Terry Jones: Burning Korans 'Meant to Be a Warning' (Moran's damning hypocrisy alert)

ABC News ^ | Sept. 7, 2010 | RUSSELL GOLDMAN

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Yep, Jesus cleaning up his own Temple is a great example of not tolerating cheats and thieves in your own Church. Now where is the example of Jesus or any of his apostles doing the same in a temple of another religion?

[concerned about politics]

I was browsing some of the drudge report stories about all the condemnation for the planned burning and how it endangers or troops etc. and it occurred to me that the preacher is absolutely right – if it were not a hateful, violent, intolerant religion – why would this be dangerous? Go ahead – taunt them - if something happens their violence should be another rally point for Americans.

[karnage]

Muslims have been fighting hard against the rest of the world for 1400 years. To get them to stop fighting, they must be stopped by force, and then disarmed and contained, or exterminated, or completely re-educated (as with the Japanese after WWII).

[reasonisfaith]

“The goal of all wars is to get your enemy to stop fighting. All war strategy has to be built around that goal.As such, burning the Koran and other stunts make the enemy fight harder and are counterproductive, requiring more blood and treasure for us to win.”

Well stated. Buring the Koran is not fighting, and it’s definitely not strategic.

Burning the Koran reminds me of something Chris Matthews or Rahm Emmanuel would do during a premenstral rage.

[MizSterious]

Jones might be intemperate. But he has the right to be intemperate. I do not support him, but I support his right to do what he’s doing. This country was not formed by political correctness—but political correctness might well be the death of us. This uproar is, in my opinion, the very definition of “intemperate.”

[MizSterious]

If Petraeus was concerned about the troops, he’d let them fight and kill the enemy.

Just thought this comment bear repeating, in bold type.

[Deb]

Last year Smith county, Texas had 11 Christian churches burned to the ground. Anybody hear about it?

Terry Jones' congregation consists of 30 members and he's the talk of the World.

I'm trying to square the hysteria surrounding this non-story with the righteous, Free Speech claims that came with The Piss Christ and Elephant Poop Madonna.

[concerned about politics]

Last year Smith county, Texas had 11 Christian churches burned to the ground. Anybody hear about it?

This proves what a hate filled, violent, and intolerant religion Islam really is. What if these were mosques?

[reasonisfaith]

I know very little about Jones.

But if he really is just another Fred Phelps, he’s having some premenstrual cramping and needs to let off steam, that’s all.

I’ve had extensive debates on this forum with fake conservative trolls who do exactly the same thing.

[pillut48]

Judges 16:23-30 (NASB)

23 Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands."

24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hands,
Even the destroyer of our country,
Who has slain many of us."

25 It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may amuse us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars.

26 Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them."

27 Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,000 men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them.

Samson Is Avenged

28 Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes."

29 Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left.

30 And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life.

[pillut48]

Exactly! While I would HATE to see my neighbor burn an American flag or Bible, I would defend his RIGHT to do that to the death—what’s disgusting is the double standard that liberals take concerning freedom of speech. As long as they agree with you, you betcha! But the minute they don’t, it’s FAIRNESS DOCTRINE! FAIRNESS DOCTRINE!! all over the place. Feh.

[concerned about politics]

Burn a Koran Day

This sort of thing could really catch on, because forcing Americans to bow down to Allah isn't working. Oboma needs a new 'strategery'.

[Deb]

The Left needs Jones so they can extend their list of “Christian offenses” against humanity. They’ve only had the Tim McVeigh bloody shirt to wave for 10 years. Now they have 2.

[pillut48]

I don’t think it’s fair to compare Jones to McVeigh, but since when has the MSM EVER been fair to conservatives? >:-(

[palmer]

The goal of all wars is to get your enemy to stop fighting.

That statement is halfway between meaningless drivel and totally wrong.

[dsrtsage]

I’m afraid that a whole lot of cars in France will be burned down if the pastor does this. boo hoo

[BlueLancer]

"And if Petraeus was so concerned about the troops, he wouldn’t have given this church even more notoriety by even mentioning it."

If Petraeus were so concerned about the troops, he would change the ^%#$%!-d@*n rules of engagement that restricts the offensive firepower of our forces.

[concerned about politics]

If Petraeus were so concerned about the troops, he would change the ^%#$%!-d@*n rules of engagement that restricts the offensive firepower of our forces.

A politically correct war can never be won. If we're not "allowed" to offend the enemy in any way, we might as well give it up until we get a real president.

[Deb]

Of course it isn’t fair. Its also not fair to keep calling McVeigh a “Christian”, but they still do it. The media needs examples of Christian intolerance so they can claim offenses “on both sides”. Its bogus, but its all you’re gonna hear as the Ground Zero mosque “controversy” marches on.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Burning the Koran, whether you hate the Koran or are ambivalent at best, is one of the most ridiculous, backwoods, toothless, redneck, uncultured, stupid things I have ever heard in this international world...and American citizens, either tourists, or business people or military stationed in the Middle East and other parts of the world, are going to die as a result of it.

I hope those assholes in Florida are happy about the unecessary hornet's nest and the deaths they are going to help generate--over and above what the islamofascists already do on their own unprovoked. I think these are libs in disguise, completely and patently operating against the best interests of the United States, and United States interests (i.e. people) abroad, which total into the hundreds of thousands in all kinds of roles: tourists, foreign students, missionaries, business people, military, DOD civilian, retirees overseas.

Thanks but no thanks, Preacher.