{"id":5791,"date":"2006-09-16T20:41:47","date_gmt":"2006-09-16T20:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/comment-wisdom.html"},"modified":"2006-09-16T20:41:47","modified_gmt":"2006-09-16T20:41:47","slug":"comment-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/09\/comment-wisdom.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s much of it in the comments below – I’ll just pull this, from long-time reader and wise commentor Julia in this thread:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Note the circumstances of the Byzantine Emperor’s remarks. He is at his military camp outside Constantinople – his capital city is under seige by Turkish Muslims. He is trying to have a civilized rational discussion with a Muslim (one of the enemy) about the very thing that is threatening his 1000+ yr empire and capital. Perhaps he was trying to find some way that the two religions could live in real peace. <\/p>\n

I wish we could read the rest of the conversation in that book. I wonder if in modern lingo the Emperor is trying to say: Why are you attacking us and saying that God approves of this violence? Isn’t that what all of us in the US are wondering today since 9\/11? <\/p>\n

I.E. Explain yourself: why the heck are you attacking us and saying that your God wants you to do it to spread his faith?<\/p>\n

Benedict wants the Muslim world to think about that and give us a thought-out answer so that we can enter a dialogue about our differences based on reason. If the Muslim world can’t do that, then how the heck can we make real "peace" and avoid all-out clash of civilizations? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Exactly. Thanks once again, Julia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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