Posted on 09/09/2010 10:03:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono
As U.S. President Barack Obama condemned a Florida pastor's proposed public Koran burning, another minister planned a similar demonstration to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, The Tennessean reported Thursday.
Rev. Bob Old of Springfield, Tenn. -- just 30 miles (48 km) north of Nashville -- said he intended to set fire to a Koran at his home Saturday and post a video of the burning Muslim holy book online.
"If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else," Old reportedly said of Muslims.
"I believe that other religions are a threat to our faith and our beliefs," said Old, who heads an evangelical ministry called Disciples of Christ, though he was once pastor of two Baptist congregations in Tennessee. "People may say that I am crazy, but I am not."
Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.
"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert of Faith Covenant Church in Springfield told The Tennessean......
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
I bet if I went out and visited ten book stores right now I would not find a single Koran on the shelves.
why does the guy in Florida need a call from Obama to reconsider???
What a scam.
0bama will be reading his koran while these others burn.
If he’s a true Christian, a call from the devil should be rejected - not sought after.
Now you did it Obama!.....If one preacher won’t burn it another one will!.....You got’s lotsa fires to put out now, buddy!......Get busy, community organizer!!!
Milking it for free publicity, would be my guess. What a hoot if POTUS actually called him. Maybe bowed to him.
A no name preacher from a small church in Florida decides to burn some Korans, and it is worldwide news for weeks at the highest levels of government in many countries, and lives on the front pages of media outlets worldwide.
Meanwhile, 1000s of people have been murdered by Muslim fundamentalists over the past few years and there not a peep ... from anyone ... anywhere.
Beer Summit II
Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.
"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert
Just awesome. Someone learned how to put a story together in journalism school.
Imagine that you are a nobody preacher, and based on burning some mass-produced books you bought with your own money, you can get the weakest president in 160 years to make a phone call to you to beg because you said so?
That is power.
Only the Chief Narcissist himself could have come up with this.
Blazing lack of respect for the relationship between the government and the governed in America.
Keep that muslim defending his faith baby! NOv 2 is coming!
Meanwhile, an imam is planning to build a mosque in close proximity to Ground Zero,and somehow that little tidbit of news has been forgotten in the rush to spotlight this koran-burning loon.
God help us.
That comees under the heading of "Just boys having fun", nothinh to get concerned over,spodefly.
I’m assuming the Rev is a teatotaler—I guess it would have to be a Root Beer Summit.
Hey Rev: How about a couple o’ beers? A Root and a Birch!
That's a fair trade considering they don't want any other religion in their lands.
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