tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post4846087594058897963..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: No Korans Burned TodayJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-60551399047060515672010-09-13T18:34:42.342-05:002010-09-13T18:34:42.342-05:00hmmm apparently you're supposed to bury bibles...hmmm apparently you're supposed to bury bibles.... http://www.thelutheran.org/article/article_buy.cfm?article_id=4106<br /><br />Apparently it is the same for the Qu'ran.Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-39881042786336763812010-09-13T18:31:42.560-05:002010-09-13T18:31:42.560-05:00Is the reverie that people treat their holy books ...Is the reverie that people treat their holy books a kind of idolatry?<br /><br />How are Bibles and Qu'rans disposed of when they inevitably can't be used any more?Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-34214294912398544662010-09-13T16:01:54.094-05:002010-09-13T16:01:54.094-05:00People really ought to keep some perspective on th...People really ought to keep some perspective on things, but they don't, and there are a lot of irrational, violent, fanatical,<br />unthinking human animals, with whom one has to deal, and that's where Aristotle's phronesis comes in handy. <br /><br /><br />If your average human animal were as scrupulous, as rational, as thoughtful as Jean is......s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-22180627243195387922010-09-13T13:40:54.485-05:002010-09-13T13:40:54.485-05:00I don't always get what the fuss is about in t...I don't always get what the fuss is about in these cases. Its a book. There are millions of copies of this book. Burning a book isn't a big deal. Its a symbolic protest against a perceived wrong. <br /><br />It sure would make a lot of people upset, but that sort of was the point of the act. <br /><br />I'd bet if I went home today, and burned Jean's book, she wouldn't Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08627147979307495870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-13639160548843128562010-09-12T11:30:51.444-05:002010-09-12T11:30:51.444-05:00I'm in agreement with both Amos & Paul abo...I'm in agreement with both Amos & Paul above. I've read the books you mention Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching & what for me are books of wisdom. Does it all come down to a matter of attitudes? Do we all have to agree?<br />Is there a difference between a flag(of any nation),being burnt and one of the sacred books that are studied and recited & absolutely central to a person's zonalGmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301616319669171967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-44171954618350318792010-09-12T11:29:51.636-05:002010-09-12T11:29:51.636-05:00I'm in agreement with both Amos & Paul abo...I'm in agreement with both Amos & Paul above. I've read the books you mention Dhammapada, Tao Te Ching & what for me are books of wisdom. Does it all come down to a matter of attitudes? Do we all have to agree?<br />Is there a difference between a flag(of any nation),being burnt and one of the sacred books that are studied and recited & absolutely central to a person's zonalGmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11301616319669171967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-7310595293026016352010-09-12T09:16:06.697-05:002010-09-12T09:16:06.697-05:00To echo a sage not reading a bvook is worse than b...To echo a sage not reading a bvook is worse than burning it ! I have read the Koran several times and the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita. They all contain wisdom. I would never burn them.Paulhttp://SHadowofDiogenes.blogs.com/shadow/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-58208056326490338262010-09-11T17:38:25.769-05:002010-09-11T17:38:25.769-05:00Since Aristotelian phronesis seems to be a rare vi...Since Aristotelian phronesis seems to be a rare virtue in this world, I think that it might be prudent to establish, as a general rule, that it's bad to publicly burn books and other people's icons (flags, hosts, holy idols)in general. <br /><br />If people get off on burning icons, then they should do it privately, without publicity.s. wallersteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448905469871566228noreply@blogger.com