tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post6858701255047446699..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Benedict 180sDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-67881886767071959972009-02-04T17:38:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:38:00.000-08:00I'm glad he's taking this step. I wish it hadn't t...I'm glad he's taking this step. I wish it hadn't taken a huge outcry to get him to realize that this is a really big deal.<BR/><BR/>And I don't know if I should take him at face value that he didn't realize Williamson held those views.<BR/><BR/>In some ways, it reminds me of the situation some years back when he quoted that Byzantine emperor about how awful Islam is, without qualifying it in any way, and then acted all shocked and apologetic when folks took offense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-4368141655851905042009-02-04T17:23:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:23:00.000-08:00Don't forget about the other folks involved.From t...Don't forget about the other folks involved.<BR/><BR/>From the AP:<BR/><BR/>Merkel's stand was out of the ordinary, said Elan Steinberg, vice president of the New York-based American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants.<BR/><BR/>"When the German Chancellor admonishes a German-born Pope it is an extraordinary message," Steinberg said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.<BR/><BR/>"Together with the expressions of outrage emanating from German and Austrian bishops, these developments have ironically strengthened relations between Germany and the world Jewish community."<BR/><BR/>--<BR/><BR/>Maybe this way all a Vatican plot to bring Germans together to rail against a common enemy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com