Koran burning – have people in the US finally started mating with vegetables?
It’s remarkable when a pastor in a very small Florida church can cause an international outcry. But Rev Terry Jones (presumably not the Python star, although this episode has a Monty Python feel about it) has done that with his plan to burn 200 copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9-11.
After condemnation, including a comment by Gen Petraeus warning that US troops lives in Afghanistan may be put at further risk by the burning, Rev Jones says he and his flock will pray about the plan.
Perhaps he could also open his Bible and read a few words to his faithful. He could try Zechariah 8:17:
do not plot evil against your neighbor
or Matthew 5:44:
I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
which in later manuscripts is:
bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you
He could try also Matthew 5:39
If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
And he could try Matthew 22:39:
Love your neighbor as yourself
Indeed, the whole gist of the gospels is love.
In the light of all this perhaps Rev Jones could ask the simple question: What would Jesus do?
It doesn’t take a genius to work out that Jesus wouldn’t burn copies of the Koran.
This all reminds me sadly of Jeremy Clarkson and his Top Gear crew when they travelled to Florida. An attempted wheeze with a camper van painted pink with the words “Manlove is best” and “Vote Hillary” on it led to a nasty incident of rock-throwing by the locals. Clarkson and crew high-tailed it for Louisiana. Clarkson’s conclusion was:
TweetI really believe that in certain parts of America now people have started to mate with vegetables.
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They practised on John Lennon records back in the sixties to get really good.
…Mating with John Lennon records….now there’s a thought.