Fla. pastor: Burning Quran is 'direction God wants us to go'
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By Larry Copeland, USA TODAY
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — An associate pastor of the Dove World Outreach Center, which is moving ahead with plans to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on Saturday, said he doubts assertions that burning the Quran will endanger American troops.
"We don't believe it," said Wayne Sapp, 41, who has been a member of the church for 17 years. "The troops knew the dangers before they went over there. They knew the radical element of Islam is there. This is nothing new."
Sapp said the church, headed by Terry Jones, is "still in prayer over the whole thing."
"We are convinced this is the direction God wants us to go," Sapp said. "That's the only reason we're doing it in the first place."
He said the church could still decide not to burn Qurans on Saturday.
if he does this it will be he stupidest thing he could do
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