the pastor burns the quran and starts outrage

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/terry-jones-receives-death-threats-24780307

well he went ahead and burned the quran and now he is getting death threads. should he be protected by government money ?

 

He can exercise his 2nd amendment rights (the ones guys like him wax idiotic about) and protect himself.

 

People can burn the bible all day long and I would not be offended by that at all. My question is why do muslims get offended just because somebody wants to burn a Quran bible? They didn't go into an outrage when thousands of their own were murdered in the name of the Quran so why be outraged about a bible burning. That's like people who are outraged when the US flag is burned, but say nothing when a person is burned (US soldier) for defending it.

 

True OH I wonder why this outrage when the Taliban destroyed those Buddist statues? That pastor has the right to be stupid in America.

 

I think it's in one of the Amendments. Peeplezcanhascheezburgers!

 

people find anything to get upset about.

 

For me it's just a book, like any other. Muslims consider it to be the physical manifestation of the word of God. They generally keep it in an exalted place, not just on the bookshelf like we would. So they get wigged out if it's not treated respectfully. I just don't understand why they get provoked to the point of violence, like some sort of village mob with torches and pitchforks.

 

And wouldn't you know that nimrod would be from Florida?

 

LOL. no doubt....his brain was hijacked by that mustache

 

In a exalted place? I thought they are against idolatry.

 

They are, but to Muslims the Quran is the incarnation of god's word. To treat it with deference is not considered idolatry. The Jews do that with the Torah too. It's always above and apart from regular 'books'.

 

Your point is right on, soulthinker. It's sort of an inconsistency in that logic. If they're against idolatry, it shouldn't matter what someone does to the book.