Dear Rev. Terry Jones,
You are dumb.
Love, Vaughn
If you have been keeping up with the news recently, you've heard about all the turmoil and protesting with the proposal to build a mosque near Ground Zero. And in retaliation to this, and to "honor" those fallen on September 11th, nine years ago, Reverend Terry Jones and his 50 member church from Florida want to burn the Quran, the Muslim's religious book, to "show that we aren't going to take it anymore."
I personally do not think that this man has earned the title of a Christian Reverend. I can't recall a single instance in the Bible where Christ burst into a room of Pharisees, grabbed their texts, set them on fire, and said, "There's a new sheriff in town, suckers, and a new law!"
No. The Christ that I have learned about is one of love and acceptance. Isn't the greatest commandment, after loving God with all your heart, might, mind, and strength, to love your neighbor as thyself, and to pray for those who oppress you? This act by the Reverend where he threatens hate against his neighbor is not in any way a "christian" motion.
Nor is his reason for doing this. To me, with all the attention he has been getting, I feel the "America" he is trying to represent and fight for is the one where anyone can get into the news and receive their week of fame. I think that's what he is now more concerned about. This is in no way a Christian action with Christian structure. Christ was a lover, not a fighter.
And yes, I am pretty upset by what the terrorists did to us those nine years ago. And yes, I can see why many family members of the victims would have a problem with a mosque at Ground Zero. But this retaliation is not the right way. It's not a Pro-Christian movement by this "Reverend", because there is nothing Christlike about the way he is choosing to act. And it's not an anti-Muslim sediment either, which fyi, is still not Christlike at all. What this is is an act of a warmonger. Someone hating just to hate. The only thing he is going to accomplish to burning these Qurans is ticking off Muslims (which are 1/6th of the World's population) and making them believe that this is all of America's view. Therefore, causing the extreme Muslims to want to fly more airplanes into us, and threaten our citizens all over the world.
Pray that, tomorrow, he doesn't go through with it.
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This is why I love you Vaughn. You recognize that love is truly what it is all about, just like Christ said. :)
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