15 Aug 2007

Why Not “Cthulhu?”

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One of those liberal European bishops thinks he has the answer for mollifying intolerant Muslims.

AP:

A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate on religious tolerance in a country with one million Muslims.

Bishop Tiny Muskens, from the southern diocese of Breda, told Dutch television on Monday that God did not mind what he was named and that in Indonesia, where Muskens spent eight years, priests used the word “Allah” while celebrating Mass.

“Allah is a very beautiful word for God. Shouldn’t we all say that from now on we will name God Allah? … What does God care what we call him? It is our problem.”

Like certain other liberals in the past, perhaps a man this friendly to Islam could be transferred to one of those inactive North African dioceses, abandoned to the desert or overrun by the Saracens long centuries ago.

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Cacciaguida

Definitely “fosters understanding” — of the liberal mind. Let’s imitate as much as possible those who wish us the worst, then maybe they’ll stop punching us, at least for a little while….

Better ideas: let’s call Dutchmen Theo van Gogh. It’s a beautiful name for Dutchmen. And let’s call Dutchwomen Ayaan Kirsi Ali. It’s a beautiful name for Dutchwomen. And let’s call Moslems Saracens. It’s a beautiful name for Moslems. And let’s call Tiny “Brain” Muskens a heretic and a deposed bishop: those are beautiful names for the Tinies of the world.



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