Did religion drive Cho Seung-Hui to kill 32 people?

Question

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070417/virginia-tech-shooting

Has religion driven yet another nut case over the edge?

Answer 1

It would appear to have been a contributing factor.

Answer 2

The majority of middle school/junior high students would be guilty. You wouldn't be able to just arrest bullies after a serious tragedy, but rather all bullies would need to be arrested before that tragedy occurs. That said, most kids between the ages of 11 and 15 would be guilty. These are the most difficult years for most people; the chemical and hormonal changes within their bodies are to blame. Whether it be the really tall guy or the short one; the fat guy or the skinny one; the flat chested girl or the "early bloomer;" the kid with acne, or the one with braces. Not to mention how much of a role the opposite sex begins to play during this stage of development. The point is, kids do not quite know who they are during this time, and they desperately want to fit in somewhere. I can remember how in elementary school there were no noticeable cliques, but once middle school began, everyone started to divide up and everyone became quick to point out the differences about each other. No one was "bully free." Everyone said something degrading, if only once, to someone else, and it can only take one comment to start a person to break away from society. This being the case, as I see it anyway, it would be impossible to arrest those who bullied the monster of Virginia Tech, because it would set a precedent which in turn would lead to our prisons being more overly populated than they already are today.

Answer 3

Much as I dislike and distrust religion (and I am not above using such instances to make a point) I do not believe that religion pushed Seung-Hui over the edge.

I think he was a very troubled invidual and probably would of done what he did regardless.

Answer 4

I think he might have had some ridicule in his life and he might not have ever been taught how to effectively deal with it. Everyone at some point has to deal with people who dislike them or make fun at them for some superficial reason. There are many who learn/taught how to just brush it off and as we get older we realize that it is normally the ignorance of the young. There are some who just hold on to hate and resentment and when they start getting a little older people still back away from them. They believe it is because the world is bad not their nasty attitudes and they go off and pay them all back.

That's just how I see it anyway.

Answer 5

Do you really care or is this another perverted attack on those
who honestly believe in and love God?

If you read the papers or watched the online video news reports you would already know that it was because of his medication, inward stress and hatred of rich kids. His own teachers acknowledged and recommended psychiatric help for him which he rejected, and a psychoanalyist said that the writings he left behind clearly showed a distressed individual who should have sought out counsel.

Answer 6

I did not get that out of the article,

It looks like sex, rage and mental instability drove the kid over the edge.

It does not even say what religion he is.

Saying Religion caused this, is at best, a long, long, long reach into a huge stack of hay trying to find a minute pin.

God Bless!

Answer 7

A law enforcement official described it Tuesday as a typed, eight-page rant against rich kids and religion. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

"You caused me to do this," the official quoted the note as saying.

Cho indicated in his letter that the end was near and that there was a deed to be done, the official said. He also expressed disappointment in his own religion, and made several references to Christianity, the official said.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070418/ap_on_re_us/virginia_tech_shooting

Conclusion:
His actions were not due to his religion.

Answer 8

He raged against religion and rich kids. He was a loner. We may never know the reason. However, to kill always takes a demonic and evil spirit within the person. This young man was possessed with evil.

Answer 9

Who knows what drove Cho to comit this horrendous act, The faculty of VT was partly responsible for not seeing how troubled he was. He was jealous of the more affluent students,he was a loner who rarely spoke tothe other students. That alone would not dub him a "crazy" So, its useless to play the blame [e-mail]

Answer 10

He was a disturbed human being. I think, if anything, his dislike for religion was a factor in his actions.
There was evidence of religion in his writing.
"Cho — who arrived in the United States as boy from South Korea in 1992 and was raised in suburban Washington, D.C., where his parents worked at a dry cleaners — left a note that was found after the bloodbath.
A law enforcement official described it Tuesday as a typed, eight-page rant against rich kids and religion. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media."
Do some reading, people!

Answer 11

Did I miss something in that article? I didn't read anything about religion.
Did those Columbine boys say it was religion that made them kill?
I'm kind of confused here.
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