To the editor:

I have a great idea about how to respond to the anti-Muslim, Koran-burning threat lobbed by Pastor Terry Jones of Florida.

This fringe character, leader of a huge congregation of around 50 people, has captured the attention of not only the international news media, but the U.S. State Department, President Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder, General Petraeus, embassies, governments and religious leaders from around the world. This is a very powerful man, indeed.

We could gather together a handful of free thinkers, say 50 or so, and stage a burning of Korans, Bibles and Torahs to protest ALL the Abrahamic religions. Perhaps their pernicious belief in One God, a male god who plays favorites, metes out violent punishments and promises dubious rewards in a fictional Heaven — perhaps these beliefs are the true malignancy and cause of all our suffering. Maybe, if we just burn those pesky books, all the evil in the world will go away, and our better natures might get a little attention from the media.

As for my own little-publicized, minority belief system, Buddhism says it best: All things are interdependent; therefore, work towards self-mastery, wisdom, compassion and the highest good of all life.

Heidi Hoelting

Clinton