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In a taped message today, Al Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawhari said, referring to the Pope’s recent remarks, “This charlatan accused Islam of being incompatible with rationality while forgetting that his own Christianity is unacceptable to a sensible mind.”
I only point it out because I believe one of Christianity’s unique qualities is that it does not require a sensible mind to understand. The good news of Jesus, is so simple that a child can understand it. God reaches out to you. You do nothing. That simplicity is what makes Christianity rational and makes it stalwart enough to hold its own under intense criticism and logical debate by those with much more education and intelligence than myself.
I have nothing to say about Islam, since I know little about it. And I have nothing to say about the Pope, since I don’t know much about him either. But Ayman appears not to know very much about Christianity.