Pope Leo put a Muslim prayer room in the Vatican. People are concerned.

[Swede]

I know who the "concerned people" voted for.

[eppur_se_muova]

1. "without interrupting ... library patrons" .. That kind of courtesy is alien thinking to those "concerned" about this.nt

[yardwork]

8. The complainers probably never go to libraries.

They haven't ever been in a public library. They think it's a den of satanic communists forcing them to watch drag queens read gay porn to children.

They hyperventilate when they drive past their town's library.

[eppur_se_muova]

10. In some ways, it might be best that they don't.

Wouldn't want them to interfere in our drag queen gay porn children's hour ! Satanic communists have some rights, too, you know !

[lastlib]

13. Yeah!

When I read gay porn to the kids, I don't want some idiots interrupting me!

[AZ8theist]

45. Isn't it difficult to hyperventilate when your knuckles are dragging on the ground?

Just wondering....

[muriel_volestrangler]

47. Half of them probably see "Muslim scholars in the Vatican Library" and think it's a Dan-Brown-style plot

to create One World Religion worshipping Greta Thunberg.

[niyad]

2. Imagine. . thoughtfulness and consideration. Such "concerning"

concepts!

[displacedvermoter]

3. I never know what is worse about these "concerned" assholes,

that they are ignorant about everything, or that even when they learn about something, they end up getting angry because facts piss them off?

[dave99]

4. That's It !

[evolves]

16. Why not both?!?!

If the shoe fits and all that…

[stumpysbear]

5. The morons know Allah and God are the same dude, right?

At least the catechism of the Catholic Church says so.

[Emile]

7. I highly doubt that they do.

[3catwoman3]

26. And I'm sure they think that 4 of the disciples were really named...

...Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

[patphil]

18. A Rose by any other name is still a Rose.

Every culture has it's own name for God.
We're always look for ways to name the creative force that goes far beyond that which can be contained in a name.
Words are simply inadequate.
The Native Americans refer to the "Great Spirit". That's about as good a name as any.

[maddiemom]

35. Universal Consciousness.

[lastlib]

40. I call it "Physics"

What others ascribe to a deity, it's usually something the physical world does by virtue of physics. YMMV.

[Mossfern]

21. "Allah"

is the Arabic word for "God." Yes, it's the same thing.

[JoseBalow]

24. The issues are about prophets and messiahs

[swong19104]

39. They don't believe

that “God”, “Gott”, “Dios”, “Dieu” and “Deus” are the same god.

[wnylib]

43. Not only that, but Muslim scholars would have

a religious reason for doing research in a Christian library. In Islam, Jesus is a highly regarded prophet.

[cab67]

44. historians as well.

Anyone studying the Crusades, for example, would want to look at documents archived at the Vatican dating back to the period.

[AZ8theist]

46. "But we ain't doin' nun a dat book lernin' bullcrap!!!"*

* Actual quote from MAGAT land

[cab67]

58. Perhaps you've heard....

....of parents expressing shock - SHOCK! - that a teacher called their children "Homo sapiens?"

It's happened to friends of mine, even when the kids are in college.

[AZ8theist]

59. LOL!! No, hadn't heard that one!

But when you tell the numptys that humans are great apes, they lose their minds.
They somehow think humans are "special". A caller to one of the on-line shows actually tried to argue that humans AREN'T animals!
I wanted to ask him, then what are we? Plants?

[wnylib]

48. Very true.

[Blue Full Moon]

6. Trump has been texting, praise be to Allah.

[Scrivener7]

9. I really like this guy.

[flashman13]

11. I believe it is called eccumentality. That is a sharing of unity and purpose among various

churches and religions. It is the opposite of my god is bigger, better, badder, and realer than your god.

[lastlib]

14. It's that "mentality" part that throws them......

Since they have the alpha waves of a lettuce leaf, they can't handle facts that go against what's already wired in.

[flashman13]

15. No one was born hating anyone. It's a learned thing very often connected to religious indoctrination.

[niyad]

30. "You've Got To Be Carefully Taught"

[niyad]

29. Hey, lettuce leaves are useful, delicious, and often beautiful.

[lastlib]

42. Quite true, but.....

I've never known one to integrate a transcendental fuction, or calculate a thermodynamic field tensor. But they have, I'm sure, outsmarted a few tRumpers in their lives.

[niyad]

49. Sadly, that is not a dificult feat.

[evolves]

17. "My god can beat up your god"

is only a tiny intellectual step away from “My dad can beat up your dad”

These people are emotional and intellectual children.

[Joinfortmill]

12. Gotta love Pope Leo!

[FakeNoose]

19. Vatican City is a separate country, not a religious institution

Vatican City makes its own laws, collects its own taxes, maintains its own police department, etc. Yes it is wholly within the country of Italy, and also within the city of Rome. Once you cross the border of Vatican City, (it's a gate really) you are in a separate country.

If Italy suddenly outlawed Muslim worship (not gonna happen, but IF...) then it doesn't affect Vatican City at all. They make their own laws. If the Vatican wants to maintain a Muslim place of worship, they can do it.

[lastlib]

55. "How many divisions does the Pope have?"

Stalin's grotesque question.

[Martin Eden]

20. Trump would have banned Islamic scholars from the Vatican

Petty, vindictive, ignorant, racist, President of the United States of America.

[JoseBalow]

27. If his base were majority muslims, he'd pretend to be that

He only cares about what he can get out of people for his own benefit; drumpf only believes in himself.

[Martin Eden]

37. Maybe FAFO and face-eating leopards will turn the tide

After a helluva lotta damage is done.

[Wednesdays]

22. Wow, respecting another person's religion.

Imagine that.

[twodogsbarking]

23. I wait to see what The Orange Messiah has to say about this. .

[Snackshack]

25. It is interesting to see...

The dichotomy corporation / elite have created between a global economy and tribalism. Since the 90's corporations / captains of industry have pushed for a global economy without understanding the ripple effects that the various standards of living from across the world would bring with it.

[wcmagumba]

28. Good for Pope Leo, he understands how it's supposed to work...

Add in a Buddhist prayer room, a Hindi prayer room, a Native American prayer room and others as far as I'm concerned, it's all good...

[ms liberty]

31. The morans clutching their pearls are never going to use the Vatican Library

At most they would be amongst the crowd of loud, easily identifiable American yahoos milling about outside.
It's really none of their business.

[Bluejeans]

32. Quite simply for those concerned..

…it was the Christian thing to do!

[PJMcK]

33. Self-proclaimed "Christians" are often profoundly ignorant about Christianity

I don't think I need to write anything more.

[flor-de-jasmim]

34. I can't hear or see the word "concerned" without thinking of Susan Collins ;-)

[Blue Owl]

36. Easy way to weed out the extreme fundamentalists who are ruining everything with their hypocritical insanity

[kimbutgar]

38. I was at the Vatican in 2018 and saw many Muslim men on the grounds who frequented that library

This is not new.

[Passages]

41. Yet another flaw for the Pope, according to Trump Doctrine.

Must be biogted at all times.

[70sEraVet]

50. "But if they're prayin in a special room, how can we scream....

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! at them?! Trump says we can do that to anybody, now, whether they like it or not!"

[RockRaven]

51. Basic (and no-cost) politeness to guests is an alien concept to RWers/MAGAts

They literally cannot imagine behaving so themselves. It is wild.

[IbogaProject]

52. If you've never seen it

It is cool to see. They kiss the ground (prayer rug), sing quietly. I've seen it in the basement of my former building that was shared by a resturant. It is also a very scholarly culture, beyond their wealthy and western backed regressives.

[debsy]

53. Decency, humanity, good will, civility...

Everything MAGA dipshits know nothing about.

[WarGamer]

54. Perfectly normal...

And as they claim... praying to the same god so what's the big deal??

[ColoringFool]

56. "NEVER IN THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL TRUMP LIBRARY! NO

INFIDELS ALLOWED to assault our ears 10 times a day, maybe more!

Not in the ground-level stores or the replica of Trump Force One or the upper-floor condos with the world's best views to my spect...septic....spackle...big, beautiful BALLROOM! Gold like nobody's ever seen! They call me King Midas, you know that, right?

GOD BLESS AMERICA!"

[orleans]

57. i love your comment "I know who the "concerned people" voted for." - it's perfect! nt