"A Dutch Catholic bishop who once said the hungry were entitled to steal
bread and advocated condom use to prevent AIDS has made headlines again, this
time by saying God should be called Allah. “Allah is a very beautiful word for
God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we will call God Allah?” Bishop Tiny
Muskens said in an interview broadcast this week. “God doesn’t care what we call
him.”"
While I understand that it is true that god doesn't care what you call him, that it is the love and the faith that is in a persons heart that matters. I want to point out that it is blind to think that one can tell people just to change the name they use for god. It isn't like changing the name of a street or even changing your own name. Religion has history and culture to it and to attempt to tell people to use someone else's name for god, is to tell them to abandon that history and culture.
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This Bishop is a bit wacky, it will only embolden the Jihadis. I just read that he said a little while ago that Islam had no future because of all the violence. He seems very confused and conflicted.
absurd thought -
God of the Universe thinks
insult Christians
if you want a riot
which the police will allow
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
appease angry religions
someday there will be just one
let the conversions begin
absurd thought -
God of the Universe says
change religious history
blasphemize the Christians
they will not murder you
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