tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post5046450061785832205..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Most loyal subjectsAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6327071543735599502010-09-21T11:31:32.672-07:002010-09-21T11:31:32.672-07:00That's fascinating, Rehan, something I did not...That's fascinating, Rehan, something I did not know. Thanks ever so. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7555957677661630592010-09-21T08:21:38.281-07:002010-09-21T08:21:38.281-07:00Yes, it was a very historic and, I believe, import...Yes, it was a very historic and, I believe, important visit in so many ways. As an Ahmadi Muslim I could not help but be reminded of how our organisational system was based upon that of the papacy. The Holy Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community had the revelation from God on 7 May 1906 'The prescription of the strength of the Church.' (<i>Tadhkirah</i>. Islam International Publications, 1976, revised 2009. 821). The Caliphs are elected in the same way as well in a conclave. As a friend observed to me "We're going down the same road. We're the New Roman Catholic Church." Basically, it's the Islamic version of the same thing, following on from the Muhammadan Messiah rather than the Judaic one.Rehan Qayoomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02391797858691917631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-73307571026237236132010-09-20T16:15:01.564-07:002010-09-20T16:15:01.564-07:00Ah, Anthony, my brother, now I know where you are ...Ah, Anthony, my brother, now I know where you are coming from! All I would say is that, yes, terrible things did happen, the Burning Times were terrible, though not a crime that was exclusively Catholic. But what is past is past. Ideologies are dangerous in whatever form they come, but that is something different.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22376914102658466662010-09-20T15:11:22.838-07:002010-09-20T15:11:22.838-07:00The Inquisition,The burning times,never forget. Th...The Inquisition,The burning times,never forget. There is another theocratic ideology speading like a cancer in present time.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-62088457388226796512010-09-20T03:09:44.508-07:002010-09-20T03:09:44.508-07:00Ah, thanks, Dominic! We shall see. :-)Ah, thanks, Dominic! We shall see. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-24147276224424472272010-09-20T02:04:06.479-07:002010-09-20T02:04:06.479-07:00Actually, it was Charles Moore, in the Telegraph
...Actually, it was Charles Moore, in the Telegraph<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/8009534/The-Coalition-is-right-about-cuts-but-it-has-some-explaining-to-do.html<br /><br />It's not just the "gay messiah" thing that bothers me so much as Tatchell's attempts (such as most recently with regard to Newman) to claim people for his cause (particularly when, as with Newman, they would be vigourously opposed to much of what he stands for), which kind of seems cheap, cynical and betraying a certain lack of integrity. But anyway, I'm sure this will be discussed more later....Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4412743622207511322010-09-20T01:41:32.166-07:002010-09-20T01:41:32.166-07:00Dominic, I so agree with that comment from the Cat...Dominic, I so <i>agree</i> with that comment from the <i>Catholic Herald</i>. I think Tatchell sees himself as some kind of gay messiah, always on the look out for possible opportunities for martyrdom!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-6221872330922396132010-09-20T01:23:38.513-07:002010-09-20T01:23:38.513-07:00Ana,
I can't wait to read that next post! (an...Ana,<br /><br />I can't wait to read that next post! (and maybe I should save this comment until then, but...) <br /><br />I fail to understand why Tatchell gets such a free ride from the media (oh in certain ways he has a degree of courage as regards his willingness to put himself in harm's way, such as when he was attacked in Moscow, I will grant him that). Even I had been prepared to believe that he had sufficient integrity to research his TV "documentary" on the pope with rigour. Before the event, anyway. But seemingly not.<br /><br />I just this week (in the Catholic Herald? I'll have to dig out the reference to see whose insight this was) found a description of him as something like "not a human rights activist, but an energetic crank who seeks to reduce all events of history to aspects of gay sex", which seems, more or less, right: trivialising, vulgarising and profoundly damaging to any cause associated with genuine human rights.<br /><br />But anyway, that is for later discussion. This is another fabulous post.<br /><br />(Although of less overwhelming import than the symbolism of Benedict speaking in Westminster Hall, etc, also astounding to me was the extraordinarily enthuisastic and generous way that Benedict was welcomed in Scotland, and by a Scottish Nationalist Government at that)Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15951588071645419492010-09-20T01:13:21.703-07:002010-09-20T01:13:21.703-07:00Thanks, Brendano. :-)Thanks, Brendano. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-15803940553093005012010-09-20T01:12:55.518-07:002010-09-20T01:12:55.518-07:00Harry, it's complicated. Northern Ireland is ...Harry, it's complicated. Northern Ireland is in many ways a quite unique case. In Britain itself community tensions are largely a thing ofthe past, even in places like Glasgow and Liverpool, where they used to be quite pronounced. Besides, even in these places, it was more about 'tribal' loyalties rather than religious differences as such.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36076215464088951782010-09-20T00:41:36.827-07:002010-09-20T00:41:36.827-07:00Excellent post ... thank you.Excellent post ... thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-48814576970947599842010-09-19T23:48:10.205-07:002010-09-19T23:48:10.205-07:00Hi Ana,
Very interesting.
I use to think that the ...Hi Ana,<br />Very interesting.<br />I use to think that the relationship between Protestants and Catholics in Britain is similar to what it used to be in Northern Island.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949573308782388848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22400262021598469522010-09-19T17:06:24.427-07:002010-09-19T17:06:24.427-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61980909776602044132010-09-19T17:05:31.785-07:002010-09-19T17:05:31.785-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-75772891183365172242010-09-19T17:03:45.178-07:002010-09-19T17:03:45.178-07:00It was Henry VIII, an orthodox Catholic in so many...It was Henry VIII, an orthodox Catholic in so many ways, who described himself as a schismatic and not a heretic. From Rome's perspective the C of E is schismatic in that it has separated itself from the general Catholic communion. In general, though, the language is a lot more diplomatic now. <br /><br />Well, Adam, I think it best if you don't read my next post, which is on the threat to free speech represented Blair’s Respect agenda, political correctness and the new mood of gay intolerance!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-87653797345924662052010-09-19T16:30:11.005-07:002010-09-19T16:30:11.005-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com