Does Pope Francis have a fantasy-prone personality disorder?
August 13, 2016 at 3:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2016 at 3:43 pm by Jehanne.)
Francis recently stated that, "authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Quran are opposed to every form of violence...":
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/08/isis-...race-islam
It seems to me that Francis is trying to do with Islam something that has been slowly done with Catholicism over the last 200 years, that is, divorce (no pun intended) the religion from its historical roots. Now, if the Jihadists are convinced by people like Francis, should historians be "convinced", also? If one simply looks at the timeline of World history, it is clear that Islam has been a violent religion since its very earliest days, from its initial crusades after the death of Mohamed until being checked at the Battle of Tours, and after that, the continued and attempted conquest of the West until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Are people like Francis a threat to the Enlightenment with their revisionist histories? Is Francis' recent statement about the Quran equivalent to Holocaust denial?
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/08/isis-...race-islam
It seems to me that Francis is trying to do with Islam something that has been slowly done with Catholicism over the last 200 years, that is, divorce (no pun intended) the religion from its historical roots. Now, if the Jihadists are convinced by people like Francis, should historians be "convinced", also? If one simply looks at the timeline of World history, it is clear that Islam has been a violent religion since its very earliest days, from its initial crusades after the death of Mohamed until being checked at the Battle of Tours, and after that, the continued and attempted conquest of the West until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Are people like Francis a threat to the Enlightenment with their revisionist histories? Is Francis' recent statement about the Quran equivalent to Holocaust denial?
