[Legatus]

You mean this?

That's the one, thanks.

I understand the desire that people have for the pope to confront islam the way we perhaps would. If I shout "your's is a doctrine of demons" at a Protestant he'll shout right back at me. I have the impression that if I shouted "your prophet was a pedo" at a muslim there would be a body count and if it made the news people who weren't even involved would die. I think we used to call people like that savages. The same rules of engagement don't apply when dealing with savages with guns and explosives.

[D-fendr]

Pope Benedict in his Regensburg lecture compared contradictory passages from the Qur'an:"There is no compulsion in religion" "spread the faith through violence".

Of course the muslims had a serious fit anyway, illustrating your point.

But I think his approach, much more subtle and foundational than this brief snippet, is wise, very smart. I think it drives a wedge and can be successful over time.

[Quix]

I LOVE YOUR HUMOR AND WIT.

I think you need to write that car trip up for some RC church blog or paper or some such.

Or better yet, a children’s book.