The New York Times <\/a>is reporting that thousands of\u00a0angry protesters\u00a0took to the streets in Afghanistan. Riled by the actions of Terry Jones, they overran the compound at the United Nations and killed at least a dozen people \u2014 eight of them U.N. staff workers. One witness said the peacekeepers were hunted down by the violent mob.<\/p>\nCalling Terry Jones a pastor\u00a0is akin to calling Snooki a scholar. I\u2019m loathe to call Jones a pastor because I believe\u00a0 it\u2019s a bastardization of that beloved role. I don\u2019t consider Jones a pastor, nor do I consider his Florida-based Dove Outreach Center a church. \u00a0Again it\u2019s a corruption, designed to denigrate what a real church represents.<\/p>\n
Words matter, people.<\/p>\n
A lot.<\/p>\n
Especially when they are\u00a0considered holy, as\u00a0is the Koran that Terry and his vigilantes\u00a0set aflame this week, as they promised they would, aka Hitler-style.<\/p>\n
Terry Jones and his\u00a0lackeys have\u00a0the blood of innocent people on their hands.<\/p>\n
And so do we. Because we have created this culture that\u00a0sells\u00a0the lie that says, \u201d God is my judge, not you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oh. Golly. How many times do I have to beat this drum?<\/p>\n
It is such a lie.<\/p>\n
We don\u2019t just answer to God. We answer to each other \u2014 one way or another.<\/p>\n
Terry Jones has convinced himself and his devotees that the only allegiance they have is to God. They live, and let others die by that notion.<\/p>\n
That is not the message of Christ. Just as I suspect the revenge killings that took place today are not supported by the holy words of the Koran.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s idealistic to think you can separate church and state, in this day and age, when much of our foreign policy\u00a0requires dealing\u00a0with nations\u00a0who make no such distinctions.<\/p>\n
Muslims take their faith far more seriously than we do. It\u2019s not a way of life \u2014\u00a0it is their life.<\/p>\n
We cannot close our eyes to the fact that our faith matters, more now than ever. And in ways we may never have imagined.<\/p>\n
Whenever a nation tries\u00a0to cater to\u00a0individual rights over the common good, you can be sure there will be violence in the streets somewhere.<\/p>\n
Terry Jones has gotten exactly what he hoped for \u2014 bloodshed in the name of God.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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