Comments on: Of Violence And Two Young Men

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:36:58 +0000

On the same day, in Iraq, over 100 people died in a terrorist attack. We don’t know their names or the names of their attackers, but we know that such things will happen again. Where is our outrage? [That's rhetorical. Perhaps a good answer would be, 'It's been numbed by too much news.']
The Colorado pastor quoted on MSNBC.COM says, ‘People ask my “Why?”, and I don’t know.’
There is an answer, a simple and clear one that covers Colorado, Iraq, N. Ireland, Malawi … But it isn’t a popular one because it’s found in the Bible.
Jehovah’s Witnesses will be coming to your doors today, as always, so you have a chance to ask us “Why?” I know some of you are hesitant to be seen talking to us, so you can go here:
http://watchtower.org/e/20070915/article_01.htm
It’s from a magazine article of Watchtower September 15, 2008, but you may find it timely.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 19:09:54 +0000

Thankfully, we all no more Andrews than we do James, precisely because there are more young people interested in doing good for many causes than there are for doing wrong. Unfortunately, many of us would rather focus on the bad news than the good news, and that includes the real GOOD NEWS.
Andrew should never be merely remembered for opposing abortion, but by his deep commitment that carried him in his effort. I am sure that his family and friends are missing much about him that we will never even know.
As followers of the risen Christ, we must know that death cannot be a triumph in any form, as we are alive in the resurrection. This does not mean there is no loss, nor sadness. The pain that his family and the families in Aurora feel in great and seems unending at this point. How we bring the resurrection into tragedy is always a ministerial challenge, using piety and reality, but always moving towards hope.
May God bless fully the families of Andrew and the people in Aurora. May they know his love at these moments of hurt and pain, and may we pray for the victims and the families, while making sure that we also love fully our own families and friends.
And we commit our thoughts on James to God, who alone can help us to not get lost in hatred when His Love is needed. We must pray for his family as well as Andrews, for they, too, have suffered a great loss. And we must pray for Law Enforcement and the first responders, as well as the Judicial system who know moves forward on what to do next.
We must pray that they set aside consideration of the Death Penalty, for evil can never undo evil, and life in not only precious when we like someone or find them appealing, but we are commanded to love our enemies, and pray for those who wish us harm.
Maybe this is where the Juxtaposition forms into the Cross of Christ, for we need to pray for James and for Andrew, and love them both with the heart of Christ.
May our love pour out onto a hurting world in need of our healing.

By: TheInformer

TheInformer — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 16:19:26 +0000

Ugh…..didn’t have to wait long for this ridiculous sentiment!

wow…..sagacious!

By: Shawn

Shawn — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 02:32:15 +0000

He is still human, no matter how grave or how many sins he has. Remember we are all sinners.

By: zeke440

zeke440 — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:55:29 +0000

Get off your “Look what we did to the indigenous population” crap… Where did that indigenous population come from ???? across the straights… fleeing injustices of the Euro-Asian WARS and Conquests… What happened to Gaul? and What did the Romans do to all the other indigenous peoples of the Europe and North Africa (then the Known World)?? The world is a CRAZY PLACE by your definition!… Plato once said the only people that will not know future wars are the soldiers that have already died… seems to me Plato out dates your pronouncements on violence… Greed and Violence is practiced all over the world… NOT just in the USA… Please get your FACTS straight… historically speaking you seem to ignore that GREED and VIOLENCE were topics in the “OLD TESTAMENT” again sort of “pre-dating” your assement of the good ole USA… It seems seeing your arguement is so OLD that you may not really know what it is your calling for… Could it your adjenda is ANTI-American…?… Afterall you have ignored the HISTORY OF THE WORLD to lable AMERICA as a Violent and Greedy Nation… Why not just PRAY and call for others to help you.

By: TheInformer

TheInformer — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:31:44 +0000

Sorry Oscar, the murderous vermin in Colorado was NOT A MAN!

Please speak/write clearly or keep it quiet.

By: amy r

amy r — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 21:56:41 +0000

I thought about this too – the strange connection between these two young men…because in fact, Andrew Moore walked through Colorado just a few weeks ago (he was on the Central route of Crossroads, which at least in previous years has gone through Colorado). I didn’t meet any of the Crossroads walkers this year, but have met and known several over the years, including my own son, who walked in 2005.

It all seems like such senseless tragedy…yet even so, our lives are in HIS hands.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 20:52:03 +0000

An event such as this makes one wonder how it could have been stopped. What were the catalysts for these killings? But then it all comes down to the fact that God gives people the ability to choose between good and evil. I will keep Andrew in my prayers!

By: Georgia Hedrick

Georgia Hedrick — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 17:59:16 +0000

This nation is a violent nation, was always a violent nation, and I fear will always be a violent nation. Look at what this nation did to the indigenous population and how we are a nation pocketed them on Reservations. We were built on greed and violence. Guns are an obcession. We love killing–seeing it, knowing about it, even being part of it.

We abort babies because we can, because it is legal, because we play mind games with the nation, via words. It totally shocks me–the complete stupidity of saying: ‘oh, it’s not human up to 5 months…so you can abort it if you want to.’ Where is the logic in that? It lives, it grows, it has being within a woman, so why isn’t it human? This is a crazy nation.

No other nation sees pregnancy as some sort of disease–only this nation. Pregnancy is only ‘okay’ if the woman wants the new arrival.

Anyone who says “this is the greatest nation in the world” doesn’t know its history. We are not great; we are greedy and violent. gh

Part of our problem is our other obcession: sex. We gotta ‘do it’ or allow it, instead of controlling the urge.