Koran Burning

A couple weeks ago Afghanistan exploded, even more than usual. Why? Because some pastor in Florida decided to burn the Muslim bible, a Koran. It was a repulsive act.

Many deaths occured in the forthcoming protests including many civilians and several United Nations aid workers. Now it is understood that many Christians, and certainly many conservative Christians believe that without Jesus one goes to hell. Still one has to question any thought of burning a Koran.

Saying the Koran, and thus the Muslim faith, is evil is wrong. Certainly the Koran is used to justify some terrible acts. But as we Christians know Hitler thought he was doing the work of the Bible as well. In short any religeous text can be used to justify an evil act if the person doing the interpreting is unbalanced or ill informed.

This pastor by the way, this man of God, had earlier promised that he would never burn the Koran. Commenting after he admitted " he may not have kept his word." He is just a man and mistakes are made by all of us, however what we need is a lot more patience and a lot more understanding.

There are men of good faith in all religions and my Bible tells me to judge not lest ye be judged. I will not judge a man of another faith because of what a man of his faith does anymore than I would want to be judged by the acts of the worst Christian I know.

People. Love your neighbor. Not the neighbor who looks like you or agrees with you. Your neighbor. Even if he is named Ahmad.