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Koran-burning Florida pastor will cancel plans if Obama calls as 2nd pastor plans burning
nypost ^ | September 9, 2010

Posted on 09/09/2010 10:03:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono

As U.S. President Barack Obama condemned a Florida pastor's proposed public Koran burning, another minister planned a similar demonstration to mark the anniversary of Sept. 11, The Tennessean reported Thursday.

Rev. Bob Old of Springfield, Tenn. -- just 30 miles (48 km) north of Nashville -- said he intended to set fire to a Koran at his home Saturday and post a video of the burning Muslim holy book online.

"If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else," Old reportedly said of Muslims.

"I believe that other religions are a threat to our faith and our beliefs," said Old, who heads an evangelical ministry called Disciples of Christ, though he was once pastor of two Baptist congregations in Tennessee. "People may say that I am crazy, but I am not."

Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.

"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert of Faith Covenant Church in Springfield told The Tennessean......

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 09/09/2010 10:03:07 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

I bet if I went out and visited ten book stores right now I would not find a single Koran on the shelves.


2 posted on 09/09/2010 10:04:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: JoeProBono

why does the guy in Florida need a call from Obama to reconsider???

What a scam.


3 posted on 09/09/2010 10:04:57 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: JoeProBono

0bama will be reading his koran while these others burn.


4 posted on 09/09/2010 10:06:11 AM PDT by counterpunch (B'araq Hussein 0bama, the Keynesian Kenyan.)
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To: RummyChick

If he’s a true Christian, a call from the devil should be rejected - not sought after.


5 posted on 09/09/2010 10:06:34 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: JoeProBono

Now you did it Obama!.....If one preacher won’t burn it another one will!.....You got’s lotsa fires to put out now, buddy!......Get busy, community organizer!!!


6 posted on 09/09/2010 10:07:18 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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7 posted on 09/09/2010 10:07:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: RummyChick

Milking it for free publicity, would be my guess. What a hoot if POTUS actually called him. Maybe bowed to him.


8 posted on 09/09/2010 10:08:25 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: JoeProBono

A no name preacher from a small church in Florida decides to burn some Korans, and it is worldwide news for weeks at the highest levels of government in many countries, and lives on the front pages of media outlets worldwide.

Meanwhile, 1000s of people have been murdered by Muslim fundamentalists over the past few years and there not a peep ... from anyone ... anywhere.


9 posted on 09/09/2010 10:09:34 AM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: JoeProBono

Beer Summit II


10 posted on 09/09/2010 10:09:40 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: JoeProBono
"People may say that I am crazy, but I am not."

Meanwhile, other Tennessee religious leaders denounced the minister’s plans.

"The guy is a nut," Rev. Larry Herbert

Just awesome. Someone learned how to put a story together in journalism school.

11 posted on 09/09/2010 10:09:54 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: RummyChick

Imagine that you are a nobody preacher, and based on burning some mass-produced books you bought with your own money, you can get the weakest president in 160 years to make a phone call to you to beg because you said so?

That is power.


12 posted on 09/09/2010 10:10:33 AM PDT by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: JoeProBono

Only the Chief Narcissist himself could have come up with this.

Blazing lack of respect for the relationship between the government and the governed in America.


13 posted on 09/09/2010 10:10:55 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: JoeProBono
just 30 miles (48 km) north of Nashville --
NY Post reporter, "ever hear of Springfield TN?" "Why no but it is just 30 miles from a city we have heard of."
14 posted on 09/09/2010 10:12:14 AM PDT by dblshot (Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Keep that muslim defending his faith baby! NOv 2 is coming!


15 posted on 09/09/2010 10:14:28 AM PDT by dblshot (Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: spodefly

Meanwhile, an imam is planning to build a mosque in close proximity to Ground Zero,and somehow that little tidbit of news has been forgotten in the rush to spotlight this koran-burning loon.
God help us.


16 posted on 09/09/2010 10:15:39 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee ("In a time of universal deceit,telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"-George Orwell)
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To: spodefly
Meanwhile, 1000s of people have been murdered by Muslim fundamentalists over the past few years and there not a peep ... from anyone ... anywhere.

That comees under the heading of "Just boys having fun", nothinh to get concerned over,spodefly.

17 posted on 09/09/2010 10:16:40 AM PDT by sport
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

I’m assuming the Rev is a teatotaler—I guess it would have to be a Root Beer Summit.


18 posted on 09/09/2010 10:17:58 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Forcing one person to pay for the irresponsibility of another is NOT social justice.)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Hey Rev: How about a couple o’ beers? A Root and a Birch!


19 posted on 09/09/2010 10:18:10 AM PDT by Tucker39
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To: Buckeye McFrog
"If they want to have their religion, they can have it somewhere else

That's a fair trade considering they don't want any other religion in their lands.

20 posted on 09/09/2010 10:19:13 AM PDT by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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