7/12    Cedar Rapids fire department blocks plan for Church book burning.
        http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/12/no.book.burning.ap
        Ah shucks.  First they take away our book burnings, then they'll
        take away cross burnings, and then who knows what next?
        \_ Maybe they'll take away your right to yell "FIRE!" in a crowded
           theatre!  Where has my America gone?  Oh, woe!
        \_ "Breedlove said a city fire inspector suggested shredding the
            offending material, but Breedlove said that wouldn't seem
            biblical. 'I joked with the guy that St. Paul never had to
            worry about fire codes,' Breedlove said."  I don't seem to
            remember book burning in the Bible.  Let alone in Acts, can
            anyone site a scripture? -jrleek
                   \- mr. leek: i assumed that was a reference to
                      RAV v. St. Paul. although i was surprised that
                      the chuch person would know the case ... maybe it
                      was more memorable in the midwest. ok tnx. --psb
            \_ I thought book burning was more of a Hitler-style thing than
               a Jesus Christ Superstar thing.
               \_ Consider that before the printing press was invented and
                  common, books were made by hand and were illustrated works
                  of art, not the commonly available throw away paper backs
                  we have today.  Book burning would have been insanely
                  expensive, hard to get enough in one place anyway, and since
                  most people were illiterate, simply stupid and silly.
            \_ [2 Peter 3:10] But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in
               the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great
               noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
               also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.