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THE POPE STANDS UP (and walks out on Palestinian leader Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi)
NY Post ^ | May 12, 2009

Posted on 05/12/2009 11:09:18 AM PDT by presidio9

In an action that spoke far louder than words, Pope Benedict yesterday walked out of an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem after the chief Islamic judge of the Palestinian Authority launched into an anti-Israeli diatribe.

The pontiff, on his first day in Jerusalem, did not realize at first that Sheikh Taysir al-Tamimi, speaking in Arabic, was condemning the "crimes of the Jewish state" and accusing Israel of having "slaughtered women, children and senior citizens."

But as soon as he was told the nature of the sheikh's tirade, he stood and left the meeting, which took place at Notre Dame church, before it had concluded.

It's not as if the organizers shouldn't have seen this coming: Back in 2000, Tamimi did the same thing during a visit by the late Pope John Paul II.

A spokesman for the Holy See later condemned the remarks, saying that

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To: presidio9; Petronski
Someone on this thread (who had a couple of dozen "personal attacks" under her belt) complianed about me to the moderator. The moderator told me to "knock off the personal attacks."

LOL. Since you've used that term to describe me before, I can only assume you're talking about me again.

FYI, I never pinged the Moderators.

This leads me to believe that the moderators did what I would have done. They got the complaint, simply read a few posts out of context, and then passed judgement.

Or maybe the Moderators can read in context and know what they're doing and who they're telling to "knock it off."

1,681 posted on 05/26/2009 11:06:02 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: pillut48

Amen.


1,682 posted on 05/26/2009 11:07:01 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: pillut48
He blessed us ABUNDANTLY and with much LOVE and continues to bless us abundantly with these gifts from God.

Amen. The fruitful will always have the last laugh.

1,683 posted on 05/26/2009 11:08:04 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Do you see His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI standing up and walking out or is he sitting there politely until Tamiri finishes his six-minute speech?

Benedict does not speak Arabic and there was no translation for Tamimi's Arabic tirade.

Do you see His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI shaking the terrorit's hand, not once, but TWICE?

Both times just before Benedict was told of the contents of the speech. Moments later Benedict walked out on Tamimi, ending the event early.

1,684 posted on 05/26/2009 11:08:56 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski
The title of this thread is incorrect, as anyone with eyes to see can plainly witness in any of the videos provided on this thread. Ratzinger sits politely while a known terrorist rants for six full minutes. Ratzinger then shakes the terrorist's hand not once, but TWICE.

The desire to defend the indefensible is pathological.

As God wills.

1,685 posted on 05/26/2009 11:11:42 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
The title of this thread is correct, as anyone with eyes to see and the wisdom to spot your lies can plainly witness in any of the videos provided on this thread.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI sits politely while a known terrorist rants for six full minutes.

In a language Benedict does not speak, without translation.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI then shakes the terrorist's hand not once, but TWICE.

And only then, moments thereafter, is Benedict told of the content of Tamimi's speech, at which time he promptly walks out, ending the event early.

Your desire to lie in support of Tamimi's anti-Israel anti-Christian stunt is pathological.

As God wills.

1,686 posted on 05/26/2009 11:15:05 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Petronski

Ratzinger then shakes the terrorist’s hand not once, but TWICE.


1,687 posted on 05/26/2009 11:17:31 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

“God’s truth given to us in Scripture by the work of the Holy Spirit”

But what about “progressive, situational, dynamic equivalence”? i.e. do I still have to wear a tie for services and can we use a waltz time rhythm hymn in place of old Ethyl’s anthems?


1,688 posted on 05/26/2009 11:18:33 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI then shakes the terrorist’s hand not once, but TWICE.

And ONLY AFTER THAT is he informed of the content of Tamimi's speech, at which point Benedict walks out on him, ending the event early in protest.

1,689 posted on 05/26/2009 11:21:42 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: blue-duncan

Old Ethyl knew her way around the keyboards. Listen to her. And sit up straight.


1,690 posted on 05/26/2009 11:22:56 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: pillut48

It is a misstatement and faulty understanding of human fertility to state that “every month women who do not undergo ANY treatment whatsoever CONCEIVE NATURALLY and those embryos FIZZLE OUT AND DIE because GOD has decided not to allow that pregnancy to continue”

Anyone who has working knowledge of the combined fertility of man and wife knows that every month women do not automatically conceive, with or without treatment.

I had training in this field and would like to have you substantiate your claim or at least clarify what it is that you are attempting to convey.


1,691 posted on 05/26/2009 11:28:51 AM PDT by Running On Empty ((The three sorriest words:"It's too late"))
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan

Dear departed Ethyl. I send her my dogs and she sends me her cats.


1,692 posted on 05/26/2009 11:32:15 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: Petronski
As Reuters and many others reported, the event ended "on schedule."

Tamiri, a well-known firebrand, was given time to speak. He didn't rush the stage and grab the microphone. Although he had "embarrassed" JPII years earlier, the "Catholic organizers" of the event held in a "Roman Catholic institution" still gave him a place on the schedule and uninterrupted time to spew his hatred of Israel.

Obviously Rome is even more cloistered and decrepit than we thought. That or Rome knew what it was doing and let it all play out.

After the six-minute speech, Ratzinger shook Tamiri's hand not once, but TWICE.

1,693 posted on 05/26/2009 11:32:25 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: 1000 silverlings; blue-duncan

Obviously Ethyl gets around.


1,694 posted on 05/26/2009 11:33:42 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
As Reuters and many others reported, the event ended "on schedule."

They are wrong.... al-Reuters is a Tamimi sympathizer, like you. They are known frauds in the name of Pali causes, again, like you.

1,695 posted on 05/26/2009 11:35:14 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

“Old Ethyl knew her way around the keyboards. Listen to her. And sit up straight”

It took her 10 minutes to play a short introduction to “Amazing Grace” Sunday and no one said it sounded sweet. Fortunately, the interim Pastor recognized that if we went through all 5 verses he would not have enough time to collect the offering and preach, so he cut it off at two verses. We sang the last hymn a capella, one verse of “Fairest Lord Jesus”; it was moving, I think more from relief that Ethyl couldn’t “dirge” it.


1,696 posted on 05/26/2009 11:37:25 AM PDT by blue-duncan
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI then shakes the terrorist’s hand not once, but TWICE.

And ONLY AFTER THAT is he informed of the content of Tamimi's speech, at which point Benedict walks out on him, ending the event early in protest.

1,697 posted on 05/26/2009 11:37:35 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

“little bit” (DeNiro)


1,698 posted on 05/26/2009 11:39:43 AM PDT by 1000 silverlings (Everything that deceives also enchants: Plato)
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To: Petronski
And yet what Reuters reported comports with every video of the event.

Those lying eyes will trip up Rome every time.

"Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands.

They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not:

They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not:

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them." -- Psalms 115:4-8


1,699 posted on 05/26/2009 11:39:49 AM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
And yet what Reuters reported comports with every video of the event.

It does not. The video cannot show those parts of the event that didn't happen because THEY DIDN'T HAPPEN. The event was cut short.

1,700 posted on 05/26/2009 11:52:03 AM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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