape
Torture
War
Sorry, liberals. There's only 1 interpretation of Islam — Muhammad's
Rcc at the forefront of chrislam.
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Probably
Instrument of God's Mercy?
Guess it all depends on how one defines “mercy”
Some people consider raining frogs, plagues of locusts and turning water to blood forms as manifestations of Gods mercy as a way to bring on repentance and forestall much serious and irreversible judgments.
Stockholm Syndrome .. PC style.
Ramadan is not a month of peace, it is a month of war. All sorts of atrocities are committed in the name of Islam during Ramadan. We have firsthand knowledge of this right here in the USA.
I think this is a bit of a stretch.
“The Very Reverend Denis Stanley, Episcopal Vicar for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations” The Episcopal Vicar represents the Interfaith organization, not the Archdiocese. He may have put the Archdiocese in the announcement but that doesn’t mean the Archdiocese actually endorsers the message.
Catholics have some trash to take out?
Blah. Blah. Blah. Paul warned about the apostasy that would become catholicism, and they’ve always followed that agenda.
They need to wash their mouth out with soap.
The Catholic Church has evolved into a vehicle to unite all religions under a One World Religion (where there is NO Good and Evil.) Natural Law—foundation of Reason and Fatih and the Catholic Canon is being TOSSED!!!!! by the MARXISTS (Freemasons).
You can NEVER have “the Laws of Nature and nature’s God” taught to little children which will create the mindset of our Founders-—that of Natural Law Theory which created Modern Science/Biology/Logic/Reason—the Classical Christian Curricula (tools to think critically with along with the Wisdom of the Ages (Great Books/Holy Bible).
They want the mindset of the Incas-—the tribal irrational slave cultures-—back to the serfdom of ignorance where the masses are so DUMB, they believe anything the State says, like boys can REALLY be girls, incest and sodomy is “good” along with cannibalism and satanism, and that baby-killing is REALLY a NATURAL RIGHT from God.
Complete elimination of Reason and Faith for irrationality (tribalism)—everything is allowed, but the ideology which created the US Constitution and Free Will (choice). The ONLY rational faith which created concepts of INDIVIDUALISM vs. collectivism, where individuals can be killed/controlled by the irrational mobs (majority/democracy—lol).
It is to eliminate ALL Christian Worldview and destroy the Natural Family unit to destroy all the children (destroy Reason/understanding of Natural Laws) for the godless worldviews like islam, polygamy, sodomy,, satanism which are all totalitarian systems of “belief” where REASON and JUSTICE can NEVER exist.
There can be NO Individual Natural Rights from God, no Free Will (choice) or no Individualism or identity formation, so males can be female and children have no ability for understanding Reason (Common Sense (Laws of Nature/Logic/Science) etc., so that they will be “happy slaves” for the psychotic sociopathic sodomite elites-—they are happy with being slaves and getting crumbs and obamaphones.
They are being made dumb and irrational (our children in Common Core) so they can not imagine any world but the irrational Marxist Brave New World where Sodomy is a Virtue, Boys are Girls, Up is Down and Slavery is Freedom and War is Peace. WE are in an Orwellian World-—if you allow YOUR children or grandchildren to be shaped and formed by the sodomites (UN) who wrote the mandatory US curricula.
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