Burn the Qur'an: Since When Do Christians Repay Evil for Evil?

Today, I read the following Associated Press article:

WORLDmag.com Community Blog Archive Petraeus warns about Quran burning

Pertraus warns, “Images of the burning of a Qur'an would undoubtedly be used by extremists in Afghanistan—and around the world—to inflame public opinion and incite violence.” This comes in response to the plans of Dove World Outreach Center led by Terry Jones to hold a Qur'an burning on the ninth anniversay of 9/11.

I think Pertraus is most certainly correct. Christians can never go the route of repaying evil for evil. Such a conscious act of desecration is unwarranted to those called to be peacemakers. Instead of defiling a book that Muslim hold in high esteem, why not seek another way? Cannot a Christian faithfully testify to that God has spoken to us though Moses and the prophets in the Old Testament, and Christ and the apostles in the New Testament, and what they have offered has been faithfully handed down to us without resorting to violence? We are to be a light to the world. Burning the Qur'an is not the way to go.

God bless

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