OK, so the Pope thinks of Islam as a potentially violent religion; I heard Cardinal Cormack Murphy O-Connor on the Today programme this morning trying to defend his Holiness. What rank hypocrisy flows from the mouths of these people, they come across with the view that Christianity is somehow the superior religion; what utter bollocks! I suppose that Christianity has never been a violent religion, that is give or take a few inquisitions, the odd Crusade here and there, plus the whole Reformation period; no, I suppose all in all Christianity has been on the whole a pretty pacifist religion, and if you believe that well you are a patsy for every con artist around…
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September 22, 2006 at 8:14 am
I suppose it keeps somebody in a job!
September 22, 2006 at 11:01 am
Would probably be a whole lot better if they came out and lived in the real world though Simon…