TIME Mag Editor: "Burning the Koran Is Worse Than Burning Bible"

[Christians4LessGvt]

TIME Mag Editor: Burning the Koran Is Worse Than Burning Bible

Time Magazine world editor Bobby Ghosh told host MSNBC host Chuck Todd
on Friday that burning the Koran is worse than burning the Bible. According
to Gnosh, the Koran is directly from God, while the Bible isn't.

http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2011/04/time-mag-editor-burning-the-koran-is-worse-than-burning-bible-video/

[Xavier_Onassis]

The Koran CLAIMS to be directly from God, as dictated to Mohammad.

The question is whether any sane Deity would have organized it as the Koran is organized, starting with the shortest verses and ending with the longest.

If the Bible were organized that way, the first verse would be "Jesus wept."

It is still a book made of ink on paper. The idea that writings were sacred goes back to the time when they were all copied by hand, and every book was so rare as to be considered unique and irreplaceable.

Now books are nearly as disposable as AA batteries, toothpicks or Q-tips.

[kimba1]

my question is which is better for the religion? print or oral?

which form caused more conflict in the religion?

[Christians4LessGvt]

kimba why is it if you burn a bible you may get denounced
but if you burn a Koran you may get killed?

personally i think it is insecurity and a MyWayOrTheHighway attitude
some may try and say it's because one takes their faith more seriously
i don't buy that ....i think it is deep-seated intolerance

[BT]

kimba why is it if you burn a bible you may get denounced
but if you burn a Koran you may get killed?

personally i think it is insecurity and a MyWayOrTheHighway attitude
some may try and say it's because one takes their faith more seriously
i don't buy that ....i think it is deep-seated intolerance

I think it has more to do with the education levels doing the denouncing or the killing.

[kimba1]

I never read the book,but I will agree to the MyWayOrTheHighway attitude.
I maybe wrong but all korans is written in arabic so it compels abit more out of a follower.

the bible doesn`t come with modern english translation so people will take it or leave it.

the koran is in arabic and a translation, but people do try to read the arabic script for more meaning.

[Christians4LessGvt]

I think it has more to do with the education levels doing the denouncing or the killing.

so you think poorly educated Christians would be just as likely to kill someone for burning a bible?
i am not so sure i agree that
BT you could be right that it is one factor....but i think there is more to it

[Kramer]

The Koran CLAIMS to be directly from God, as dictated to Mohammad.

The question is whether any sane Deity would have organized it as the Koran is organized, starting with the shortest verses and ending with the longest.

If the Bible were organized that way, the first verse would be "Jesus wept."

It is still a book made of ink on paper. The idea that writings were sacred goes back to the time when they were all copied by hand, and every book was so rare as to be considered unique and irreplaceable.

Now books are nearly as disposable as AA batteries, toothpicks or Q-tips.

You and your theology gibberish! As usual, because you are a mentally disturbed liberal, you missed the entire point. Clearly someone that would promote Affirmative Action would never be able to grasp the point here.

Because you tend to miss the point on everything I am sure you won't understand my analogy with Affirmative Action either. For some reason analogies always go over your head, unless they are used by a fellow liberal, then of course you get it..

[BT]

I think it has more to do with the education levels doing the denouncing or the killing.

so you think poorly educated Christians would be just as likely to kill someone for killing a bible?
i am not so sure i agree that
BT you could be right that it is one factor....but i think there is more to it

Another factor could be repercussions for the act. If a Christian lilled someone for burning the bible what is the likely legal outcome.

What would the likely legal outcome be for the Afghans who are currently on a rampage?

Is an educated population more likely to accept being  ruled by law than an uneducated population?

[kimba1]

so you think poorly educated Christians would be just as likely to kill someone for killing a bible?

today no
but in the time when saying jehovah is a death sentence-yes
remember islam is a younger religion based very heavily on christianity

in fact alot of islamic customs are NOT repulsive to christians

[Christians4LessGvt]

Is an educated population more likely to accept being ruled by law than an uneducated population?

I would think so.....but weren't some of the Sept 11 IslamoWhackjobs highly educated?
On another related subject....I firmly believe education is the key to many of the problems in the US.
If someone has a masters degree I doubt they are gonna be breaking down your front door to rob you.
Education and Capitalism are a dynamic combo for sure.
But people must #1.wish to be educated #2. by capable people in #3. a capable system...
we are failing in all three areas

[BT]

I would think so.....but weren't some of the Sept 11 IslamoWhackjobs highly educated?

Those guys were soldiers in a war.

Far different than the locals in Afghanistan who are doing the rioting.

But i agree with you about education and i agree we are failing our children and grandchildren by allowing the process to be held hostage by special interests groups.

[Christians4LessGvt]

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Those guys were soldiers in a war. [/quote]

BT who are the basic two sides of the war you speak of?

[BT]

?

Those guys were soldiers in a war.

BT who are the basic two sides of the war you speak of?
[/quote]

Terrorists and antiterrorists

[Xavier_Onassis]

The oral word is more important to illiterate people, which included Mohammad and nearly all of the early converts. The written word becomes more important when people learn how to read.

Mohammad, who spoke only Arabic, said that the Koran could only be understood in the original Arabic. This is a major limitation of Islam, of course. Arabic is not a particularly easy language to learn for those who speak languages from non-Semitic language groups

There are Muslims who say that Mohammad's illiteracy PROVES that the Koran is a miracle because somehow Mohammad, and illiterate, managed to memorize the whole thing, and its prose is so berautiful that it could never have been composed by a mere mortal.

I tend to doubt both propositions. I have read rather a lot of two translations of the Koran, and it is disjointed, vague and filled with endless repetition of set phrases. It is more interesting than Leviticus or Deuteronomy, but pretty boring when compared with Exodus.