QUOTE(☞Tomber☜ @ Sep 7 2010, 05:32 PM)
It's a non violent symbolic act of a religion. Much better than cutting off heads. This is similar and even less directly harmful than peaceful actions Martin Luther King Jr. took in boycotts. This interferes with nothing.
"While it may well be within someone's rights to take this action, we hope cooler heads will prevail," Crowley said
When the Pastor refers to leaving the decision open, and waiting and praying, it does not seem like a hot headed rash decision to me. Christians should be more bold according to scripture. God in the Bible can't stand people that worship "false gods" and "idols" and as a result sends them to hell! That seems quite a bit harsher and Christians should actually take a much more active role in world events but due to the era of political correctness do not take this role. I understand where you are coming from but from a Christian believer, Christians should not be as tolerant as they are.
If it is wrong then it is disgusting.
Sorry in advance for the extreme belief.
Crowley, advocating for cooler heads? I thought that was Regardie's role? MUHAHA! (IMG:
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No problem, I wasn't expecting this disagreement, but I'll take you up on it! (IMG:
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I think intent underlies the difference between King's acts and this protest. King's peaceful protests, some of which turned ugly, were intended to counter a racist system of hated and oppression. This protest doesn't directly harm anyone, but it's intended as an act of hate against all Muslims. There's no freedom or victory to be won in this act, but hatred and intolerance are perpetuated by it to no useful end. And unless you disagree with the assessment of General Petraeus, I'm not sure how you expect burning Qurans to not set off a rash of violent counter-protests. It's true that Muslims should hold themselves above violent extremism, but it's pretty obvious that some of them are going to be nudged in this direction as a result of this protest.
I don't think you mean it in this way, but Christianity isn't a homogenous belief structure. The idea that any other belief is going to cause people to go to hell is one interpretation of the scripture. If that's sincerely what you believe, I understand that it's important to want to protest any other viewpoint. Still, this particular protest seems more than a bit hateful in targeting certain groups...after all, you wouldn't want to see Bible-burnings in Afghanistan, or to be told to convert to any way of life other than your own.
Let the battle continue...(I think you may have just invoked the demon-lord of forum-based arguments by posting this here...) Demon! I bind thee by the code of useful and friendly forum discussion, least thy chains be broken and thou dost exercise thy dread power of turning us all into trolls, such as are utterly dashed against the rocks by the mod-squad...
This post has been edited by monkman418: Sep 7 2010, 06:04 PM
Us Church To Burn Qurans On 9/11, This is disgusting...
monkman418 Us Church To Burn Qurans On 9/11 Sep 7 2010, 03:06 PM
Sep 7 2010, 03:06 PM
