” ‘People get the sense that his actions are motivated by love, not by the kind of self-aggrandizing one sees from Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson, and Michael Lerner. One doesn’t have to agree with all of, oh, say, [Gandhi]’s views to understand why people generally speak well of the man.’ ” (>>)
Monday, April 4th, 2005 :: 6:27 PM
1) Aaron Shafovaloff »» April 7th, 2005 @ 3:13 pm
“In many of the great battles of our day, evangelicals found John Paul II to be a key ally. Evangelicals should be thankful for the personal virtues Pope John Paul II demonstrated, and for his advocacy on behalf of life, liberty, and human dignity, Yet we cannot ignore the institution of the papacy itself, nor the complex of doctrines, truth claims and false doctrines that John Paul II taught, defended, and promulgated.” -Al Mohler
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/114/21.0.html
I’m not asking you ignore anything. I’m asking you to be respectful. The man is dead.
The man was a public figure who had influence over … what … 1 to 2 billion people? Seeing that he claims to be the “vicar of Christ”, and that he misleads so many people with a false gospel, does not his death warrant discussion regarding his character and teachings?
If I would respect a man, I would do it by considering him in relation to the most important things in the universe: God and his gospel. It is dishonorable and disrespectful to human beings, especially dead ones, to consider them apart from their relation to the gospel.