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September 12th, 2012

Wonder how Terry Jones feels this morning?

Oh? Am I blaming Terry Jones for the murder for four Americans in Libya? Not really, but he allows his hate to become fuel for the fire smoldering already.

See, after years of burning Qurans, Terry has taken to making propaganda pieces about Islam with the intent to insight and inflame:

That’s also because it’s associated with Florida Pastor Terry Jones (yes, the ******* who burnt the Koran despite Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates’ pleas) and two Egyptians living in the U.S., according to Egyptian press accounts.* The Egyptians are allegedly Coptic, the Christian minority that makes up about a tenth of Egypt.

Growing up in south Louisiana, I knew about the red ants. These fire ants, these tools of satan, rested easily in their dirty, dusty, sandy piles attacking no one, but always in rage. However, if you go and stick something into the pile, disturb it – kick it over, they are going to get you. Radical extremists are the same way. Terry Jones is doing his level best to cause these things so that he can point and say, “See, they aren’t a religion of peace.” How ironic that Christian fundamentalist is inciting Islamic fundamentalism… that someone who professes to follow the “Truth,” Jesus, is lying and provoking murder.

And the new darling of the Christian Right, Mitt Romney, has responded in a way similar to Terry Jones – with lies and provocation.

At this moment, we pray for the family of Chris Stevens and the other American diplomats murdered last night.

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June 9th, 2012

Terry Jones is not a follower of Christ

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., has hanged an effigy of President Barack Obama from a gallows on its front lawn, a move DWOC pastor Terry Jones said was in response to Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, as well as his stance on abortion and what Jones called his “appeasing of radical Islam.”

I guess burning the Quran was not enough. Good thing he is a Christian, eh?

This stuff worries me. Where does he find license for this either in Scripture or common sense?

Oddly enough, Jones has contracted some sort of Stockholm Syndrome as he seems to be using the same tactics of those whom he despises.

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April 26th, 2012

Terry Jones Vows to burn Youcef Nadarkhani

Oh, I’m sorry, but that’s how I read the headline…

Pastor Terry Jones has once again threatened to burn Qurans, this time in protest of Iran’s continued imprisonment of Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani. The Florida minister, whose previous protests attracted violent reaction, tells CP why he is once more taking such a controversial stance. (here)

This man is not a pastor, and I would question his Christianity.

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April 22nd, 2011

Terry Jones is in a Dearborn, MI Jail

Most will focus on the fact that this is considered the most Islamic city in country, but…

In Dearborn, Mich., anti-Islam Pastor Terry Jones and an assistant were ordered to jail tonight after they refused to pay a $1 peace bond to hold a rally at the largest mosque in North America, the Detroit Free Press reports.

After a two-day trial-like hearing, a jury sided with prosecutors and agreed that Jones would likely “breach the peace” with his planned rally outside the Islamic Center of America. Authorities argued that a riot could erupt.

Prosecutors had estimated the cost of additional security at about $46,000. But the judge set the so-called peace bond at just $1.

(here)

Good for him!

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April 3rd, 2011

Rodney Acquits Terry Jones and Gavrilo Princip

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While Rodney tries to take a snipe at me, undermining the seriousness of his post, he goes further in his attempt at defending Terry Jones and attacking both Christian and myself, proving once again that Rodney will by nature take the contrarian position on any and everything.

What Rodney doesn’t get in his rush to try to make a point is that neither Christian nor I are saying that Terry Jones is the cause of all the angry feelings towards the United States coming from the Afghanistan people. What I am saying is that Terry Jones is causing the recent deaths. Let’s explore this a bit.

First, the angry feelings predate Terry Jones. Second, with the recent civilian deaths, the anger and frustration over American occupation is growing exponentially (read Rodney’s post for a good treatment of this). Third, what Terry Jones is doing is allowing the leaders of the frustration to blow the lid off of the people’s rational and natural frustration. The frustrated people are looking for any excuse to protest and to riot.

Did Princip actually cause World War One? No. Is he given the credit for doing so, by his actions of assassinating the Archduke? Yup. The problem is, is that Austria-Hungry was looking for  a reason to launch a war. While this action was in of it self insignificant to the events which surrounded it, it was used as a catalyst to launch a war which would not end until 1945 if you are being conservative. Terry Jones is making himself a catalyst. Therefore, he is guilty of causation.

Terry knows that his burning of the Qur’an will causes deaths and yet, he’ll continue to provoke the actions. While he is not the cause of the angry feelings, he is purposely putting himself into a situation to push people over the edge. On the other side is the vile depravity which we have seen – deaths of innocents.

Even with his attempted snipes, he and I agree on a whole host of these issues.

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April 1st, 2011

Terry Jones, Love Will Not Win For You

Let me make this clear: There is nothing wrong for standing up for the Cause of Christ, for the Church, for the Scriptures – but when you purposely attack another, you become what you supposedly hate. What he has done now is to cause the death of innocents because he wasn’t following Christ. He is rejecting Christ.

An American Christian preacher who caused an international uproar last year by threatening to burn the Koran has put himself back in the spotlight after incinerating Islam’s holy book — again with deadly consequences.

Thousands of protesters in northern Afghanistan, enraged over news that the Florida pastor Terry Jones had overseen a torching of the Koran, stormed a United Nations compound on Friday, killing at least seven U.N. staff.

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On March 20, he presided over what he called an “International Judge the Koran Day” in which he supervised the burning of the book in front of some 50 people.

Video posted on the website of his Dove World Outreach Center church showed a kerosene-soaked book going up in bright flames in a metal fire pit similar to those often found in backyards and patios, but located inside the church.

via Florida pastor is focus of Muslim outrage – again – Yahoo! News.

 

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September 10th, 2010

Question of the Day – Should the President get involved in the Qur’an Burning Issue?

Watching Morning Joe, Pat Buchanan (who I agree with on more than a few things, which may surprise you) was speaking about the President getting involved and waiting, two years down the road for the Courts to either affirm or negate his actions. Should the President get involved in this? Should he send Federal Marshals to stop Terry Jones from burning the Qur’an which will put American service men and women in jeopardy, and more than a few civilians including Christian Missionaries?

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September 9th, 2010

Burning’s Back On! Terry Jones ‘Lied To’

The Florida pastor whose plan to burn Qurans on Sept. 11 generated worldwide outrage among Muslims and pressure by the U.S. government to relent said late Thursday that he might not call off the protest after all.

Pastor Terry Jones told NBC News that “we are a little back to square one” after a supposed deal involving a proposed Islamic cultural center in New York evaporated.

At a press conference Thursday afternoon, Jones had said he was canceling the Quran burning because a Muslim imam had assured him that the proposed Islamic center could be moved away from the World Trade Center site in return.

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“We have not canceled the burning on Saturday, we have suspended it, until we get confirmation on the info we were given today, said Wayne Sapp, associate pastor of Dove World Outreach Center.(here)

Wow. Is there no end to the insanity and unChristian behavior of this man?

There is also a video of him saying that he was ‘just as committed’ to not burning the Qur’an as he was to doing so.

What has happened here, folks, is that he has gotten caught up in Sarah Palin and John Boehner’s connecting of the two and though he could further his political capital at the expense of the name of Christ.

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September 9th, 2010

Fresh from Tennessee… Another Pastor, Another Threat to Burn Muslims, I mean the Qu’ran

See what Terry started?

The longtime Baptist minister says the Rev. Terry Jones of the Dove World Center Outreach in Gainesville, Fla., is doing the right thing by burning the Quran. So he’s going to do likewise.

Old plans to set fire to a Quran on Saturday at his home and then post a video of the burning book online. And if he had his way, there would be no Muslims in America.

“If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else,” said Old, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Joelton and Academy Heights Baptist Church in Gallatin, which merged with another church. He no longer has a congregation and instead runs an evangelical ministry called Disciples of Christ.

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There is no way that he is actually a Disciple of Christ…

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September 9th, 2010

Terry Jones – Liar? Cancels Qu’ran Burning, say Mosque is moving

Surrounded by a cadre of ‘ers’ (truthers, etc…), Terry Jones announced that he is canceling the burning of the Qu’ran… and that the Imam of the New York City Mosque is moving new building somewhere else. Except the Imam says that he ain’t.

The pastor planning to burn Qurans on the Sept. 11 anniversary said Thursday that he had called off the event after being given assurances that the Muslim group seeking to build an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site would move the project. (here)

The Imam has said that there is no deal….

Of course, Terry is saying that this is a sign from God… Why does God always get dragged into these things…

Oh, and since when do we hold freedoms hostage? After Palin and Boehner connected the two, it seems that that it suddenly is connected?

And for just how, um, unstable the man is, check out his Academy rule book…

And check out Jim’s post on this. He’s right. Really.

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September 8th, 2010

Acts 19:17-19, Prooftexting and Qu’ran burning. Seriously, just read the bible

The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike. A solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored. Many who became believers confessed their sinful practices. A number of them who had been practicing sorcery brought their incantation books and burned them at a public bonfire. The value of the books was several million dollars. (Act 19:17-19 NLT)

Today, a commentator tried to tell me that the above passage gave license to what Terry Jones of Dove World Outreach Center is planning on doing. I’ll let you read it again.

First, was it a political statement?

No. Is Terry Jones trying to make a political statement? Well, more of less considering that he is burning the Talmud and trying to sell his church building for a quick 1.1 million dollars and a few t-shirts on the side.

Was the book burning by well-established Christians?

No. They were recent converts who repented and due to their conversion, they not only had no use for their old sacred books, but didn’t want others to have them as well. Is Terry Jones a recent convert from Islam? No. So, does Terry fall into this? No. What is Terry’s excuse? Why shucks, those people burn the flag and the bible.

Again, see the difference?

Honestly, if people would read the bible to be transformed by the bible instead of reading the bible to transform the bible…

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