Florida Church plans "Burn a Qu'ran" day on 9/11/2010

I was simply talking about the general accusations toward muslim countries often preached in these types of churches. Burning a book does not impeach human rights no, but it does exemplify intolerance, exert hatred between peoples and in some ways even insults muslims by accusing them to be devil worshippers, if you read more of the blog.

1/2 of the typing was to do with rage too, my bad homes.

Thing is, I think these people are bafoons, but I must ask you to bear that in mind before I carry on.

Regards "intolerance" - I don't tolerate rape, because I consider it to be unacceptable. This people consider whatever they seen in Islam to be 'unacceptable', and thats fair enough.

Hatred - I can imagine that if one is a Christian, one may have distaste for those that suggest that Jesus was not the son of God and those that effectively say the Gospels are a pack of lies Some people take things too far, big deal, their entitled to their opinion.

Insult - they have a right to insult in a free country. And if thats what they believe, well, thats what they believe. Cant help it. A fifth of people in New Jersey think Obama's the antichrist. People are allowed to believe what they want to.

Just in general, they live in a free country and these things are permissible in such a place imho.

So if people tolerate rape, its okay for them to actually rape? If they believe its okay to kill, they can indeed kill?

Beliefs are one thing, but acting on them is another

The muslims are even bigger children for the reaction they will no doubt give.

It's our holy book, why wouldn't we get pissed off?

I'm only opposed to this because I'm vehemently opposed to the burning of books (especially considering its connotations). I also think its terribly hypocritical for another faith-based organisation to be doing this. Nonetheless, if this was something other than a book - for example, "Burn a maniquin of the Prophet Mohammed Day" - and carried out by non-believers then I'd have no objections at all. Muslims don't have to do it if they don't want to, but there can be no credible argument made to prevent me from doing it. I don't believe in this nonsense. As far as I'm concerned, Mohammed was a nobody who deserves to be condemned because of his perverse sexual behaviour. Any religious arguments are meaningless to me. I saw people burning maniquins of Gordon Brown on bonfire night. The reaction Muslims should show to cases of non-believers doing this to their so-called prophet should be exactly the same as Labour Party supporters on that occasion. Either complete indifference or acceptance that their faith is held to be irrational and destructive by many across the globe.

The Christian right in the USA hits a new low.

There have been a million and one celebrated American born-again evangelists and televangelists who were exposed as paedophilic homosexual sinners, widespread criticism for their use of influence to ban the teaching of evolution in schools, the fact that they broadly know so little about international affairs and yet make the loudest noises to influence every group they can despite being ridden with corruption, the fact they have Ann Coulter, and now this...

At least in Britain we know what is right and wrong. It seems that such Americans are even more backward than the islamic fundamentalists.

It's our holy book, why wouldn't we get pissed off?

Don't stereotype based on one radical faction.

No American I know (and believe me, all my 18 years of living in the States has introduced me to several) believes that Islam as a whole is to blame for the acts of the terrorists on 9/11. They distorted the teachings of the Koran. Obviously.

However, the US does contain morons, as does ANY country. I honestly don't know why our crazy minority is constantly taken for the majority.

Thats a good point actually, possibly because you have such a large population, a minority is still a reasonably big number? Plus many of them seem great at publicising themselves. Politics could be to do with it as well. I know they aren't extremist, but its weird (to Europeans anyway) that religion plays such a big role in it.