US church defiant despite condemnation of Koran burning

Good luck. Hope you win.

And yet, he hasn't said or done anything "hateful". So far, the only person I see being hateful is you.

 

...all of which would be fine and dandy, but unfortunately I don't think that particular spin will work on his other characteristic, which was to strongly discourage members from having contact with their families. Sorry, but that smells like a cult to me (why are they always called 'Jones'?).

 

So you like the guy?!? Wow. Just wow.

 

So Christians who believe in God should care that a fake book, written by a pedophile, about a fake god, is burned?

 

But I say to you who hear me...--Jesus, Luke 6

Yes, Christians should care...

--about insulting others

--about innocent lives lost when strife is provoked

"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone....Romans 12

"But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. ...If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' love those who love them..." Luke 6

"Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us....

"Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. Show proper respect to everyone..."
--1 Peter

Read Acts 17 to see how Paul talked to people who believed in fake gods...He did not burn their books, he quoted them.

 

So.....what did we do BEFORE 9-11?

 

Please show your address to all. If you believe what you just wrote, then you have no problem with anyone who comes to your house and rapes and pillages your household.

 

I watched the video here. Obviously, nothing illegal should be tolerated and I would be totally opposed to unconstitutional actions or legislation. The constitution does not give any religion the authority to lord their religious principles over others.

However, not too long ago many here defended the right of a Christian cab driver not to drive a woman to an abortion clinic because of his Christian principles.

If he has a right to do so, why doesn't a Muslim cab driver have a right to refuse a fare that would violate his principles?

We are going to have to decide if we really believe in freedom of religion or not.

 

Actually, Roger, you could phrase it even more strongly: We're going to have to decide if we support the Constitution of the United States or not.

 

I care about common courtesy, reaching out to people with the love of Jesus rather than insulting them.

Let's take an analogy: I have a friend who is morbidly obese. I'm concerned that he is unhealthily overweight and that this will in all probability shorten his life. I can either:

(a) Suggest he and I join a 'WeightWatchers' group and help each other lose weight together (I'm not exectly svelte myself); or

(b) Call him 'fatty', 'fatty-boom-boom', 'lard-a**', 'Mr Gutbucket', 'fatso', etc.

I prefer (a). 'Pastor' Jones' approach seems to be more modelled on (b).

 

You certainly display the definition of your 'handle' "nonsequitur" in spades!