tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post8918208932548725324..comments2023-10-25T07:49:20.237-06:00Comments on A Catholic Notebook: Islam, Not Just Another ReligionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-85948082479716079542007-12-21T08:15:00.000-06:002007-12-21T08:15:00.000-06:00**sigh** All the more reason to raise our children...**sigh** All the more reason to raise our children strong in their Catholic faith. Terrorist activities (I believe) will happen more and more even here - in North America.<BR/>How to deal with it? Follow the social doctrines of our faith. There is no other way.<BR/>Anger and fear can make people do awful things. Pray and stay close to our faith.Izzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963523643029861704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-38753632458354531022007-12-19T08:16:00.000-06:002007-12-19T08:16:00.000-06:00I wish I knew the Islam faith more so I could unde...I wish I knew the Islam faith more so I could understand the difference between the fundamentalists and those we might have some values in commom with.Joyce Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12736192739805517011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-82743269337520476382007-12-18T18:36:00.000-06:002007-12-18T18:36:00.000-06:00I think the Islamic jihad are dangerous. We would ...I think the Islamic jihad are dangerous. We would be fools to think we could find any common values when it comes to peacefully co-existing with them. They want others to convert or be punished . . . by them.<BR/><BR/> Pope Benedict says, "In a world where intolerance, violence and oppression are all too often proposed as the solution to disagreements and conflict, there is urgent need of a 'human ecology,' capable of extirpating these evils and sowing those virtues which will foster the growth of a truly humane culture of honesty, solidarity and concord."<BR/><BR/>The Islamic jihad epitomize intolerance, violence and oppression. We must work hard to (as The Holy Father says) sow those virtues to foster the growth of a truly humane culture.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419691014241230016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534943997597196456.post-31846528378260314242007-12-18T13:26:00.000-06:002007-12-18T13:26:00.000-06:00The first article is heavy handed -- it tells trut...The first article is heavy handed -- it tells truths but in a way that feels inflammatory. I am inclined to strongly follow the Holy Father's advise in telling us of the "need to be educated in the authentic values underlying (each person's) own culture and in a spirit of openness to other cultures, respect for others and commitment to peace."<BR/>If finding the common ground of "commitment to peace" is not possible then we do need to be wary AND we need to have allies. Islamic fundamentalism is something we must be very careful to watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com