National Association of Evangelicals Urges Cancellation of Planned Qu’ran Burning

[Turborama]

This was over a month ago but appears to have had little media attention since then...

FWIW I am not a religious person but I am an expat living in Indonesia, where the size of the protests are growing daily. As I pointed out http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4529500">here.

Press Release: NAE Urges Cancellation of Planned Qu’ran Burning
For Immediate Release: July 29, 2010
Contact: Sarah Kropp, 202-789-1011

The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) encourages increased understanding and reconciliation between those of different faiths and backgrounds, and it laments efforts that work against a just and peaceful society. The plans recently announced by a Florida group to burn copies of the Qu’ran on September 11 show disrespect for our Muslim neighbors and would exacerbate tensions between Christians and Muslims throughout the world. The NAE urges the cancellation of the burning.

NAE President Leith Anderson said, “It sounds like the proposed Qu’ran burning is rooted in revenge. Yet the Bible says that Christians should ‘make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else’ (1 Thessalonians 5:15).”

In 1996 the NAE addressed religious persecution saying that “If people are to fulfill the obligations of conscience, history teaches the urgent need to foster respect and protection for the right of all persons to practice their faith.” In the same resolution, the NAE pledged to “address religious persecution carried out by our Christian brothers and sisters whenever this occurs around the world.”

The NAE calls on its members to cultivate relationships of trust and respect with our neighbors of other faiths. God created human beings in his image, and therefore all should be treated with dignity and respect. The proposed burning of Qu’rans would be profoundly offensive to Muslims worldwide, just as Christians would be insulted by the burning of Bibles. Such an act would escalate tensions between members of the two faiths in the United States and around the world.

“We have to recognize that fighting fire with fire only builds a bigger fire,” said Joel Hunter, Senior Pastor of Northland, A Church Distributed, in Orlando, Fla., and member of the NAE Board of Directors. “Love is the water that will eventually quench the destruction.”

Anderson said, “The most powerful statement by the organizers of the planned September 11th bonfire would be to call it off in the name and love of Jesus Christ.”

http://www.nae.net/news-and-events/469-press-release-nae-urges-cancellation-of-planned-quran-burning

[Turborama]

1. Which sections of Christianity include "Evangelicals"?

:Kick:

[SoCalDem]

2. Contrarians don't pay attention to anyone who tries to tell them what they can or cannot do

or should or should not do. :(

The smart thing for the media would be to NOT cover their nonsense except to report that a few nutcase zealots had a book-burning.. and report it with NO pictures ..no interviews with them.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. K&R. These groups who preach intolerance need to read up on their professed faith...

;(

[Scurrilous]

4. Kick

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[piratefish08]

5. i don't give a shit what AN evangelical has to say, much less a group of them.