"Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters" Francis tells Africans ravaged by sectarian conflict

“Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters” Francis tells Africans ravaged by sectarian conflict

Tuesday, December 1st 2015 - 08:15 UTC

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Pope Francis on Monday said Christians and Muslims were “brothers” and urged them to reject hatred and violence as he visited a mosque in the Central African Republic's capital which has been ravaged by sectarian conflict. Read full article

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tezza
Brothers in gullibility more like, all religion is a con and all believers have been conned (normally from birth) they are not bad people, merely victims.
Dec 01st, 2015 - 10:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Moderator
The one good thing the Soviet Union ever did was to ban religion.
Dec 01st, 2015 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
The Dope of an Argy Pope has exceeded even his own standards of being a useless cunt with this nonsense.

I think he should be taken to ISIL forthwith and made to say that in front of these Bat-Shit Mad 'Muslims'.

At least the next pope might have more sense.
Dec 01st, 2015 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Devonian
It's not so much the religions that are the problem as the interpretation and practice of those religions by certain “fanatical” sects within those religions. As for the Soviet Union being better off without religion that would account for the millions who died under Stalin's rule and that of his Communist successors - would it?
Dec 01st, 2015 - 06:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
In every religion there are a few wise men,

And millions of fools.

so they say.
Dec 01st, 2015 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
@4
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@5
Both very interesting, and wise, comments.

For my part, as an atheist, I do agree with many of the core tenets of the key Abrahamic religions.

Such as;
Don't kill people.
Try to live in peace.
Respect your Parents.
Don't be jealous.
Don't Steal.
Even the Pork/Shellfish thing was just “Health & Safety”, 'back in the day'...
Etc.
Basic Social Rules, and to protect the 'Tribe', who-ever you maybe...
Propagation of the Species, yes? Basic survival.

All good, so far...

Until we have...

THERE IS NO OTHER GOD, BUT....

Then it all goes wrong, and we have thousands of years of war....

Any suggestions on how to fix it?
Or is Mother Nature culling us?
Dec 02nd, 2015 - 12:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Millet
The best phrase for 99% of the above posters is “The blind leading the blind”.
Dec 02nd, 2015 - 03:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Moderator
@4 - I said : The ONLY thing......
Don't lecture me on Stalin and his acolites.
Dec 02nd, 2015 - 10:28 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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bushpilot
@2
“The one good thing the Soviet Union ever did was to ban religion.”

And then they never did anything good after that.

Could it be that if they had religion, they'd do more good things?
Dec 03rd, 2015 - 04:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 9 bushpilot
“Could it be that if they had religion, they'd do more good things?”

Mmmm, let me think on that one for a nanosecond.

Not a fucking chance.
Dec 03rd, 2015 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Moderator
“religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that
isn't there, and finding it”
Oscar Wilde
Dec 04th, 2015 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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