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Originally Posted by MsMerrick
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Oh yeah... after listening to a couple of his clips on MSNBC, I'm thinking burned-out guy from the 60's. Dead brain cells galore. Hey, I recognize my own era's misgivings and remnants. Can't imagine what his preaching is like (out of the back of his milk truck?)? Reminds me of even eras further back-, traveling preachers with snake oil and their bibles.
There is a part of me that thinks that this burning is just of a book because for those that hold particular theological beliefs have the meaning inside of themselves and a book is just a book (goes for the Bible, et. al., too). What is holy to some is not or sacred to some is only tangibly represented in a book for dissemination. The books I take chants, meditations, or prayers from would not leave me without them, they are now part of my memory. People of all faiths know to make this distinction because burning of holy/sacred books is nothing new. But, the fact of the matter is that this is a symbolic gesture against far more than a religion. And today, in the US, has far reaching implications and dangers.
I wonder if there will be Bible burnings in protest if this takes place on 9/11? Or, Bibles, the Book of Morman, Tanakh or Torah, Buddha-Dharma, or various Hindu scriptures (Shashtras, Vedas, or Upanishads). These are only a few of what people all over the world experience as the good book, scripture, meditations, etc.!