The Pope recently had a mind explosion and called a spade a spade. He basically said that Islam as a religion is causing violence to many innocent people. He did neglect to mention that this is very similar to what the Catholic Church did in the crusades (but that is an aside).
There was then an uproar in the Muslim world and now the Pope has returned to what seems to be the core Catholic Church view.
[Taken from a CNN article]
"I hope that in several occasions during the visit ... my deep respect for great religions, in particular for Muslims -- who worship the one God and with whom we are engaged in defending and promoting together social justice, moral values, peace and freedom for all men -- has emerged clearly," Benedict said during his weekly audience at the Vatican.
Yip... you read correctly... the Pope reckons Muslims worship "...the one God...". This is stating that he believes that that Muslim's worship the same god as he does.
I would imagine that this will be deeply disturbing to many 'Catholics' who actually worship Jesus and are rightly convinced that Islam has as much to do with worshipping Jesus as bacon has to do with a Jewish breakfast (yes... I know Jesus is in the Koran but you know what I mean...).
One thing I should point out about this statement by the Pope. I think he is probably right. It appears to be that he does worship the same god as Muslims. Unfortunately for them, that god is going to lead them straight through the wide open gates to hell and eternal damnation. This is not a popular or PC way of saying things but sadly it is true.
God, who came into human history as the person of Jesus, is quite different!
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