Burn Quran-Sign Petition against it today is last day!!

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Grace Seeker said:
No. As you are aware, I have read it. It's been long enough since I did and I've forgotten enough that I probably should read it again; but I'm not afraid of it or what I might learn. I wouldn't be on this board if I was.
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People travel to places they don't like all the time!

Simply put, the Qu'ran is NOT Christian scripture, so to read it is one thing, but to read it as scripture is quite another. It may be that the UCC pastor doesn't intend doing that and I've misunderstood the report, but it seemed to imply that he was planning on reading from the Qu'ran in a Christian worship service as if it were scripture. As I said, I can see reading from the Qu'ran for certain purposes, but I can't see reading it in such a way that one confuses it with what are the Christian scriptures.
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I don't see how one can confuse Islamic Monotheism with christian polytheism/anthropomorphism? I think it would be a refreshing service for a change!
I hope he reads enough so that his parishioners start questioning that faith they blindly follow!

all the best
 
Hi readers

Most Christians including myself are strongly against burning Qurans by a small group of people in Florida. Personally I have sent Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center three separate emails not to burn Qurans. I explained to him that there are many other polite ways to convey his message. We will see if Pastor Terry Jones will listen to our imploring or not, and I hope he will.
 
probably because they'd rather spend their money on pork rinds and beer than in the purchase of books which they will eventually burn..can't believe they came into that lesson in economics all on their own!

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Hi Ahmed M.

You see Pastor Terry Jones canceled burning Qurans. I am sure he or his followers read our petitions and changed their mind.
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The only reason he changed his mind and cancelled the event because he expects the so called Ground Zero Masjid to be moved to another location.

(CNN) -- A Florida pastor who called off a Quran burning said late Thursday he was "rethinking our position" after a Muslim leader said the minister incorrectly announced that the proposed Islamic center near New York's ground zero would be moved as part of a deal.
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Sadly I doubt if Terry Jones changed his mind because of anything we or anybody else did. Simply economics was probably the strongest reason, A small church with only 50 or so members will behard pressed to get more than 2 or 3 people to buy Qurans to burn. I think he would become a laughing stock if after all of his promoting his burning day, he had only a few to burn. His big mouth backed him tinto a corner. Unless he can get a small mountain of Qurans he will look very foolish in the press after all of his shooting his mouth off. He probabably discovered that The English translations are not the Qur'an and he probably has never seen a Quran.
 
I can't believe that a tiny group of people has been given such power and influence across the world by the media!
Dove Church has truly been put on the map now! :heated:
They should not have been given the time of day.

On a positive note, there have been so many clear and public statements against this from so many political and religious leaders across the world, that I am very much encouraged!

I have missed the petition, but I will still sign it now.

I heard Terry Jones say this morning that the Qu'ran burning event had been called off because "a local imam had told him an Islamic centre planned near New York's Ground Zero would be moved".
Is that what this has all been about? Trying to blackmail people into changing the plans for the mosque near Ground Zero??!

Is it true that the plans are going to be changed?
I cannot imagine that the political powers would bow to a crazy minority group like that.
If you can affect changes like that by threatening to burn a holy book, how long will it take before somebody else cooks up another crazy scheme??
 
Assalamualaikum

Is it true that the plans are going to be changed?
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I don't they can change the plan as many people are against the burning.
 
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i heard it was called off to not put American troops at risk. i don't know what the hell that has anything to do with it. it sounds like a lame and far fetched excuse....i highly doubt that's the real reason.

and i dont know what they were trying to prove by setting the date on 9/11...maybe they don't get enough attention at home.
 
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Muslim Woman said:
I prodded further about religious relatives. “Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all part of the Abrahamic tree of faith. We all believe in the same God, and in many aspects we are all trying to accomplish the same goals. And in Islam, there are things that I think any follower of any other religion could learn from. Take prayer, for example. In Islam, one prays at least five times a day. The discipline to do that? Few of us have it. And like Christianity and Judaism, there is a strong call to love God and your neighbor.”
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“The average American inherently assumes that Islam is violent and decidedly anti-American because we haven’t taken the time to experience Islam from an individual perspective or as a faith up close.
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^ Words to ponder on ^
 
Does it matter why he changed his mind? I'm just glad that he did. Personally, I'm of the opinion that behind all the petitions, emails, political pressure and media attention what finally effected change were the concerted prayers of God's people, both Christian and Muslim.
 
Salaam /Peace


well , he just postponed it , not cancelled :(

Quran-burn pastor insists he was promised mosque will move
Pastor Terry Jones continued to insist, on "Good Morning America" today, that he'd extracted a promise from Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf to move the mosque near Ground Zero, which the imam and his wife deny.

He said that "right now" he doesn't plan to burn the Quran, adding, "We believe that the imam is going to keep his word, what he promised us yesterday. "

It seems hard to believe that Rauf, less than a day after saying national security would be threatened by moving the site, would have made such a pledge.

His wife Daisy Khan reportedly has said they will meet with Jones, but not tomorrow, on the 9/11 anniversary.
 
Well, I guess we need more prayer. Crazy these two things are even linked with each other, though in a strange way it might provide cover for each to change their plans while saving face at the same time.


The present situation according to msnbc, updated as of 9/9/2010 9:29:07 PM ET
 
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Good reminder, Grace Seeker.

Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in circumstances and feel the need to do or say the right thing, that we forget to turn to God and let HIM deal with the situation.
 
Perhaps some good can come from Terry Jones and his small bunch of confused followers. Perhaps this can be used as a live demonstration that a small group does not represent any particular group of people. Just as people are learning that Terry Jones does not represent either Americans or Christians this may serve to show Americans and Christians that the actions of wrong doers does not represent Islam.
 
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Does it matter why he changed his mind? I'm just glad that he did. Personally, I'm of the opinion that behind all the petitions, emails, political pressure and media attention what finally effected change were the concerted prayers of God's people, both Christian and Muslim.
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yes, becuase it shows what a phoney he is.

he's a slime anyway...the way he suddenly made it about the ground zero mosque to put Muslims under pressure to retract their decision about the mosque. absolutely NO-ONE said anything about a contract that if Muslims are to back down from that mosque than the burning is going be put off. when did it become about that? very sly and cunning.
 
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that piece of land belongs to Muslims anyway, even a priest came on TV to talk about a 400 year Muslim presence in this country as trump offered to buy it for less amount than it is worth.. these turds can protest until they are blue in the face, I don't know how much more harassment they can subject Muslims to, or how overt is their hatred.. and they wonder why the world despises them!
 
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