Burning Books

This burning of the Koran thing has me burning. The idea of burning any book is such an awful thought to me I can't even go there. I have trouble throwing away an old paperback that I really didn't like, just because I think of the work it took to write it. My son and sister are writers and I see the blood, sweat and tears that go into writing books and I have great admiration for anyone that does that. The Koran is a book of divine guidance revealed from Allah to Mohammad over 23 years. This is Muslim Holy Scripture, so it is very sacred to them. So I find the idea of the Reverend guy who is going to burn it in VERY BAD TASTE AND A VERY STUPID THING TO DO! Having said that, I think of what happens in country's all over the world, some that aren't free, where the citizens would probably be jailed for burning their holy scripture, yet it is OK to burn our flag and no one seems to get all that upset about it. I remember during the Vietnam War when people here were burning our own flag. I was taught that you didn't even drop a flag on the ground because of the respect we owed it. I think if someone today burned our Bible no one would make that big a deal about it. I'm just saying it isn't right either way, but no one seems to care about America's symbols. I've looked up some things about the Koran and it seems like beautiful scripture. I have a necklace with an ancient Hebrew word "psala" written on it, which means 'to pause'. I love my own scripture which says "...if there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy we seek after these things". It seems like we should take time 'to pause', and 'seek after good things'.

I am grateful I live in a country where we have the freedom to worship and or say what we think. (Even if it is in disgracefully bad taste). As my husband, our friends and I leave to travel across this beautiful land these next couple of days I will remember that this is the greatest nation and I am blessed to be born here and a citizen of this Country.