April 4, 2011--"That Actually Burned Quite Well"

Thus spake Pastor Terry Jones as he watched a copy of the Koran he set on fire go up in smoke.

When asked if he felt responsible for the riots that ensued in Afghanistan during which dozens were killed and wounded, including seven UN workers, in spite of the mob leaders saying they were acting in reponse to the burning of their holy book, Jones, though quoted as "devestated" by the news, said, "We don't feel responsible for that."

I hesitate to give this lunatic more publicity, which I assume is what he's about since his church in Gainesville, Florida, the Dove World Outreach Center, has just 50 members and he could use the money. Sorry, the parishioners. But the only way to stamp out this kind of crazed bigotry is to expose it to the light of day and show how delusional and depraved he and his thankfully scant followers are.

Speaking of depraved, allow me to describe the process he instituted two weeks ago to come to the decision to burn the Koran; remembering, of course, that he is the one who had plans last September 11th to memorialize the attack on America by burning 1,000 Korans on a day he dubbed International Burn a Koran Day.

Since, he claimed, the religion of Islam has not been held accountable for the 9/11 deaths much less all the other crimes this "evil" religion has promulgated, he and some of his followers held a "trial" of the Koran itself, yes, in which he set himself up in a chair on the pulpit of his church as the "judge" while the Koran was "prosecuted" by a Christian who had converted from Islam while it was "defended" by an imam from Dallas. Twelve members of the church served as the "jury."

I know you are wondering about the outcome and so I will keep you in suspense no longer--the "verdict": guilty as charged!

The Koran was "convicted" on "five counts," among them--"crimes against humanity," including the sponsorship of terrorist acts and "the death, rape, and torture of people worldwide whose only crime is not being of the Islamic faith."

If you think that this bit of lunacy exhausts the extent of Jones' mad creativity, you need to learn about how the "sentence" was determined.

The "trial" was videotaped and then seen by a thousand or so who watched it on line. These viewers were polled, given four choices, I am sure not including "none of the above"--

(1) Shredding

(2) Drowning

(3) Facing a firing squad (the pastor or the Koran?)

(4) Burning

Following Nazi precedent, burning won.

Again following that tradition, there was no appeals process and so the "sentence" was carried out expeditiously.

A pastor, Wayne Sapp (no puns please), drenched a copy of the Koran in kerosene and ignited it with a plastic cigarette lighter.

You can witness the "trail" and "sentence" yourself by clicking on the linked Webpage from the Dove World Outreach Center. While visiting the site, you will also be able to purchace T-shirts ($16 each), caps ($12), and coffee mugs ($16 plus shipping and handling), all embossed with "Islam Is of the Devil."

And on the video, you can hear self-ordained pastor Terry Jones say, "That actually burned quite well."

As it burns quite, he fails to say, in the place where he and his flock are sure, eternally, to reside.

One thing he and he other crazies forgot is that there is a another Judgement waiting. The one called The Last.