Dan writes:

“. . . the catholic and protestant churches were broken through physical and political warfare; they were further reduced by total revolutions, whether on the french or russian models. islam has experienced no comparable chastisement – and besides, its essense is Arab tribal law and war, not Judeo-Hellenic metaphysics and peace.”

Was it Pope John Paul II who said that “The Church can only propose; it cannot impose”? Perhaps the Catholic Church comes to this conclusion following the trials through which it has passed, as Dan notes.

The motto of [militant] Islam might be the opposite to what JP II announced?