Yes Florida Pastor Terry Jones who came under fire last September for wanting to burn a Koran has finally done it and I filmed the whole thing. Thanks to our good friends at Verum Serum, we have the video:
This is what I wrote back in August:
I mean really, what will burning the Qur’an actually accomplish that’s good? NOTHING! And Rick [Sanchez] is right – it will send a message of hate that will accomplish as much as Fred Phelps accomplishes with his hateful spewages. (Yes I made that word up.)
It is one thing to speak truth with boldness; it is another to humiliate and willfully incite those you say you are trying to love. If you want to share the love of Jesus, stand up for truth and resist religious oppression and follow the example of Christ. I don’t remember [Jesus] having big bonfires where He burned the non-biblical texts of the day that he thought was oppressive.
In my mind, burning the Qur’an isn’t much better than the message that Fred Phelps promotes.
Ravi Zacharias was asked about this topic recently. Here’s is response:
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