I believe that the symbolic burning of a copy of the Koran on Sept. 11 will come to no good. In the end, it will only inflame Muslims to be angry at Christians, and non-believers to be angry at Christians. Of course, anger at Christians is all the rage these days, so it doesn’t exactly require the ignition of the Islamic scriptures to do the job.
However, even as I’m saddened by this bit of flaming theatrics, I wonder…where is the outrage over car bombs, set off by Islamic militants? Where is the outrage over the enslavement of Sudanese Christians by Sudanese Muslims? Where is the anger and where the protests over honor killings of young women by Muslim fathers (in the US)? Where the sorrow that Christians in Saudi Arabia cannot have Bibles, or meet openly? Where the angst and hand-wringing over the stoning of adulterers, the oppression of homosexuals, the genital mutilation of little girls, in Islamic nations? Where the weeping over school children killed by Hamas rockets? Where the disgust over Imams who regularly call the Holocaust a myth, perpetuated by Zionists?
If we’re going to be outraged over things, it would certainly add a layer of credibility to the outraged if some of the anger would flow back towards the ‘religion of peace,’ when it comes to those actions which are daily far more reprehensible, far less defensible, than the burning of a Koran.
Completely agreed. In fact, I had this conversation today already. The UN has already put their two cents in about the Koran burning. There is little to no rage when radical Muslims burn the American flag. I think all of this is reprehensible. Two commandments: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and soul and mind. The second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself. Do good to those who hate you…Certainly not what is happening in Florida, but it shows how easily the reputation of Christ can be smeared by people with their own agenda,… Read more »
Pattie, RN
13 years ago
Thanks, again, Ed, for pointing out the obvious without being ugly about it. Our local talk station has been airing news reports and bystander comments from the morning of 9/11, as well as some of the taped cell phone conversations that were “I love you this is goodbye forever take care of the kids and I LOVE YOU….” No commentary, just clips like this where you would expect to hear commercials for the local banks and hardware stores. Have so many people forgotten that day already? And as you point out, the murders continue, if not on such a “grand”… Read more »
Don Miller
13 years ago
Building a mosque at ground zero and burning the Koran are both legal but not appropriate. However, if Islam is truly a religion of peace they would build their facility else where. I suspect the funding of the mosque is being provided by terrorists organizations or those who support them. Ironically, the U.S. government has been supporting terrorist organization since we’ve given millions to the PLO! Any links to terrorists funding should bring contruction to a halt but the progressive elite hypocrites will make sure the mosque is built. Obama’s speech concerning the mosque extolled religious freedom but where was… Read more »
Robert
13 years ago
Can I just say that there is plenty of outrage at all of the questions you asked.
I can personally tell you that I am mortified, and sometimes enraged on a daily basis by inequality and injustice the world over, regardless of the content of said injustice.
Religion, race, or purpose are irrelevant. Injustice and ignorance are what they are. An act of one can not be justified by waving a hand at other examples and saying “where was this then?”
Two wrongs don’t make a right, to overly simplify it.
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Completely agreed. In fact, I had this conversation today already. The UN has already put their two cents in about the Koran burning. There is little to no rage when radical Muslims burn the American flag. I think all of this is reprehensible. Two commandments: Love the Lord your God with all of your heart and soul and mind. The second is like it, love your neighbor as yourself. Do good to those who hate you…Certainly not what is happening in Florida, but it shows how easily the reputation of Christ can be smeared by people with their own agenda,… Read more »
Thanks, again, Ed, for pointing out the obvious without being ugly about it. Our local talk station has been airing news reports and bystander comments from the morning of 9/11, as well as some of the taped cell phone conversations that were “I love you this is goodbye forever take care of the kids and I LOVE YOU….” No commentary, just clips like this where you would expect to hear commercials for the local banks and hardware stores. Have so many people forgotten that day already? And as you point out, the murders continue, if not on such a “grand”… Read more »
Building a mosque at ground zero and burning the Koran are both legal but not appropriate. However, if Islam is truly a religion of peace they would build their facility else where. I suspect the funding of the mosque is being provided by terrorists organizations or those who support them. Ironically, the U.S. government has been supporting terrorist organization since we’ve given millions to the PLO! Any links to terrorists funding should bring contruction to a halt but the progressive elite hypocrites will make sure the mosque is built. Obama’s speech concerning the mosque extolled religious freedom but where was… Read more »
Can I just say that there is plenty of outrage at all of the questions you asked.
I can personally tell you that I am mortified, and sometimes enraged on a daily basis by inequality and injustice the world over, regardless of the content of said injustice.
Religion, race, or purpose are irrelevant. Injustice and ignorance are what they are. An act of one can not be justified by waving a hand at other examples and saying “where was this then?”
Two wrongs don’t make a right, to overly simplify it.