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New York Catholics visit mosque, learn about Islam
CNS ^ | August 9, 2007 | Beth Griffin

Posted on 08/13/2007 4:37:16 PM PDT by NYer

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1 posted on 08/13/2007 4:37:19 PM PDT by NYer
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To: Lady In Blue; Salvation; narses; SMEDLEYBUTLER; redhead; Notwithstanding; nickcarraway; Romulus; ...

Speechless!


2 posted on 08/13/2007 4:38:00 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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Why not just drive down to Ground Zero, that’s lesson enough.


3 posted on 08/13/2007 4:39:47 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Were there any Chemistry classes?

ML/NJ

4 posted on 08/13/2007 4:40:00 PM PDT by ml/nj
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I read about a Dutch bishop urging Catholics to call God allah. We’re not far from that situation here. Muslims hi-5ing each other again for the umpteenth time. I never thought the west was that easy to conquer.


5 posted on 08/13/2007 4:45:24 PM PDT by 353FMG
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She continued, "You can read about Islam in a book, but to see the fervor of their devotion really touched me and I came away being a better Catholic or you can wait until they knock on your door wanting to convert or kill you."
6 posted on 08/13/2007 4:46:31 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (Democrats In Control! (Where's my friggin' free stuff?))
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I would imagine that hoards of Muslims couldn’t wait to attend Church and learn about Jesus Christ in the spirit of fairness........NOT


7 posted on 08/13/2007 4:46:32 PM PDT by WyCoKsRepublican
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I would not go.


8 posted on 08/13/2007 4:46:38 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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I thought we Catholics were discouraged from this kind of thing? Am I wrong?


9 posted on 08/13/2007 4:47:26 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Salvation

Me, either.


10 posted on 08/13/2007 4:49:04 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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One,
Holy,
Catholic,
Apostolic


11 posted on 08/13/2007 4:50:01 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Salvation

To Ground Zero or a mosque?


12 posted on 08/13/2007 4:50:04 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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Can’t wait for the members of the Religion of Peace to go to a Catholic church, bless themselves with Holy Water, genuflect before the altar of God, and then sit in a pew. I don’t think that will ever happen. They’d sooner cut the head off the hapless stooge that followed them to the mosque to get some diversity training. Hogwash on the whole idea!


13 posted on 08/13/2007 4:50:14 PM PDT by laweeks
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do these loons not know the life of Saint Francis? Saint Francis wore the Crusader’s cross. Francis went to the Holy Land to convert the muslims or die trying. Do these people not know of Saint Clare and the Saracens?


14 posted on 08/13/2007 4:50:23 PM PDT by Nihil Obstat (Count your blessings)
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they were lucky to come back alive


15 posted on 08/13/2007 4:51:58 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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I lived in Saudi Arabia for five years.
I started attending Mass daily OVER THERE. Lol.
Whooda thunk I would have gotten the "spirit" over there? In fact, my Muslim boss paved the way.
16 posted on 08/13/2007 4:52:10 PM PDT by starfish923 (Socrates: It's never right to do wrong.)
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You are so right!

My polyglot, bi-ritual (Maronite and Roman Rite) pastor, who hails from Lebanon, attended a seminar not long ago, given by a convert to Islam. It was held at a local Catholic college. He listened to the spiel of the presenter on the pacifist nature of Islam and waited for the Q & A session. Dressed in his clericals, the moment she asked for questions, he shot his arm up in the air. When called upon, he opened the Q'uran, cited a particular sura and asked why Moslems were required to persecute christians. The members of the audience stared intently at the presenter, awaiting her response. She suggested that book from which he was reading was a poor translation from the original text. With that, he opened up the Q'uran in Arabic and reread the same sura. All those heads focused on him now turned towards the presenter. Her face turned a violent shade of red, she mumbled something in Arabic and moved on to the next question. Father patiently waited for the lull in questions to raise his hand again. She totally ignored him, at which point he handed his question to another Arabic speaking member of our community.

There is only one thing to understand about Islam. It is a heresy!.

17 posted on 08/13/2007 4:54:03 PM PDT by NYer ("Where the bishop is present, there is the Catholic Church" - Ignatius of Antioch)
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To: Nihil Obstat

Or of the Miracle of Lepanto?


18 posted on 08/13/2007 4:55:27 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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Everything we need to know about islam can be learned from any one of their many beheading videos.


19 posted on 08/13/2007 4:56:08 PM PDT by LilAngel (No blood for quislings)
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I would not go to a mosque.

Would be more than happy to visit Ground Zero!


20 posted on 08/13/2007 4:56:23 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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