Ross Douthat, boy wonder opinion columnist for the NYTimes, opines today that Christianity’s global encounter with a resurgent Islam could be the reason for Pope Benedict XVI’s outreach to Anglicans.
Uh, no, probably not. I suspect it’s more like your basic, garden-variety church poaching, which has been an intramural sports league within Christendom for nearly 500 years now. (Prior to that, it was just the Catholics and the Orthodox, no sports league possible.)
shams 11:22 am on October 26, 2009 Permalink |
Douchehat is a “moran.”
More evidence of the correlation of WEC with sub-sapient IQ and g.
buzz 1:04 pm on October 26, 2009 Permalink |
I really think the RC Church looks at Islam like a Global competitor and I suspect that they will do whatever necessary to save market share (souls). I wonder if they will stoop to end of days – second coming rhetoric like the wacky evangelicals.
Greenwald has some commentary on Salon too.
johnpi 3:26 pm on October 26, 2009 Permalink |
He’s getting a lot of mockery in the progressive blogosphere:
Tbogg at Firedoglake:
Shorter Ross Douthat: The Pope is lowering his standards to fill out his new Crusaders team.
The Hunting of the Snark blog:
Shorter Ross Douthat: Kill the brown infidels.