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Good words and intentions are reversed when used by the Pope. Here is an example, the speech of Benedict to Muslim envoys (September 25). Ellopos’ comments in [square brackets]; this is the full text of the speech, interrupted by comments:

Benedict XVI to the Muslim envoys 

“I am pleased to welcome you to this gathering that I wanted to arrange in order to strengthen the bonds of friendship and solidarity between the Holy See and Muslim communities throughout the world. I thank Cardinal Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, for the words that he has just addressed to me, and I thank all of you for responding to my invitation.” 

“The circumstances which have given rise to our gathering are well known. I have already had occasion to dwell upon them in the course of the past week. In this particular context, I should like to [not only disavow again any relationship of mine with what Manuel Palaeologus says about Islam, but even more to] reiterate today all the esteem and the profound respect that I have for Muslim believers, [this time] calling to mind [a fountain of pure wisdom,] the words of the Second Vatican Council which for the Catholic Church are [not a divine inspiration, but more than that, a conventional agreement as] the Magna Carta [, in our case, the Magna Carta] of Muslim-Christian dialogue:” 

“The [Catholic parody of a] Church [more than anything else, is opportunistic, so that in the multicultural world of today decided to show a mask of tolerance, and using ‘nice words’ with no meaning, to declare that she] looks upon Muslims with respect. [Because Islam is not a self-deception and spread of deception, No!, Muslims do what Jews and Catholics do,] they worship the one God living and subsistent, [it doesn’t matter that He is living elsewhere, it doesn’t matter that they don’t see Him - do Jews and Catholics see Him? But they worship Him inferring that He is] merciful and almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, who has spoken to humanity [revealing His will of a Master] and to whose decrees, even the hidden ones, they seek to submit themselves [not with the half-heart of a repressed slave, but with a full will to servility,] whole-heartedly, just as Abraham, to whom the Islamic faith readily relates itself, submitted to God” (Declaration Nostra Aetate, 3).“ 

“Placing myself firmly within this perspective [of a contact based in the common Jewish-Catholic ground of Servility], I have had occasion, since the very beginning of my pontificate, to express my wish to continue establishing bridges of [a Servility beautified as] friendship with the adherents of all religions, showing particular appreciation for [the fear that the wildest forces bring to me, which makes me wish] the growth of dialogue between Muslims and Christians (cf. Address to the Delegates of Other Churches and Ecclesial Communities and of Other Religious Traditions, 25 April 2005).“ 

“As I underlined at Cologne last year, “Inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue between Christians and Muslims cannot be reduced to an optional extra. [Because truth doesn’t matter as survival,] it is, in fact, a vital necessity, on which in large measure our future [as survivors] depends” (Meeting with Representatives of Some Muslim Communities, Cologne, 20 August 2005).“ 

“In a world [unwilling to share with us our common bond of whole-hearted Servility to the Invisible Metaphysical Master of the Universe, a world preferring to be] marked by relativism and too often excluding the [faceless dominating] transcendence and [the] universality of reason [that even the Master obeys], we are in great need of [strengthening servitude to the Objective Master-Invisible of Reason, a servitude which all Metaphysical Administrators or Vicars can promote by means of] an authentic dialogue between religions and between cultures, capable of assisting us, in a spirit of fruitful co-operation, [not to find even a Metaphysical Truth, but just] to overcome all the tensions together [to place Survival as our ultimate goal and absolute ground of unity, upon which we can play each one the Vicar of one’s own Objective Metaphysical Master].” 

“Continuing, then, the work undertaken by my predecessor, Pope John Paul II, I [ensure you, contrary to what you may think and contrary to what so many malicious people say, that I am not a liar, I] sincerely pray that the relations of trust which have [not developed even among Christians, pitifully divided in thousands of ‘Churches’, yet they have] developed between Christians and Muslims over several years, will not only continue, but will develop further in a spirit of sincere and respectful dialogue, based on ever more [meaningless nice-words, as is] authentic reciprocal knowledge which, with joy, recognises the religious values that we have in common and [without wanting the expansion of joy, it remains in a quest for knowledge-without-end, a knowledge-without-knowledge, so that finally is limited to just tolerance, that is], with loyalty, respects the differences.” 

“Inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue is a necessity [and a necessity not for our quest for knowledge but] for building together [our common devotion to Survival,] this world of [a non-war, that we name] peace and [of non-enemies, that we name] fraternity ardently desired by all people of good will [to survive and even obey the Master of the Universe].” 

“In this area, [I now change my mind, and suddenly understand that] our contemporaries [are not marked by relativism and too often exclude the transcendence and universality of reason, but that they] expect from us an eloquent witness to show all people the value of the religious dimension of life.” 

“Likewise, faithful to the teachings of their own religious traditions, Christians and Muslims must learn to [remain faithful and forget their faith!, do exactly what our ‘peace and prosperity’ multicultural governments do, that is, to] work together, as indeed already do in many common undertakings, in order to guard [not against relativism, etc., but] against all forms of intolerance and to oppose all manifestations of violence; as for us, religious authorities and political leaders, we must guide and encourage them in this direction.” 

“Indeed, “although considerable dissensions and enmities between Christians and Muslims may have arisen in the course of the centuries, the Council [of the Infallible See] urges all parties that, forgetting past things [as if they happened by chance], they [decide and create their selves from the start, they] train themselves towards [not what their particular Faith demands, but towards] sincere mutual understanding and together [become more multicultural than the multicultural governements, obey the Absolute Good of Survival,] maintain and promote [the conventions of] social justice and [help people be programmed by some] moral values as well as [promote the non-war that we call] peace and [the non-torturing that we call] freedom for all people” (Declaration, Nostra Aetate, 3).” 

“The lessons of the past must therefore help us to seek paths of [replacing Faith with] reconciliation, in order to [achieve the Good of Survival, to] live [not with love but] with respect for the identity and [the arbitrariness that we call] freedom of each individual, with a view [not to gain love even later on, but] to fruitful co-operation in the service of [the Will to Survival of] all humanity.” 

“As Pope John Paul II said in his memorable speech to young people at Casablanca in Morocco: “Respect and dialogue [do not require something worthy to be respected, nor some truth to be searched and discovered, they] require reciprocity in all spheres, [a relativism that the Papal See recognises as a healthy relativism, that is multiculturalism,] especially in that which concerns basic freedoms, more particularly religious freedom. [Blind respect and dialogue-for-nothing, are what we need, because] they favour [the non-war that we call] peace and [the non-torturing that we call] agreement between peoples” (no. 5).” 

“[Following these standards of our multicultural Civility I call you] Dear friends, [and] I am profoundly convinced that in the current world situation [where all Vicars, Christian and Muslim alike, are in danger of losing their Power] it is imperative that Christians and Muslims engage with one another in order to [do what they proved unable to do before, this time hoping to] address [successfully] the numerous challenges that present themselves to humanity, especially those concerning the defence and promotion of the dignity of the human person and [because this dignity for us is not a self-sufficient divine property, but something that assings ‘rights’ and ‘obligations’, we need to become more humanists than the humanists and more secular than the secular in order to achieve defence and promotion] of the rights ensuing from that dignity.” 

“When threats mount up against [the rights ensuing from the dignity of] people and against peace, by recognising the central character of the human person and by working with perseverance to see that [the Survival which we call] human life is always respected, Christians and Muslims [renew their servility to the Master of the Universe, they] manifest their obedience to the Creator, who wishes all people [not to know and meet Him, but] to live in the [servile] dignity that He has bestowed upon them. 

“[Let me follow again the standards of our multicultural Civility and call you] Dear friends, [for who, even if I may not do it for other Christians, as, for example, the Russians, whose religion I can’t understand and I don’t want, yet for you] I pray with my whole heart that the [Invisible Master of the Universe whom we call] merciful God will guide our steps [not to Him, but] along the paths of an [illusion that we will baptize] ever more authentic mutual understanding.” 

“At this time when for Muslims the spiritual journey of the month of Ramadan is beginning, I address to all of them my cordial good wishes, praying that the Almighty may grant them [not what none of us can have, that is, Himself, but the ultimate Good of Survival which we call] serene and peaceful lives. [Forget any text where God is not the absolute Cause of harmonious Survival, and] may the God of peace [it doesn’t matter if you call Him Allah, it doesn’t matter anything, provided you remain in this Gospel of Peace-and-Survival-Above-All,] fill you with [nice meaningless words, as is] the abundance of his blessings, together with the communities that you represent.” 

      Related : Photis Kontoglou, Christianity and Islam - Two related, yet different religions / Opportunism reigns in Vatican as always / Eurabia Vaticana  (Ellopos’ fears about the Vatican, are confirmed) / Benedict XVI, The Papal Science

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