UCC Pastor to read Quran in Response to Dove Quran Burnings

The Creative Seminole ^ | 19 August 2010 | a blogger named Zach in Florida

[SpinnerWebb]

Pastafarians are believers in the FSM... the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

In his church all religions are just as good. One is not better than any other. So of course it makes sense to read from the handbook of the Jew-haters. Sure. Just skip over the part where it says to kill Jews and Christians.

[muawiyah]

This is the UCC. Been over a century since any one of their Congregations was arguably Christian.

Now if these people will let me select the parts of the Koran to read I think I can find plenty of stuff that should make them think twice about their stupid idea.

[tbpiper]

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are all part of the Abrahamic tree of faith. We all believe in the same God, and in many aspects we are all trying to accomplish the same goals.

Here is a man who knows nothing about the faith he professes.

[dfwgator]

That’s like reading Mein Kampf in a Synagogue.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Is there a difference between an Imam reading the Koran and an UCC Pastor reading the Koran?

[1forall]

Wonder which of Christ’s teachings this pastor uses to allow himself to break the first two commandments on a continual basis, not just by reading holy scriptures from an apostate religion?

1. You shall have no other gods before me.
2. You shall make for yourself no graven image.

[dfwgator]

UCC is one of those churches that fags like to join to make them feel all religious.

[spacejunkie2001]

dang....and I thought I was being funny.

[Flag_This]

"Larry Reimer, a minister of the United Church of Gainesville, has decided to read scripture from the Qur'an in worship service in response to a local Qur'an burning."

They'll still want to saw your head off with a dull knife, Larry.

[proud American in Canada]

Is he going to read the good parts, about killing infidels?

That's what I was wondering.

[muawiyah]

Yes, the Imam is probably a good person. That’s always a question when it comes to UCC “pastors” or “members”.

[VRWCer]

I’m with you and that was my first thought - if the homily on Sunday at our parish consists of reading from the unholy book, I am standing up and walking out, and taking my family with me. BS on that, we are Christians, and the only Book we need to hear readings out of at Mass is the Bible. We certainly don’t need to hear readings from a book which says we should all be converted, subdued, or killed because of who we are. What kind of nutty pastor is that guy?

[Mrs.Z]

Both of these guys are wrong, but in the USA they both still have that right. (For now)

[ilovesarah2012]

I hope he reads the part about killing infidels.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I wonder if muslims would consider taking a Koran into a christian church and putting on a Christian podium to be a sacrilige, worthy of beheading.

I wonder if this pastor will make sure to properly clean his hands so he has no chance of getting his bacon grease from morning breakfast onto the pages — surely an act worthy of death.

I hope he won’t touch the pages with his left hand, lest that hand be cut off.

And I certainly hope he won’t accidentally put the Bible on top of the Koran at any time, because I’d hate to see the Muslims forced to blow up his church or anything like that.

Still, I think it would be helpful for his church to hear some passages from the Koran. Chosen correctly, they might just scare his church into doing something productive.

Anybody who takes a Koran into their possession I think is being reckless at this point. It’s just too easy to do something wrong and get yourself targeted.

[buccaneer81]

UCC is one of those churches that fags like to join to make them feel all religious.

Also joined by university eggheads, ACLU lawyers and other assorted upscale libs to ward off speculation that they're really atheists.

[dfwgator]

Exactly, they probably haven’t read anything from the Bible, but now they’re going to read from the Koran.

[NavyCanDo]

Not shocked. The UCC is a very progressive church latching itself onto Liberation Theology.

I went to a wedding in one this last summer, and on the church calender of events board they listed three weekly Yoga Workshops in the church and a weekly Buddhism class.

I think it's pretty stupid for a Christian Church to do a Fred Phelps and burn a Quran. They have the right to do it, but it's just plain dumb. But for a church that claims to be Christian to teach from the Quran is sacrilegious.

[Flavious_Maximus]

Imagine if this UCC “pastor” were to read from The Satanic Bible so as not to offend worshipers of Lucifer, Satan or Bale. This is were we are with the so-called United Church of Christ.