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Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:20 am
by Gob
Pope Exonerates Jews
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a new book, Pope Benedict XVI makes a sweeping exoneration of the Jewish people for the death of Jesus Christ.
In excerpts from the book, “Jesus of Nazareth — Part II,” that were released on Wednesday, Benedict explains there is no basis in Scripture for the argument that the Jewish people as a whole were responsible.
Elan Steinberg of the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants said the pope’s argument struck at the “foundation of anti-Semitic persecution.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world ... ?src=twrhp
That's fucked Mel's movie...
Re: Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 4:26 am
by loCAtek
Most forgiving Pope ever?
Re: Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:28 pm
by Sue U
Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.
Re: Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 1:38 pm
by Lord Jim
Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.
Well now, there's a "fairy tale"....
Shame on you Sue; you know better than that.
Re: Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:36 pm
by Sue U
Lord Jim wrote:Thanks, I guess, you old Nazi.
Well now, there's a "fairy tale"....
Shame on you Sue; you know better than that.
A little joke -- a jokelet, really. Didn't you see the eye-rolling?
Re: Fairy tale takes dramatic twist!
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 3:44 pm
by Lord Jim
A little joke -- a jokelet,
Very little....
Microscopic, in fact...
Re the topic:
Frankly I was somewhat surprised when I saw this on the news yesterday....
I thought that this had been formally addressed back in the early 60's in Vatican II.....
ETA:
I guess I should actually follow the links and read the articles before posting:
The Second Vatican Council made a similar declaration in 1965. But Benedict is the first pope to personally do so, and Jewish scholars said Wednesday that his arguments were a milestone attack on the “foundation of anti-Semitic persecution.”
Okay, so the Pope was not enunciating a new Church doctrine, just making a personal observation for the purpose of emphasizing the point. (This is what I kind of suspected was probably the case)
Well then, good for him.