Koran Burner: Creepier Than You Think

this is not Christianity - it is a perversion of the Gospel - you wonder why the world has such a negative view of the church

He is the blind pushing and bullying other blind followers

I bet he makes them raise their hands to ask permission to go to the restroom. sicko control freak!!! dare any child to point a chicken finger at him like it was a gun or something. I do question the sanity/love of any parents willing to send their kid's to that guy's place. Let'em stay home and watch him on The Beverly Hillbillies instead!

Jeez,this stuff makes me NUTS! Aside from a few sensible comments pointing out that the bible,koran,and any other religious tomes were written by MAN,the debate is utterly pointless! We'd all be better off following the ideas set forth in the 10 commandments,or better yet,the golden rule--doesn't take belief in anything spiritual to see that treating others with kindness and understanding will get us a lot farther than forcing beliefs on anyone else...

this guy was never any threat to any Muslim. he apparently wasn't even worth a decent FATWA. (whereas an important intellectual like Salman Rushdie has more influence on more important levels) ... who cares about pagan-like, quasi-Christian?

Christ died to create Christianity, mohammed killed to create islam.

They can burn our churches, our Bible, and our Flag. I say burn the Quoran baby, burn it! In fact, if I had an outhouse, I would keep a copy of Allah's thoughts and phrases in there in place of the basket of corn cobs.

HAHAHA you guys beleive in an invisible man in the sky. lol. really, I'm actually laughing...

I read the source document... There is no story here. The no contact with family rules only applies with students while they're studying, and they can still have contact, just minimal and via email. I in no way agree with what the church was doing, rather, planning to do. The cleanliness and shower rules are to conserve water and save money, how the hell are they creepy and cult-ish? These people are asshats, and I 100% disagree with their teachings on Islam, but branding the church as cult-like isn't applicable.

The comments were quite interesting, it still seems (according to the comments) that Islam doesn't believe in the Christian God and Christians don't believe in the Islam god. I don't believe Allah is God either. In Detroit one evening I saw a sign "Allah is God" I wanted to tear the sign down, it's a lie. I can tolerate a person regardless of his beliefs, but when I believe a man is facing damnation and hell, I am compelled to rescue him and I think I should. It's in this context that I would attempt have a person become Christian, so that he may have eternal life. Thou shalt have no other god's before me God has said, this includes Allah. To accept Allah as god is to compromise God. I cannot do that. of the remarks about this article, the remarks by the Muslim about the Bible is completely false. The media, even conservative media, are calling this guy who wants to burn the Koran a kook, why do they characterize him as a kook? The reason why is because he wants to burn the so called holy book the Koran. This bothers me, calling this guy a name when we just let it fly by when someone burns the American flag or Bibles. There are hotel's in the USA that take Gideon Bibles from the rooms and throw them in dumpsters to be burned, these are Muslim owned hotels. Do we call these people kook's, no we don't. So let's let this man have his day of protest like we allow all others to protest. We really need to be even handed, or we are hypocrites.

Our beliefs in God is said to be of a loving, caring almighty God that only whats us to be happy, joyous and free. How come so many U-tube video's have been viewed concerning the Islams beliefs that to die by killing others is to die to eternal life.? Now, a belief system of this type has been translated, not by spiritual people, but insane people. How come over 4,000 American soldiers have died over-seas so we can have freedom? I'm a 100% white american citizen. My beliefs of what my God expects of me is to help others, do the very best at all I can do and OBEY THE10 COMMANDMENTS! In another case of thought, if it is to happen, it will be what it'll be. I believe the outcome of burning the Koran books/ Islamic religious study books, the worst of the Arab's will stand forth right here and we will actually see how safe we really are NOT! I'm betting, the secret service of the many types will get busy right here. Ha? Best yet, Burn all that can be had. Burn there Flag. Protest the "Haven't moved the NY location yet?" and now arrest or kill all the wrag heads that protest OUR right to FREEDOM OF SPEACH!

Be it Christians or whatever, I believe religions in general has caused more harm than good in the world. Believe in yourself rather than what is forced upon you by others. There is no Heaven or Hell or Paradise with Virgins. Only illiterate or really ignorant people believe it and it's these sort of folk that cause the most harm to society.

With that horrible grammar in this lousy handbook of his, he should be burning his report cards from grade school!!! He failed miserably to get any point accross...I kind of agreed with him until I see he is another cult leader...is this the type of so called leader America counts with? And this man is on TV, radio, etc. and he probably has a 3rd grade education??? Terry Jones, you are dreadful!

I'm still confused. Tell me again why we would burn any book after fighting so hard to have the right to exchange ideas freely. Sure the Koran is nonsense in my opinion, but you have the right to read it and dismiss or accept it. Only an ignoramous like Jim Jones, I mean Terry and Sylvia Jones would reduce themselves to a symbolic "fist-fight" with radical islam. Their parents must have been related; redneck yuck-yucks.

Of course if Muslims want to burn bibles that's ok, on the other hand the Muslim's will probably just burn the Christian's instead and save time.

If he really wanted to get some Korans burnt, he should box them up and send them to a certain Sgt. in Afghanistan. After they arrive, email the chaplain to have them confiscated and burnt as trash, just like these bibles: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/05/bibles-destroye.html

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This guy and his parishioners have the same rights as the imam and his parishioners have that are building the "Cordoba House Cultural Center" 2 blocks from Ground Zero. Neither of them are doing the politically correct thing, but thanks to the First Amendment there is not a PC police. Funny to see how a (w. t.) preacher that most people in the town would not give 2 cents thought over, now has world-wide attention. He now holds more power than the President of the United States, because everyone has told him that if he does this one act, the Islamic world will go out of control. After all look how they reacted to a single comic strip.

Does anyone remember Jim Jones??? This guy sounds almost like he was. I remember the Jonestown massacure cause I was a little kid when it happened and this nut job sounds almost like Jim Jones! I recommend that no parent sends their family member there it actually soulds like a cult in the extreme. Those who are knocked down Islma please look aat this guy and he is claiming to be a Christian. It would be like all muslims claiming that Christianity is bad cause of this Jones character and those who follow him. PLEASE DO NOT JUDGE ALL MUSLIMS BASED ON A FEW AS I AM ASKING ALL MUSLIMS TO NOT JUDGE THOSE WHO ARE OTHER RELIGIONS BASED ON THIS jerk.

"Radical" muslims DEMAND we respect them as they burn our flag and cry "DEATH TO AMERICA"; Just say you're going to disrespect them - burn the Koran - and look what you get. "Mutual Respect" is NOT in their playbook - uh, their dictionary. Their "non-radical" muslim brothers aren't being much help either... I haven't heard of a single one of them asking the radicals to chill out in this whole debate. I guess they're too busy planning their trophy building near ground zero. Actually, Jones and his little "rulebook" remind me a lot of the -ready for this- radical muslims. At least all of his crazy rules apply to everyone and not just women. Takes a crazy to know a crazy???

It seems as if DWOC is going to extremes again.This is certainly not the first time. But hold on a sec because if I was to believe that the Koran was holy, I as a Christian would be denouncing the Holy Bible and what God says. The Holy Bible is the word of God...not the Koran who some guy named Muhammad recited...who also stayed in the ground after death. Yes, the Muhummad who married an 8 year old girl? Although I am not for burning any books, regardless of what they are...I cannot declare this book any more valuable, than lets say "The Cat in the Hat". NO CHRISTIAN is allowed to promote another faith or god, nor should they want too if they are indeed "belonging to Jesus". We are to remain separated from them, scripture says so. In fact, God killed those people who served other gods. What I do believe is that people are getting sick and tired of appeasing the Muslims who are trying to have their laws recognized in the west. What I do believe is that people are sick of the constant threat of murders against us. The radical Muslims will still kill us, regardless of the book burning. I do think that Christians should stand up for themselves and proclaim ONLY the Holy Bible. Christians are being attacked on every level...even by our own locals who claim to be Christian. God never said welcome other gods or faiths...What he said is..No one comes to the Father, except through me." Jesus is the only one who has the power to save. Jesus is for all people and all cultures. I have Muslim friends who are indeed Christian. But I would not burn the Koran before any of my unsaved Muslim friends, because I have respect for them, not the Koran. But they should also respect my duty to only promote the God of the Holy Bible, so I cannot call the Koran holy by any standard...for I do not have the authority to declare something other than what Jesus says. It would be nice for the Dove Outreach center to admit that they are sinners too, yes of course. Clearly we should all recognize not one of us are without sin. However when it comes to me acknowledging the Koran as holy...I never will. The only thing the Koran is doing is deceiving people who cannot have a relationship with Jesus because they do not hold true "Jesus is the son of God." This belief is their doom alone. If any proclaimed Christian has a problem with the book burning because they relate the Koran as being holy...they are on the wrong path. If they think this...than they discount God, and the Holy Bible.

Only in America - this is what gives Christianity a very bad name - That is a set of rules and regulations that put people into slavery - No Thank You

Where's the BATF/FBI when you need them?

This hatemonger is an idiot. I fully expect him to wear a brown shirt and a swastika armband like those other book burners did in the 1930's

Does anyone besides his wife and mother belong to this"tiny Gainesville church"? Without the press coverage this guy would just be another self-proclaimed pastor/preacher who roams the streets yelling at passersby.

Jones is screaming "Fire" in a crowded theater. There is NO justification for doing that - or is endangering our troops OK when you can point elsewhere and say: "They" did (whatever) first? It wouldn't hurt "Pastor" Jones to spend a semester taking a grammar course. He scores waaaay less than 90% there! Shows his general level of knowledge.

The comments here are just so unbelievably disheartening. This country is so absolutely doomed. I consider myself a moderate, but the biggest plague on us is the extreme right wing conservative bible quoter's who justify bigotry, hatred and ignorance by quoting scripture. There is no more objective thought left in the world. The Bible has plenty of violence and hatred, but Christians and ultraconservatives conveniently ignore those parts. Any idiot that takes the Bible literally, is just as bad as those extremist idiots within Islam who take parts of the Koran literally. You're both extremists. It's probably tough to swallow, but the Bible and Koran were written by man. They are both the equivalent of Old Mother Hubbard. Stories to help you find direction and make choices in life. Ugh. I don't know what makes me more sick, Small sects of Muslim extremists, or the ever growing sects of Bible spewing sheep.

"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his." (Gen George S. Patton). Maybe should be revised to "The object of war is not to die for your religion but to make the other bastard die for his." Since most radical Muslims believe religion and political ideology are interchangeable!

The same Constitution that allows America-hating Islamist cultists to daily plan their terrorist acts against the United States and all non-Muslim countries allows this church to burn Korans in protest. I don't agree with them burning the Koran as I don't believe Jesus would have supported it, but I respect their right to do it. What's wrong with this picture? Why are we demonizing the guy who loves our country and passifying those that would destroy us. It's time to bring back internment camps.

You never hear about a liberal (in the classical sense) division among the Muslims. Just islamist radicals and so-called moderates. Now a moderate, as I understand it, means someone who believes parts of both sides. Meaning that he has SOME radical views, like, maybe we should not necessarily stone this woman to death, but just until it causes severe injury. A liberal Muslim would be one who simply opposes radical islamism and supports human rights. But where are they? Being stoned to death, mostly.

Wow, next thing you know, they'll be stoning women who are raped, or amputating the limbs of those who steal. Shocking!

The enhanced danger to our troops and citizens who are overseas is real. But then so was the danger posed by the NY Times with its publication of articles about secret counterterrorism programs that the U.S. government had in place to head off another 9/11. Why the double standard here?

This "school" reminds me very much of a madrassa and his rule book reminds me of the Taliban's Layeha for the Mujahidin. Jones is less like Koresh and more like Mullah Omar than you think people!

This guy is as crazy as the people responsible for putting Christian images in unsavory contexts and calling it art. Yet they got support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and were defended by no less than Hillary Clinton and the liberal media in general. Why the abrupt turnaround? What they should do is sponsor this event as an example of performance art. Then maybe the same folks who decry the planned burning will come out and support it.

Well Julia898 I guess you would be wrong about the ignorant part because I have a doctoral degree from Tulane, and did postdoctoral work at the University of Texas and the National Institutes of Health and have published several articles in refereed scientific journals -unless by "ignorant"you mean "anyone who disagrees with my kneejerk liberal simpleton view of the world"This pastor may not be Albert Einstein,but he has Mohammedans and their deadly religion right-it is evil and encourages it's followers to lie to and murder anyone who won't convert to their vile religion-have you ever read the Quran?-no,I didn't think so-well maybe you should-I"'ll bet you'd look great in a burkha...bwahahahahaha!!