Comments on: Religious Fundamentalism, Evangelicalism, and Globalization

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 01:05:12 +0000

Jeff,
I have nothing against Catholics personally. Most people in my family are Catholics, and I love all of them. If you think it has become popular to bash Catholics in the part of the world you live in, I’m truely sorry for them. It is very popular to bash fundamentalist Christians in the USA, that’s where I live. I have attached a link to just one of the resources to prove I am correct about Jerusalem and the Vatican.
Please don’t pronounce my comments absurd until after you have researched for truth. You can start with the link below.

http://rome.craigslist.org/pol/279211814.html

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:33:51 +0000

It seems to have become popular lately, not without some reason, to attack Catholics. Let me remind you, Mr. Corbo, that just as not all Jews are the same, not all Catholics are alike. Some are more “fundamentalist” than others.

Your assertion that the Pope “wants control of Jerusalem” is patently absurd, as are the others you make about Muslims, Chinese, Fundies, and Orthodox Jews.

By: Mike Corbo

Mike Corbo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 18:14:48 +0000

I understand that attaching Fundamentalist Christians with the terrorists is inevitable, because it's all about destroying the Jews, and controlling Jerusalem when you get down to it. Yes, even the Vatican is part of the land grab in the Holy City. So soon we will be searching out and destroying Fundamentalist Christians and Orthodox Jews so that everyone else will not be offended by their narrow and bigoted rules. I can't think of one Fundamentalist Christian terrorist to justify this very old world view, how many Fundamentalist Christan martyrs bombed a cathedral, or mosque in the last 2000 years? None that I can think of, but even if there were some, it does not justify lumping them in with the verifiable abominations that Islam, or Catholosisim did, and does. Timothy McVey was a Catholic, but he keeps getting called a Fundamentalist, Remember the woman who murdered her five children in the bathtub? The Media told us that she "homeschooled", but it turned out she was a Catholic, so it was dropped, and there was a push to let her off because she was tortured by her husband having to work to support her. Catholics submit to the Pope, who wants control of Jerusalem, so they're okay in the Media. Islam wants Jerusalem because they know if they cry loud enough and long enough we'll give it to them to shut them up. That won't stop them from killing us anyway. The Chinese want their oil, and want no problems with those who are supplying it, so what is it to them who get Jerusalem? Funamentalist Christians are the only group, other than Orthodox Jews who believe that Jerusalem belongs to the Jewish people. So, since they stand in the way, they will have to go.

By: peter

peter — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:55:25 +0000

good points about there not necessarily being a connection between the conflicts around the world and religion. i think that often, we think that religion is the source of all conflicts.

while many, many wars have been fought over religion, we must understand that often these have been in the name of religion, rather for the religion itself. the crusades were in the name of Christ, but ignored his teachings. ETC.

however, one must acknowledge that not all religions are the same. i am by no means promoting what has been going on in the middle east, but one must have a proper perspective of islam to understand that not all religions are peaceful.

read the crisis of islam, a book by a respeced princeton historian. he clearly acknowledges that islam from its very foundation is built upon war of the offensive and defensive nature. at the same time, he makes clear that terrorism is by no means a “religious” thing for islam. in fact, the Q’ran condemns killing innocent people for attacking a country.

so while i am not saying that we must suppress islam because it is inherently a war culture, we must understand this as fact as we enter into a global world. we no longer have the option to sit on the sidelines and claim that we didnt know. the “war on terror” has brought this to light. the pope’s comments that have brought the world to the discussion table.

let me digress at that. the pope was very misquoted and out of context. i am not saying catholicism is right, but i appreciate his perspective. he did say some things that he knew would cause an inflammatory response. i believe this is good. we need to argue out our differences. we need to disagree, because we inherently do.

in fact, without public disagreement, we could never solve the dilemmas that face us. we cannot sit on the sidelines. we have to engage the rest of the world, especially those who dont agree with us (whoever “us” is).

remember that truth will prevail in a pluralistic environment. this is our job. bring the arguments to the table.