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Community => Religion and Philosophy => Topic started by: ironbite on July 29, 2012, 09:55:21 am
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Or so says Rev. Dwight Longenecker (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/28/rev-dwight-longenecker-james-holmes-possessed-by-demon_n_1712452.html?ref=topbar)
(RNS) A Catholic priest has suggested that Satan may have driven accused killer James Holmes to open fire at a Colorado cinema, continuing the religious debate over a shooting that claimed 12 lives and wounded 58 more.
"Was he demon possessed? Maybe. It happens," the Rev. Dwight Longenecker wrote at the Patheos website, where the Catholic priest from Greenville, S.C., is a columnist.
Religious leaders and public figures have sparked some of the most heated discussions in the wake of the tragedy as they have offered various explanations for the violent outburst and spiritual guidance for dealing with it.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a onetime Baptist minister, blamed the nation's "sin problem" for the crime. He echoed the views of Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, that the shooting happened because public prayer is not allowed at public schools and so Americans have lost the "protective hand" of God.
Heh...hehe....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
How stupid and conceited and retarded can you be? That is the dumbest thing ever. It's like these people can't face a reality where their almighty sky dad isn't around to help them.
Ironbite-it boggles my mind that these people have any form of power.
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Or so says Rev. Dwight Longenecker (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/28/rev-dwight-longenecker-james-holmes-possessed-by-demon_n_1712452.html?ref=topbar)
(RNS) A Catholic priest has suggested that Satan may have driven accused killer James Holmes to open fire at a Colorado cinema, continuing the religious debate over a shooting that claimed 12 lives and wounded 58 more.
"Was he demon possessed? Maybe. It happens," the Rev. Dwight Longenecker wrote at the Patheos website, where the Catholic priest from Greenville, S.C., is a columnist.
Religious leaders and public figures have sparked some of the most heated discussions in the wake of the tragedy as they have offered various explanations for the violent outburst and spiritual guidance for dealing with it.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a onetime Baptist minister, blamed the nation's "sin problem" for the crime. He echoed the views of Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, that the shooting happened because public prayer is not allowed at public schools and so Americans have lost the "protective hand" of God.
Heh...hehe....AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
How stupid and conceited and retarded can you be? That is the dumbest thing ever. It's like these people can't face a reality where their almighty sky dad isn't around to help them.
Ironbite-it boggles my mind that these people have any form of power.
Yo dawg, we heard you like quotes, so we put a quote in your quote, so you could quote me while you quote someone else quoting yourself
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So. the implication being that Satan has more power to cause it than God has to prevent it?
Or let's not forget the lesson learned in the book of Job. Satan can do nothing without God's permission.
Either way, awesome God you got there, Rev.
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So. the implication being that Satan has more power to cause it than God has to prevent it?
But you see, God cannot interfere because of free will for vague reasons that I will not expand upon, much less justify.
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Well, I'm highly offended by this statement. Up until now, I always thought that "God moves in mysterious ways" was the standard excuse for shit like this. Why'd he have to go and completely fuck up any sense of consistency? If I were a Christian, it would seriously ruin my immersion.
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So. the implication being that Satan has more power to cause it than God has to prevent it?
But you see, God cannot interfere because of free will for vague reasons that I will not expand upon, much less justify.
So then it goes to the point of God giving permission since Satan cannot act without God's permission (according to the BoJ.) Blanket permission to fuck with humanity, you say? Excuses, excuses.
Last one off the circular logic ride turn off the lights.
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I misread the title as "Demons are responsible for Aurora"
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So. the implication being that Satan has more power to cause it than God has to prevent it?
But you see, God cannot interfere because of free will for vague reasons that I will not expand upon, much less justify.
So then it goes to the point of God giving permission since Satan cannot act without God's permission (according to the BoJ.) Blanket permission to fuck with humanity, you say? Excuses, excuses.
Last one off the circular logic ride turn off the lights.
God is testing us, of course. What good is free will if you can't test it? And then torture everyone for eternity for making the wrong choices? That's no fun.
Well, I'm highly offended by this statement. Up until now, I always thought that "God moves in mysterious ways" was the standard excuse for shit like this. Why'd he have to go and completely fuck up any sense of consistency? If I were a Christian, it would seriously ruin my immersion.
This calls for a good old-fashioned schism! Burn in hell, apostate.
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My immediate thought to this dude?
As I posted on Facebook:
I have an idea, Reverend Longenecker. How about you STOP TRYING TO BLAME EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE for what this fuckwad shooter did?! Whose at fault? JAMES GODDAMN HOLMES! Not gun control laws! Not a so-called "decline" in Christian values! Not your overheated, red-skinned boogeyman!