Jones Headings for Fred Phelps Territory

Christians should not be afraid to challenge Islam, but that doesn’t mean we should follow the destructive path of Terry Jones. Jones burned a Koran and states that an effigy of Mohammad may be next:

Seriously? I have news for Mr. Jones. There’s a final judgment for both the living and the dead. Guess what? It won’t be held in his church.

Mr. Jones is not responsible for the killings that have occurred overseas in regards to the initial Koran burning. I don’t believe in a “Murderer’s Veto” where we have to censor our speech for the sake of madmen. But I question what he thinks he’s accomplishing here.

There are legitimate arguments to be made challenging Islam. see the website Answering Islam for example. This site that even features stories of people who converted to Christianity from Islam. I’ve yet to hear a conversion story that began, “I was really a committed Muslim, but that all changed when someone lit up an effigy of the Prophet Mohammad tied to a pork roast.”

If he’s not converting people to Christianity, is his actions causing his congregation to become more holy, more like Christ? He might say that he is raising public awareness about the dangers of radical Islam. But this is not the case. What this absurd behavior is doing is allowing critics of Islam to be caricatured.

Burning books and effigies is not an argument. It is nonsense that may have given Pastor Jones some publicity but is certainly not doing anything to advance the Kingdom of God.

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