Yesterday on the Chris Matthews show I saw Evangelical leader Terry Jones of Florida. He was asked about burning copies of the Quran on 9/11 at his church. His response sent chills up my spine when I saw how cold and indifferent he acted about his upcoming actions of hate and ignorance, because that is exactly what it is. Mr. Matthews asked him if he respected any political leader, and he said the former President Bush, so how ironic a man who took us to war based on lies in a Islamic country is someone this religious leader holds in high esteem.
What will burning the Islamic Holy Book achieve in the Christian community? Well it will certainly strike a note of accord with many who believe they are solely right in personal beliefs, and there are many people I know of this mindset. It's as if they already have earned their heavenly wings and halos. Well here is a news flash for anyone who supports this, "stupid, stupid, stupid."
Right now there is a growing movement of Islamaphobia and intolerance in our country. A country who's fore fathers fought so we could be free to worship or not as we please, our fore fathers would be hanging their heads in disgrace if they could see what is happening today. All this being fueled by political leaders, and religious leaders seeking only to divide us as a people and are succeeding to a high degree.
There are people in the Islamic community who are terrorist, but are they any different from the white man who attacked the Islamic taxi driver in New York because he was Islamic? In my opinion there is no difference, because evil is exactly what it is, "evil", and it comes in all shapes and colors of skin.
I don't know when or if all this rhetoric will end, and it is my fear when extremist in other countries see copies of the book they hold most Holy burned, they will react with anger and actions yet to be seen. To all the Christians out there, open your Bible and look for the scriptures which say to love thy neighbor as thyself.
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