Comments on: Bin Laden: Pope Leading Anti-Islam Crusade

In New Audiotape, Al Qaeda Leader Threatens Severe Reaction Against Europe

[honestabe8]

aren''t all churches *** churches?

[gaye5]

ourtomorrows, you are right, here in Australia we dont see this hatred towards other Christian religions, we all seem to get along pretty well, and as for hating Jews, as far as I am concerned the world has a lot to thank Jews about, they have invented many things that keep us alive today..
It is not Jews who are the problem, no one can tell me that this tiny little nation is a problem.. I think that they are an incrediable people and so do all my friends, and yes we must work together and if we dont we will die. The left has brought into the fray the wording of ''a far right religious'' it was brought in to make christians look just as bad as terrorosts along with trying to divided the people and it is working.. we must not let them call Christians far right as what they now count as far right was once considered the middle of the road by all.. Just because christians have an opinion does not make their opinions any less valuable as some atheists would try to make people think..

[truthword08]

And just for the record, I''m no fan of McCain either, but he is the best candidate to keep us protected from Islamic maniacs. Which should be the top priority of anyone running for the Presidency.

McCain is simply the lesser of the 3 evils, if you will.

[truthword08]

Who''s John McCain''s pastor sir? --Posted by TruthWord08

Name is Hagee, I believe. He also described the Catholic church as a "cult". A view not uncommon among many Proddies, especially of the Bornagain Endtimer variety.
Posted by gkc99

-John McCain does not go to Hagee''s church and has never been a member. So once again, your association is just another way for you to desperately dig for excuses in defense of Obama''s hateful bigoted pastor, for which he has called his "mentor" for 20 years.

Face it, you''re wrong.

And what Hagee said about the Catholic church is right. They paganized the true meaning of the gospels.

Jesus Christ Truth is not meant to be tampered with, and that''s exactly what the Catholic Church did when it was founded 2-300 years after Christ was on earth.

But regardless, Hagee is not John McCain''s pastor. McCain does not attend Hagee''s church.

So keep digging for excuses to defend Obama. That''s all you have left.

[truthword08]

Protestant discrimination against Catholicism. Its ignorant and it is wrong.
Posted by ourtomorrows

-Look sir, I have friends that are Catholics who have told me specifically that they are seeing allot of issues they don''t like about the Catholic church.

The true church is spoken of in the gospels, not by the Roman Catholics.

The Roman Catholics "paganized" the truth of the gospels by adding their own doctrines (IE praying to Mary, the Pappacy, sprinkling babies, purgatory, etc, etc...)

This isn''t meant to hurt anyone''s feelings who''s Catholic, it''s simple historical truth.

Christ isn''t interested in a message of appeasement anyhow. He is Truth.

The gospels are about the Lord Jesus Christ, not a church, not a denomination, and not a paganized version of Christianity that mixes "works" into being saved by grace, as the Catholic church has deemed necessary for salvation.

When you say you must have "works" on top of the sacrifice of Christ on the cross in order to enter the kingdom of Heaven, you are basically looking Christ in the face and saying:

"What you did on the cross was not enough, we don''t believe you when you said "It is finished", so we''re going to add our own man-made rules to accompany the works you finished on the cross for our sins, and tell people that if they don''t follow our rules, they aren''t going to heaven.

This is what the Catholic church has done.

But Mel Gibson was right on with his movie however. I will give him that.

[gunownerdan]

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
-- George W. Bush, Sept. 13, 2001

"I don''t know where (Bin Laden) is. You know, I just don''t spend that much time on him....I -- I''ll repeat what I said. I truly am not that concerned about him."
-- George W. Bush, March 13, 2002
6 MONTHS AFTER 9/11

[candide777]

Actually, it makes sense. bin Laden is using the Pope like a tool, the way he did George Bush. Now, bin Laden is hoping people will turn their attention to and rally around the Pope, so that bin Laden really can turn this into a Holy War. You have to give him some credit, he knows how to play world leaders like a flute. He turns the music on, and they start dancing. The Pope is getting his fifteen minutes now, so you can bet he won''t give up the spotlight, but just try to get more of it. Too bad the rational and sane atheists of the world have to get dragged into this religious BS.

[candide777]

LOL -- what is this? Some sort of twisted Comedy Central movie? Nobody takes the Pope seriously anymore, why would bin Laden?

[smilingez50]

Open the doors to hell. It''s time for a Holy Crusade.
Let''s do the job right this time and bury Islam.

[ourtomorrows]

During the past two decades, computer-assisted charter studies have demolished that contrivance. Scholars have discovered that crusading knights were generally wealthy men with plenty of their own land in Europe. Nevertheless, they willingly gave up everything to undertake the holy mission. Crusading was not cheap. Even wealthy lords could easily impoverish themselves and their families by joining a Crusade. They did so not because they expected material wealth they already had that.

Posted by Gaye5 at 09:31 PM : Mar 20, 2008

I agree in part, but don''t over play your argument. The first wave of crusaders stirred up by Peter the Hermit were among the dregs of European society. As they did in fact pillage their way across Europe, ripping the lead off church roofs and so on, there were many among them who believed they were in fact on a mission to fight the threat of Islam. The second wave of Crusades of the first crusade were the knights and wealthy nobles you speak of. But keep in mind, when they took Jerusalem they slaughtered everyone, Jew, Muslim, Christian, man, woman and child. You are right to point out that the first crusade has been badly misunderstood, but you have to at the same time acknowledge the other aspects.