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Interfaith Group Condemns ‘Bigotry’, Quran Burning

09/07/2010 12:34 pm 1 comment

The pastor of a Florida church says he takes very seriously Gen. David Petraeus’ warning that his church’s burn-a-Quran day on 9/11 could endanger U.S. troops and that his congregation is praying about it, but he still plans to go through with the protest.

“We are definitely weighing the situation,” Terry Jones, pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., tells CNN today. “We are weighing the thing we are about to do, what it possibily could cause, what is our actual message, what we are trying to get across. How important is that now.”

Petraeus, top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said in a statement Monday that the actions by the 50-member church “could endanger troops, and it could endanger the overall effort.”

But Jones says the protest aimed at radical Islam is still on. “Once in awhile, you see that in the Bible, there are instances where enough is enough and you stand up,” Jones tells CNN.

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http://www.gospelhall.org Christian Church Pastor

What a way to get attention! A little-known church and anonymous pastor have lit up the headlines of the world! Unfortunately, it sends the wrong message. I hope that the sermons inside the church are about salvation and finding God rather than the politics of saving the US society for God.

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