Of all the myopic things one could do, burning a copy of the Koran has to be at the top of the list..But this is what former hotel owner turned so-called pastor Terry Jones has done to further the Kingdom of God. And his reason? That the Koran incites violence! As a result, one cannot help but react against the shear hypocrisy of both his statement and actions, and as a counsellor can only conclude that he is stuck in ever increasing circles of denial, which are evidently needed to keep such a toxic approach to relations going.
But In my opinion, there is something more going on here, because what we are seeing is the extremes of religion. Which in short is to take away the notion of transforming grace, which I believe should be at the centre of any Christian message.. To a message which is based around Mr Jones' ego, and a rather damaged one at that! And for those who have paid only a little attention to the ministry of Jesus in the Gospels, they would see that the people he got angry with the most, where those who thought they were set apart by their own actions. With a rather misguided notion that keeping their own rituals gave them the right to look down on, and judge others who were different to them.
And with all this said, one would have to say that the real issues here is the need for people to pay attention. And I'm a little reticent to do that, even on a blog whom hardly anyone reads, lol..But I write this in order to say that his actions have nothing to do with the Christianity which has, and still is, transforming my life.
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