Posted on 09/16/2012 7:38:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Muslim cleric Abu Islam Burns the Holy Bible in front of thousands of Muslims at protest outside the US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday, 9/11. His action was met with applause and anti-Christian cheers from the demonstrators.
According to Mary Abdelmassih in a story carried by the Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org), the cleric, before leaving the demonstration and getting into his car, told the crowds next time I will urinate on it.
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This is supposed to anger me or us? No. Jesus Christ, son of the most high God is the Word. The Bible are His words of wisdom to us. Pray for their souls even as we stand ever vigilant in defense of our God! To be used as He would have us!
I’m certain that the Obama White House will decry this hate-crime and demand an apology within twenty four hours. // sarc
The problem with your position is that many of us don't want a book - paper and cardboard - turned into an idol. The word of God is sacred. The earthly book that carries that word is NOT....
You misunderstand my position. My point was that within islam the Bible ought to be held as sacred as the koran by muslilms because it carries the word of other prophets of allah. Personally I don’t idolize the Bible but the hypocrisy of muslims on the issue of burning sacred books sure gets my goat.
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