Someone needs to buy Manny Mogato a dictionary

This isn't quite a picture of panic:

FEATURE-Philippine Catholics afraid of Muslim homeland deal
05 Dec 2007 00:04:18 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Manny Mogato

DATU BLAH SINSUAT, Philippines, Dec 5 (Reuters) - When Christians in the southern Philippines heard that the government and Islamic rebels had agreed to expand a homeland for Muslims on their island, they panicked.

"We started buying some weapons to defend our families and community," said Berting, a coconut farmer, whose farm sits in the heart of a mainly Muslim province in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

Berting, who declined to give his last name, is a Catholic whose grandfather settled in the area nearly 80 years ago when Christian farmers moved to the lush jungles and valleys of mostly Muslim Mindanao.

A conflict between Catholics and Muslims has raged on the island for the past 40 years, resulting in the deaths of 120,000 people. But now the sides say that they are close to a final peace deal and might sign an agreement next year.

After a decade of stop-start negotiations, the government and the country's largest Islamic rebel group agreed last month on the boundaries of a proposed homeland for Muslims, who make up around 20 percent of Mindanao's population.

Submission or war, your choice

Well, I made my way through "A Common Word", the letter from Muslims to Christians that's been in the news lately. What I get out of it is that they're "inviting" us to deny the Trinity or face open warfare. To quote General McAuliffe, "NUTS!" - the Trinity is worth fighting for.¹

Speaking of the Trinity, this site seems to be less than helpful. The Trinity isn't an arithmetic problem². Frank Sheed explained it best in his Theology and Sanity.

Footnotes:

1.: A nominee for the 2008 Understatement of the Year Award.

2.: "So you see, one and three are the same - it's a matter of faith!"