What if the VA shooter was Christian?

Question

first of all, i would like to offer my condolences to all.....

i've read a lot of questions that stated that the VA shooter was a muslim because he had some tattoo on his hand. Now alot of simple minded folks are calling it a terrorist act by an Islamic fundamentalist.
My question is what if he was Christian? does that make him a Christian terrorist? or just a sick deluded man?

im not trying to offend anyone... im just sick and tired of some people trying to blame Islam whenever something bad happens.

Answer 1

I agree with you on this. Although I'm a Christian, I've met a lot of Muslims who are kind and generous and are extremely peaceful.

Hitler may have claimed to be "Christian" but he did not live or act out his faith. The same goes for anyone who would kill like this.

There are some people who may state that they are Christians, but really are clueless about it. Kind of like a person who accepts an invitation to a party but never shows up because they forget to read the directions.

Answer 2

Well, when I heard about the VA shootings, I thought Sick Deluded Man, not Islamic fundamentalist. Although people have done some very sick things in the name of Christianity, I don't believe the words Christian and terrorist go together. True Christ followers follow Christ and not the hatred of the world.

Answer 3

I'd say he has no religious affiliation. Probably more in the line of atheist/agnostic. What he did does not line up with any Christian teaching. You can probably throw in many of the other religions too. Now when a person is tormented as he was, hopeless and wanting to harm others, it's totally contrary to a Christian life no matter what he called himself. Having no belief in God would give justification to do what he did. The thought that there is no judgment applies, so in his mind, whatever is done is done. Do whatever feels good at the moment.

Or as Paul put it referring to the resurrection.

Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!

Answer 4

Let's observe our thoughts here a bit. Do we find in relation to this tragedy just the tiniest desire to be able to use his religion to prove an egoistic religious point? If so, we must retire to pray and seek to be purified of the ego that would wield such a terrible event for any purpose whatsoever. We must notice that such a desire puts us on the very same level with the gunman himself, and the only positive spin we can put on that is the chance we'll develope more compassion for such as him. I have very little hope many here are capable of making this observation, so I am making it for you. You know who you are.

Answer 5

Cho Seung does appear to be a Muslim, but your question misses the issue.

The issue is not what religious affiliation he was born with or losely identifies with...the issue is WHAT WAS HIS MOTIVE AND WHAT BELIEFS DID HE HARBOR JUST BEFORE THE KILLING.

If he was a DEVOUT Christian, at the time, then surely we would be left to look at the relationship there. But not all currently held beliefs impact our behavior anyway. So we want to know WHAT BELIEFS INFLUENCED HIS BEHAVIOR? If Cho believed in Nazism or Jihad, then yes, we could see a strong chance that those beliefs impacted his behavior.

Answer 6

I have not seen anything that referred to a religious belief. He was from South Korea and was a total and complete loner. He wrote disturbing material (violent, attacking women, professors, sexual assaults). I think he was mentally ill, some type of personality disorder. He was on medication for depression. Maybe it had an adverse effect.

Answer 7

Whatever his so-called religious affiliation, he was a sick, evil person, and not indicative of any reasonable religion.

I do hope that you are not using this tragedy to support some foolish, insensitive hypothetical question to further some childish agenda.

Answer 8

It is unlikely that religion had anything to do with this tragedy.

From the reports I've seen, he was a very disturbed and damaged young man.

Speculating on his religious beliefs is, to say the least, unhelpful to those who are trying to come to grips with this horrifying event.

Answer 9

A Professor Ismail who lectures on college campuses on US foreign policy, does not like President Bush, and specifically is critical of Bush naming certain countries (including Korea) as the "axis of evil".

It could be something else.

Answer 10

where did you read or hear that he was Muslim. This has not been on the major news shows.

Besides tattoos are against Islam.