Jamal,

Consider this passage in the bible:

1 John 1:1

Think on That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; this,

Judas walked with Jesus himself and handled what John called the Word of life. Yet Judas still had heart enough to betray the Christ.

So the pope being much far removed from Judas situation, handling words 2000 years or more so old, would have no problems in kissing the Quran and in effect as Joshua Stone as written, betraying the scripture or contents of the scriptures.

One thing I will say of JoshuaStone, is that you are coming at this from a political angle, almost a kind of IRA / English styleapproach on thebible, with your rantings on Billy Graham and the Pope. This serves to plant a kind of hatred once again and excuse for your ideas of why men become violent over religion.

One thing I can say of Jamal, TheStudent, LadyDay,Kanobi,and otherswe have debated, and we may argue, but we listen to one another arguments. We are not altogether interested in the political views the world holds on relgionbut more on contents of both the bible and the Quran.

I believe this type of debate is healthier for it will lead us to revelation of God.

Seems to me your near death experience as taught you nothing thus far, and yet why do you come on to argue, if we are so useless ? If what you have already is good enough ?