A random thought...

With all the hubbub that was raised with the proposed Quran burning in Gainesville, I wonder why everyone reacted the way they did exactly. Not to say that they shouldn't have, because the whole thing was just wrong. But I wonder what their motives for their reactions were.

Did everyone react the way they did because they felt like the pastor was a bad example of a Christian? Was it out of fear that non-believers would say, "Christians are bad. Look at that dude who wanted to burn the Quran. What kind of Christian would do such a thing?" Was it because they felt like the world would view Christians as bad, immoral people and use that as an example to prove their point?

I know one of the top generals for the US military pleaded with the pastor not to go through with it because he thought doing so would elevate violence in the region and would put more soldiers at risk. I wonder if a lot of people were so different in their thinking. Not so much that we would be put in situations where we would need to worry about more insurgent attacks or IEDs... but worry that we would be "attacked" for the actions of a misguided pastor.

Or did everyone react the way they did because they felt like the pastor was reflecting Christ poorly? Did everyone react the way they did because those actions do not show the love of Christ?

Thoughts anyone?