Gen. Petraeus thinks so.

 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703713504575475500753093116.html

Seems to me this will only bring more attention to the Quran, and the Islamic religion.

Why would anyone knowingly want to endanger our troops? When the top commander says that the burning of the Quran could endanger our service men & women then I think this Florida church should listen to Gen Petraeus. If this burning does happen then they(Florida church) have played right into Al Queda's hand. Wouldn't their time be better spent helping the families of those who died in 9/11 instead of putting our troops in harm's way?

This 50 member group is as moronic as the "church" that follows around protesting soldier funerals. They're pathetic.

These fit my profile of "Christian Extremists".

 

Utterly disgusting.

This pastor Jones has only one thing in mind. To bring attention to himself to sell books. He could care less about those defending his right to burn the Quran. Believe me, this is all about money.

It would be nice if they could somehow stop this because of national security. Not only because of the troops but I'm sure extremists will just use this as even more motivation for attacks against the US.

 

I guess that whole "freedom of speech" thing gets in the way.

It also places missionaries in danger as well. Anytime a Falwell, Robertson or another TV evangelist speaks in demonstrative tones that word gets overseas to whip up the fanatics that might be there and people have died because of it. The age of "my comments hurt no one but myself" is long over in this world of instant medium.

No detailed comment on the wisdom of the FL pastor and his throng at this time.

 

I do find it interesting that there is already video on the 24/7 news of protesters in the Middle East burning effigies of the pastor and our flag... and the pastor has yet to set an actual match to anything.

 

I find it interesting that the New Black Panthers are in the pastor's neighborhood preparing to put a stop to the demonstration.

 

I find it interesting that American media refuses to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad or to air a South Park episode featuring the prophet, but they can't seem to get enough abuse of Jesus Christ and his followers.

 

I find it interesting that we can all see the wrongmindedness of Fred Phelps bunch, or this pastor in Florida, but there are those that vehemently defend the Ground Zero mosque.

 

I find it interesting that we defend the rights of protesters in America to burn our flag, or the Bible, or the Constitution under the First Amendment... but we all can stand together in agreement that what this pastor is proposing is probably not a very good idea.

No detailed comment on the wisdom of the FL pastor and his throng at this time.

 

I do find it interesting that there is already video on the 24/7 news of protesters in the Middle East burning effigies of the pastor and our flag... and the pastor has yet to set an actual match to anything.

 

I find it interesting that the New Black Panthers are in the pastor's neighborhood preparing to put a stop to the demonstration.

 

I find it interesting that American media refuses to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad or to air a South Park episode featuring the prophet, but they can't seem to get enough abuse of Jesus Christ and his followers.

 

I find it interesting that we can all see the wrongmindedness of Fred Phelps bunch, or this pastor in Florida, but there are those that vehemently defend the Ground Zero mosque.

I find it interesting that we defend the rights of protesters in America to burn our flag, or the Bible, or the Constitution under the First Amendment... but we all can stand together in agreement that what this pastor is proposing is probably not a very good idea.

 

On the bolded:

 

- The Fred Phelps bunch is example #1 of bigotry/religious intolerance

- This pastor in Florida is example #2 of bigotry/religious intolerance

- The legions of people who oppose the close to Ground Zero mosque...

 

We can debate until the cows come home. When it gets down to it, however, I don't see a fundamental difference. The easy way out is to say, "I'm not intolerant; I just don't think it's a good idea; regardless of what the Constitution says."

I 100% agree with General Petreaus.

 

On another note- are we are afraid of the Muslims? (extremists)

In psychiatry the term “phobia” was coined to describe an irrational fear of something. As is the case with an evolving language, meanings of words shift and morph. “Phobia” today apparently encompasses feelings of “contempt”, “prejudice”, “general disdain” or in many cases simply a “disagreement with”. In this regard, I believe we are doing our language a disservice by broadening and weakening the “precise” meanings of descriptive words.

 

In the case of “Islamophobia” our media is in the classical definition “Islamophobic”. The refusal to treat Muhammad on equal (pejorative) terms with Jesus Christ out of fear of reprisals by incensed Muslims qualifies as a “phobia”. Ironically, they are attributed by many as expressing appropriate deference out of sensitivity to Muslims, and it is the folks that speak out against the extremes of the religion that are Islamophobes… although, by the mere act of speaking out against it, they are not exhibiting an “irrational fear” or a “phobia”.

 

Nowhere in the Constitution is there a specific mention or provision for abortion on demand… yet that has become the accepted law of the land. It is legal to purchase large quantities of alcoholic beverages and to then consume them. It is legal to drive down the road with a large Confederate Flag waving behind the cab of your diesel pickup, or to fly a 40 foot Rebel flag on private property across the street from a black church. There are many, many examples of things that are legal, but not very wise… not very compassionate… not very courteous to others.

 

Just because something is “legal” does not make it the “best” or even the “right” thing to do in all circumstances.

No detailed comment on the wisdom of the FL pastor and his throng at this time.

 

I do find it interesting that there is already video on the 24/7 news of protesters in the Middle East burning effigies of the pastor and our flag... and the pastor has yet to set an actual match to anything.

 

I find it interesting that the New Black Panthers are in the pastor's neighborhood preparing to put a stop to the demonstration.

 

I find it interesting that American media refuses to publish cartoons of the prophet muhammad or to air a South Park episode featuring the prophet, but they can't seem to get enough abuse of Jesus Christ and his followers.

 

I find it interesting that we can all see the wrongmindedness of Fred Phelps bunch, or this pastor in Florida, but there are those that vehemently defend the Ground Zero mosque.

 

I find it interesting that we defend the rights of protesters in America to burn our flag, or the Bible, or the Constitution under the First Amendment... but we all can stand together in agreement that what this pastor is proposing is probably not a very good idea.

 

I agree with you and know exactly what you mean. However, This to me, is as stupid as putting a mosque near ground zero.

 

 

 

Oh shoot. That preacher is white:eek:. I must be a bigot because I think his freedom of speech is stupid.

On the bolded:

 

- The Fred Phelps bunch is example #1 of bigotry/religious intolerance

- This pastor in Florida is example #2 of bigotry/religious intolerance

- The legions of people who oppose the close to Ground Zero mosque...

 

We can debate until the cows come home. When it gets down to it, however, I don't see a fundamental difference. The easy way out is to say, "I'm not intolerant; I just don't think it's a good idea; regardless of what the Constitution says."

 

I also did not think it was a good idea to make a picture of Jesus's mother out of cow manure or place a cross in a container of urine and call it art. While Christians protested they did not want to behead anyone or strap on a bomb and kill people.

 

I do believe what the pastor in Florida wants to do is wrong, just as the above so-called forms of art were wrong.

I agree with you and know exactly what you mean. However, This to me, is as stupid as putting a mosque near ground zero. .

 

 

 

Heard a great argument about this today. Eric Holder is now on record calling this dangerous and idiotic, that the foolish "pastor" has the right to burn the books but is it the right thing to do? Doesn't the same argument hold for the mosque in NY? They have a right to do it but should they?