Good ole fashioned book burn'n.

MIAMI — A church planning to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 is 'definitely praying' about the controversial demonstration, its pastor said after Gen. David Petraeus warned it would put in danger the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

In an interview on CNN, Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Fla., appeared to suggest church members might decide not to go ahead with the controversial demonstration.

Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam.

But when he was asked about the views of Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Jones said: "We are actually very, very concerned of course; we are taking the general's words serious. We are continuing to pray about the action on September 11. But we don't know, how long do we back down?"

Pressed on whether this meant the church might decide not to burn the Quran, Jones told the show: "We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it."

"We are weighing the thing that we are about to do. What it possibly could cause, what is our actual message, what are we trying to get across?" he added.

A Facebook group has been set up called 'International Burn A Koran Day' and is linked to from the church's website. As of Tuesday morning, it had 8,539 members -Link

Not sure if I find the "tolerance" of Christians burning books to be funnier or the protest of Muslims over a private bonfire.

Edit: Meant to be in GDF, move requested.

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Originally posted by Robtard
MIAMI — A church planning to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 is 'definitely praying' about the controversial demonstration, its pastor said after Gen. David Petraeus warned it would put in danger the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

In an interview on CNN, Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Fla., appeared to suggest church members might decide not to go ahead with the controversial demonstration.

Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam.

But when he was asked about the views of Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Jones said: "We are actually very, very concerned of course; we are taking the general's words serious. We are continuing to pray about the action on September 11. But we don't know, how long do we back down?"

Pressed on whether this meant the church might decide not to burn the Quran, Jones told the show: "We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it."

"We are weighing the thing that we are about to do. What it possibly could cause, what is our actual message, what are we trying to get across?" he added.

A Facebook group has been set up called 'International Burn A Koran Day' and is linked to from the church's website. As of Tuesday morning, it had 8,539 members -Link

Not sure if I find the "tolerance" of Christians burning books to be funnier or the protest of Muslims over a private bonfire.

Edit: Meant to be in GDF, move requested.

Not a fan of that, seems horribly like asking for conflict. Fair enough though, I suppose, I wonder if they would feel the same if Muslims burned the Bible for controversy in their are, too.

I heard about this on the radio this morning. Apparently this Jones fellow has been convicted of possessing child pornography.

And he's planning on selling his merchandise at the book burnings.

Sounds like another stereotypical religious crook to me.

Whether he have a huge evangelical televised congregation, or have a small organization. A Crook's a crook.

This is not a good idea...at all. This may be offensive to the even most non-religious of Muslims.

Free speech. Don't you fascists try to stop this noble man!

Man's an idiot looking for trouble, still doesn't mean he hasn't the right to burn his own property(I assume the books weren't stolen), as long as he does it within the confines of the law.

Muslim's burn shit all the time, flags, puppets made out in the likeness of certain people; that's okay.

Originally posted by Robtard
MIAMI — A church planning to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 is 'definitely praying' about the controversial demonstration, its pastor said after Gen. David Petraeus warned it would put in danger the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

In an interview on CNN, Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Fla., appeared to suggest church members might decide not to go ahead with the controversial demonstration.

Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam.

But when he was asked about the views of Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Jones said: "We are actually very, very concerned of course; we are taking the general's words serious. We are continuing to pray about the action on September 11. But we don't know, how long do we back down?"

Pressed on whether this meant the church might decide not to burn the Quran, Jones told the show: "We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it."

"We are weighing the thing that we are about to do. What it possibly could cause, what is our actual message, what are we trying to get across?" he added.

A Facebook group has been set up called 'International Burn A Koran Day' and is linked to from the church's website. As of Tuesday morning, it had 8,539 members -Link

Originally posted by Robtard
Man's an idiot looking for trouble, still doesn't mean he hasn't the right to burn his own property(I assume the books weren't stolen), as long as he does it within the confines of the law.

Muslim's burn shit all the time, flags, puppets made out in the likeness of certain people; that's okay.

So, you're saying we're no better than terrorists?

Got it.

EDIT: By "We" I mean the parties involved with the current topic of discussion. The book burners.

EDIT EDIT: Don't come at me with your "all Muslims are terrorsts!?" crap.

Originally posted by Mindship
facepalm2

Oh, it's worse than that. This year one of the holiest days on the Muslim calendar falls on September 11th.

Originally posted by Ax3l
So, you're saying we're no better than terrorists?

Got it.

EDIT: By "We" I mean the parties involved with the current topic of discussion. The book burners.

EDIT EDIT: Don't come at me with your "all Muslims are terrorsts!?" crap.

I'm saying this guy's an idiot and anyone that partakes in his burning is an idiot.

I'm also saying that Muslims being pissed off because some ass-clown in Florida is burning Qur'ans is ridiculous too. In the end, the Qur'ans were paid for; they're the property of the people who paid for them. If they want to use them for tinder, oh well.

Isn't there like a "freedom of religion" clause in the U.S. constitution?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Isn't there like a "freedom of religion" clause in the U.S. constitution?

1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Though I'm not sure how that applies here.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Isn't there like a "freedom of religion" clause in the U.S. constitution?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Isn't there like a "freedom of religion" clause in the U.S. constitution?

He's not burning this book as part of his religion, he's burning it because he loves freedom.

Why can't they burn things?

They are just talented trolls.

Think of how offended assholes would get if they were burning the bible on American soil.

Originally posted by Robtard
MIAMI — A church planning to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11 is 'definitely praying' about the controversial demonstration, its pastor said after Gen. David Petraeus warned it would put in danger the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.

In an interview on CNN, Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Fla., appeared to suggest church members might decide not to go ahead with the controversial demonstration.

Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam.

But when he was asked about the views of Petraeus, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Jones said: "We are actually very, very concerned of course; we are taking the general's words serious. We are continuing to pray about the action on September 11. But we don't know, how long do we back down?"

Pressed on whether this meant the church might decide not to burn the Quran, Jones told the show: "We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it."

"We are weighing the thing that we are about to do. What it possibly could cause, what is our actual message, what are we trying to get across?" he added.

A Facebook group has been set up called 'International Burn A Koran Day' and is linked to from the church's website. As of Tuesday morning, it had 8,539 members -Link

Not sure if I find the "tolerance" of Christians burning books to be funnier or the protest of Muslims over a private bonfire.

Edit: Meant to be in GDF, move requested.

Well, that just makes all Christians look stupid and uneducated.

Originally posted by Robtard
1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights. Though I'm not sure how that applies here.

"Jones, author of a book called "Islam is of The Devil," told CNN's "American Morning" show that the burning was designed to send a message to radical Islam."

They are burning the books to send a message to a particular religious group.

Guy's clearly stupid.