We need to keep in mind that the shooter’s religious affiliation hasn’t yet been disclosed.
If you remember the New Life Colorado Church was in the news some time ago. Ted Haggard, the pastor, was forced to step down after admitting to sexual immorality and purchasing of methamphetamines from a homosexual escort. There's one think I know about members of church congregations, nothing makes them angrier than drugs, sexual immorality, deception and the misallocation of funds. It's unfortunate but in the US, in the case of church shootings and church violence, the offender is often a frustrated member of the congregation itself or an enraged self-proclaimed Christian.
Don’t misunderstand me, if it was done out of spite or an innate hatred for Christianity as a whole, I think they deserve death penalty. Period. No question. That’s unacceptable malicious bigotry. But I also think we need to consider that it might NOT be an act of religious persecution.
What do you think?
2007-12-10
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