Muslims Demanding the Pope Apologize
Monday, September 18th, 2006I am sick of people caring about whether Pope should apologize or not, he already did, are you fed up by now?
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It shouldn’t even be an issue, but it’s a Sign of the Times and also hints at Social Dysfunction regarding the issue of Religion.
Ironically, enough if you pay attention to the flaming debate that is always raging in the Religion and Spirituality Section, Muslims would be furious over how the Pope has supposedly disrespected their Religion.
To us, it’s no big deal because Western Civilization doesn’t necessarily embrace the Middle Eastern Culture or its Religion.
However, if by the same token, poeple are extremely sensitive about 911 and how so many innocent victims died there. That’s offensive to the U.S. Yet, you wouldn’t find as much sympathy over in the Middle East. In some cases, they’d be gloating or rejoicing the attack on the U.S.
I personally don’t believe the Pope should have to apologize because it’s difficult to catch every time someone says something offensive. Walking a Political Tightwire is a really tough act.
That’s why even though I really dislike Politics and have no real inclination toward the Democratic or Republican Platforms, I try to avoid criticizing Bush. Whether he’s a good leader or bad leader, I wouldn’t want his job as President.
Because you represent a Nation, every time crap happens, you get blamed for it. The higher up you are in the Chain of Command, the more responsibilitiy and burden you have to bear.
I personally think the Church Values are antequated, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the Pope has a tough job of keeping the peace. It’s really easy to sit and criticize public figures, when you don’t have their burden of responsibility.
For example, I’m from Washington State and during the 1990s, Seattle Fans were excited about the Pennant Race. However, Seattle Fans would get upset when the Seattle Mariners Starting Pitcher would make it through 6 Innings and the Relief Pitching Staff would blow the lead.
We’d always lose. We’d be ahead, and we’d lose games we shouldn’t have lost. The Starting Pitchers did well, but the Relief Pitching Staff would get a lot of walks or have a pitch hanging over the plate that would result in an RBI to allow the opposing team to jump back in and win the game.
There used to be tense moments from the 7th - 9th Inning Stretch at Seattle Home Games because Seattle Fans dreaded seeing the Relief Pitching Staff muck it up. There’s nothing more heart-wrenching than being ahead and losing the game.
The way fans boo Relief Pitchers for blowing the lead is the same way as people criticizing World Leaders or Public Figures. It’s easy to sit there and boo at a Relief Pitcher when the person booing couldn’t even throw a pitch over home plate with the amount of accuracy and speed when going up against the heart of a batting line-up of a Major League Team.
People weren’t taking into account that Seattle had a limited budget to work with so you could only afford so many players and hiring the best Pitching Staff can be difficult when you don’t have deep pockets like George Steinbrenner or other Major League Teams funded by billionaires that can afford those salaries.
The way the Muslims are booing the Pope is just like in Baseball:
- The Pope is the Pitcher
- The Speech he gave was the Pitch he threw
- The Muslims represent the Player at Bat
- The Wild Pitch zinging past the Batter’s Head was the mispoken reference to their Religious Icon
- The Baseball Player getting pissed and charging the mound ticked off at the Pitcher almost hitting him is the Muslim Community angry at the Pope
- The Baseball Players from both sides charging the mound to break up the fight or start beating on other players beating on one another (?) are all the Religious Sects for or against what the Pope said
- Muslims being hotheaded about what the Pope said are like the hot-tempered Baseball Players that are angry at the Pitcher where they lost control of the ball
- You’ve got the us as the Fans sitting in the stands watching it all happen on the Baseball Diamond as well as it getting videotaped and broadcast on “Religious ESPN.”
Some Baseball Players get really ticked off when a 85+ mph pitch is thrown at their head. They don’t care if it was an honest accident.
Personally, I don’t think the Pope really meant anything by it his arm control on the ball slipped and so it was a pitch that got away.
I think any rational and sensible person looking at the situation would agree. Maybe the Pope could’ve used a better pitch when he was on the Mound, but that’s what he chose to throw.
The other Baseball Analogy that applies to Religion is when Baseball Players “squeeze the batter’s box down” and “hog the plate.” When you do that, you don’t give much room for the Pitcher to throw and sometimes Pitchers will zing one by the Baseball Player.
Personally, I think the Muslim Community is “religiously hogging the Plate” to where there’s little room. Then if they get hit by a pitch, they get upset like a hot-headed Baseball Player.
If you want to get Biblical, when it comes to Religious Calls, God would be the Umpire. However, because there’s no Umpire present, it’s like a bunch of kids playing in a little league field arguing over a game and no one to play referee.
Like they say, Life tends to mimic itself on all levels. Some people who don’t understand sports tend to shun them, but when you understand Systems and Human Psychology, you’ll notice patterns of Behavior that will serve as recurring themes in just about anything.