CNN has just reported that Pastor Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center has called off the planned "International Burn a Koran Day" protest.
While there are likely many reasons for him doing so--legal pressure, political pressure, lack of support from other Christians--I hope that it was the pleas of Pastors and other Christians for him to reconsider that has had the biggest impact. As someone who personally wrote to Jones on multiple occasions, most recently yesterday, this is what I and so many others have been praying would happen.
It's too early to get one's hopes up, but this is good news indeed if it is true!
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According to BBC News, the Imam who is building the Ground Zero Mosque says he isn't aware of any such bargain and wasn't amenable to it.
Apparently Terry Jones hears voices. Some of the voices Terry Jones hears are even real. It's just that what Terry Jones hears them say... isn't.
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Whoa! I guess this makes the story I just posted about the Military Religious Freedom Foundation offering to replace any Qu'rans Pastor Jones burned, obsolete. http://www.examiner.com/atheism-in-los-angeles/mrff-to-donate-qurans-to-...
I'd guess it was all the pressure he received that caused him to call it off. I've heard him being interviewed and the guy exhibits a serious disconnect between WHAT he's protesting and the consequences of HOW he's protesting it. That leads me to believe that reasoned arguments had little to do with his decision.
Interesting. Seems Pastor Terry has now gone from "exposing the evils of Islam" to attempting to strong-arm the opposition into doing things his way.
[paraphrase] "Get the Muslims out of ground zero, or I burn Qur'ans" [/paraphrase]
It's tough to see how this isn't like terrorism, at least in motive, if not execution.
He got what he wanted though. He wanted significance. He stopped to hatred and threats to get it, but he got what he wanted.
Jesus will be remembered for his contributions and compassion and love toward humanity, Terry Jones will be remembered for his attempt to undermine everything Jesus stood for.
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