Image from Dove World Outreach Center
There is an evangelical Christian church in Florida that is planning to burn copies of the Koran to commemorate 9-11. How stupid can you get?
I suppose they are trying to make a statement. They are trying to let the world know that “hey, we are a bunch of bigoted, closed-minded buttheads, and we really want to escalate the amount of hatred and violence in the world.”
I am happy to see that the National Association of Evangelicals has spoken out against the planned demonstration, and even General Patraeus has asked the Dove World Outreach Center not to do it, as it is already making things harder for our troops in Afghanistan.
Come on, people, what do you really think you will gain from this action? Is this going to lessen the possibility of future terrorist attacks? Is it going to fix the damaged relationship between Islam and Christianity or between the Muslim world and the Western world? Is it going to bring more people into the Christian fold?
The minister, Terry Jones, says of Islam “to me it looks like a religion of the devil.” There is absolutely nothing positive that could ever come out of an action like burning the holy book of any religion. And if you are not trying to do positive things in the world then maybe…just maybe…you are doing the Devil’s work yourself.
Mark D. Jordahl – Kampala
Wild Thoughts from Uganda 