Hypothectical: The Pope is killed by Muslims

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raildogg

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: loki8481
what WOULD happen?

no major world power is going to go to war over a foreign religious figure... I mean, what happened after the attempted assassination of John Paul II? he forgave the man who tried to kill him.

major foreign powers would issue statements of condemnation, the catholic church would elect a new pope, and the world would continue to turn.

I see you are not up on history and are trying to think logically.

Please do read up on it and the factors that lead up to WW1 and WW2 and the single events.

Why are you assuming again? This is not WW1 and WW2. We are fighting a bunch of guerillas and terrorists with a certain political ideology. To them, we are terrorists and to us, they are terrorists. Our government is diverting our attention from the real issues so they could enhance their own interests. People claim this is a war of civilizations, but it really is not. Just because a few do, does not mean they all do. It is just like a few Americans who are part of the KKK, or the Aryan Nations or other radical groups. We keep things under the carpet here, they do things openly - for the most part.
 

raildogg

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Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
not much will happen. Eventually, I think that after the trend of religious men coming into power in the USA ends, and time goes on, atheists will probably begin to slowly persecute the religious. Of course, this is way in the future speculation :)

Well, atheists still have to see the light though and maybe in the future, they will evolve too.
 

aidanjm

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can someone correct the spelling in the title, correct spelling is not "Hypothectical" but "hypothetical"
 

spidey07

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Originally posted by: raildogg
Why are you assuming again? This is not WW1 and WW2. We are fighting a bunch of guerillas and terrorists with a certain political ideology. To them, we are terrorists and to us, they are terrorists. Our government is diverting our attention from the real issues so they could enhance their own interests. People claim this is a war of civilizations, but it really is not. Just because a few do, does not mean they all do. It is just like a few Americans who are part of the KKK, or the Aryan Nations or other radical groups. We keep things under the carpet here, they do things openly - for the most part.

Raildogg, read up on the rise of the nazi party and their beliefs.

Compare this to radical muslims. The similarities are astonishing.

It is following the EXACT same line. Remeber that whole "doomed to repeat history" thing. We're seeing it unfold again.
 

z0mb13

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islam will be the new comunism

it will be christianity vs islam, just like it was capitalism vs comunism
 

imported_Goo

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So which one is a bigger news around the world? Pope killed by terrorists or Steve killed by stringray?

My vote to Steve.
 

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Lifer
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Originally posted by: z0mb13
islam will be the new comunism

it will be christianity vs islam, just like it was capitalism vs comunism

It's freedom of religious choice vs. Islamofacism, IMO
 

z0mb13

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Originally posted by: Goo
So which one is a bigger news around the world? Pope killed by terrorists or Steve killed by stringray?

My vote to Steve.

I hope u are joking
 

crystal

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Hell, with the kidnapped of 2 Israel soldiers started a chain of events that lead to much lost of lives and properties, you would think an assassination of the Pope by Muslims would leads to a bigger ripple effects.
It might not start out as an outright war, but extremists on both sides will escalate their attacks/revenges/revenges on revenges that will lead to chaos and before you know it, major conflicts in a big way.
 

natto fire

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Originally posted by: AgentJean
Ok, so the Pope is taken out by some nut job Muslim. What happens next?

The popemobile is auctioned off to benefit orpahned muslims?
 

wheresmybacon

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Those that think we are not seeing the start of the 3rd world war need to read their history.

We are at the start of a world war, deny it all you want....this is WW3.

sadly, i tend to agree
 

Syringer

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The world would move up a few hundred years. Catholics may begin to accept stem cell research to save lives, women won't have to be so secretive about getting abortions and harming themselves in the process, less Africans would contract AIDS because they wouldn't shy away as much from using condoms, and gays may just be seen in a slightly more equal light instead of being seen as diseased people.