No, actually I disagree because this is ostensibly a Christian minister, and what he is doing is bringing shame on the cause of Christ. We are supposed to love even those who hate us, and should try to win them to Christ. You are not going to win someone by desecrating that which they hold sacred.
In the same way, the GZ mosque can never be a way to improve "cross-cultural understanding", even assuming that really is the desire of the builders. That is because by insisting on building it in that location, the builders are desecrating what we hold to be hallowed ground. Such an act can only inflame anger and hatred, not promote peace and understanding.
Now, I would actually have little problem if this were just a group of citizens making a political statement. But because these people want to do this in the name of Christ, they present Christ as hateful and intolerant to the non-Christian world, a very poor witness indeed. The Christ I serve is not hateful, but loved even those who nailed Him to the cross.
I find this book burning to be a PR stunt made worse by the MSN/certain Generals hissy fits, but to say God will smite those or are “un-Christian like” by defiling pagan books is laughable. Constantine is the patron Saint of pagan destroying wares. Read about His life and all those Church Fathers that were bent on the destruction of pagan worship.
Hmmmm, I wonder where the Old Testament fits in here, when God was destroying those who were evil. You may choose to be a back bencher touting the peacefulness and forgiveness of JC, but I will be on the playing field fighting evil wherever it is. If you think words will win this one, you are sadly mistaken. And you if you choose to lie down and exercise passive restraint, you loose again, in this life. But there will be those of us who will fight this evil wherever it is, and to the very end. To judge those of us who choose to fight as un-Christian-like is fooey!