Burning the Quran

I waited to post this until after 9/11. A few days ago the pastor in Florida who threatened to burn a number of Qur'ans backed down. But even the report of someone planning to burn a Qur'an has inflamed passions and given the followers of Islam an excuse to call for protests and aggressive action.

Please understand what I am saying from the very beginning. Burning Qurans is wrong, wrong, wrong! It is first of all wrong because it does not glorify the one true God, YHWH. Book burning is also wrong because it does not help in defeating false gods and false religions. Are we in a spiritual war with Islam? Yes, but as Paul says, "...the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh..." (II Corinthians 10:4). Whenever Christians use violence, abusive language, force, book burning, etc., we are not using the tactics of Jesus Christ and we are working against ourselves and more importantly, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

So, let it be clearly said again that burning Qurans is morally wrong, unchristian, and counterproductive.

Having said that, I have not spoken out against the pastor sooner because I believe that it only makes the situation worse. What he was preparing to do is wrong, but when generals, presidents and celebrities go online or on television to condemn stunts like this, it only inflames passions more. It doesn't reassure Muslims that the USA is really okay with Islam. It doesn't cause the followers of Islam to calm down. I believe as we give more and more publicity to this pastor, the reaction from Muslims grows more heated and fervent. The best thing we can do in the West is to stop publicizing every nut or even legitimate spiritual leaders who pull stunts like this. I have tried not to contribute to the media frenzy in even a small way for this reason.

But the ultimate truth is that whether a maverick pastor burns Qurans or not, Islam is at war with the infidel West, and Islam is planning to dominate the world as the only religion in the near future.

I recommend a book for those serious about understanding Islam and its goals: "How Islam Plans to Change the World" by William Wagner. This books points out what Islam really teaches behind the public rhetoric.  Islam has no intention of peaceful coexisting as one among many world religions. Islam plans to be the one world religion sometime in the near future, and Muslims have a strategy to prevail whether by peaceful means or violence, that is, whatever is necessary to achieve this goal.

So it doesn't really matter what this pastor does. Islam is committed to world religious domination regardless. We should not give them an excuse to be offended and go even more on the offensive. But people thinking that this pastor and his actions could make a significant difference in our relationship with Islam is really scary. It means that we don't truly understand the situation at all. It's time to wake up!