Shootings on rise, Leaders must become responsible to defend their congregations...
Finely the fallacy of “Gun Free Zones” which are actually “Free kill Zones, gets some attention from the mainstream media.
Finely the fallacy of “Gun Free Zones” which are actually “Free kill Zones, gets some attention from the mainstream media.
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By de Andréa
As the story of these latest mass shootings on Sunday the 9th of December unfold in the State of Colorado, the danger of these ludicrous gun free zones become blatantly apparent.
Even though there has never been the reality of a gun free zone, the liberal elitists continue their psychobabble as it seems, to legislate a utopia where there are no bad guys, no crazes, no criminals, and no guns. I vaguely remember an elitist back somewhere in my childhood who tried the same thing; I think his name was Adolph Hitler or something like that… how soon we forget.
The church shootings, that have been in the headlines because of the attacks by Matthew Murray, 24, of Englewood, Colo., on two Christian groups, are on the rise across the United States.
The picture is that of Philip Crouse, 24, from Alaska, who was killed by Murray at the Arvada, Colo., base of Youth With A Mission
Murray killed two people at a Youth With A Mission missionary training center in Arvada, Colo., early Sunday morning, then apparently posted some rantings on the Internet, and then drove to the New Life Church in Colorado Springs where he killed two teen age girls. He also wounded half a dozen others before he was confronted by a church member volunteering as a security guard, and was shot. [This was apparently not a gun free zone]
A tabulation of church shootings, or those closely related to a church setting, was done by Gary Cass, chairman of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, and include 10 such attacks over the last four years, including Murray's two attacks.
"The recent tragic events in Colorado underscore the fact that anti-Christian hostility is reaching a new, more violent level," Cass said. "Churches used to be sanctuaries that were regarded as sacred, now all church leaders must be prepared to effectively defend themselves and use deadly force if necessary to protect their congregations from violent acts."
He said a brief search found the following shootings, before the recent attacks in Colorado
:
August 12, 2007: A lone gunman, Eiken Elam Saimon, opened fire in a Missouri Micronesian church, killing a pastor and two other churchgoers.
May 20, 2007: A standoff between police and a suspect in the shootings of three people in a Moscow, Idaho, Presbyterian Church ended with three dead, including one police officer.
Although not at a church building, the Oct. 2, 2006, attack in Lancaster County, Pa., by a gunman who killed five girls and then himself at an Amish school targeted a religious site.
May 21, 2006: Louisiana. Four were killed by a man at Jesus Christ Church.
Feb. 26, 2006: Michigan. A man who reportedly went to the church looking for his girlfriend killed two people at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church. He later killed himself.
April 9, 2005: A 27-year-old airman died after being shot at a church in College Park, Ga., where he had once worked as a security guard.
March 12, 2005: A man walked into the services of the Living Church of God in Milwaukee and open fired immediately, killing seven people.
Oct. 5, 2003: A woman opened fire in Turner Monumental AME church in Kirkwood, east of Atlanta, killing the pastor and two others.
Sept. 16, 1999: Seven young people were killed when a man opened fire during a prayer service for teen-agers at the Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Self-defense is not just a right, but a Christian duty. Jesus told his followers, 'if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one,'" said Cass. "Christians are not to be a soft target for the hateful and deranged. Church leaders have a duty not to allow a crazed gunman to come and shoot up their congregation. Thank God for Jeanne Assam and for New Life Church's security preparations."
Weeks before Murray armed himself with enough weaponry and ammunition to kill hundreds and staged the two attacks, he apparently boasted in an e-mail that he had discovered and practiced the teachings of controversial British occultist Aleister Crowley, called during his lifetime "the wickedest man in the world."
Murray is believed to have been the gunman who shot and killed Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 24, at the Youth With A Mission campus in Arvada, Colo., early last Sunday morning. Then, about 12 hours later, Murray died when confronted by armed security officer Jeanne Assam at New Life Church after he shot and killed sisters Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachael Works, 16, in the church parking lot. Half a dozen others were wounded i
n his attacks.
The picture is of Tiffany Johnson, 26, of Minnesota, was one of two Youth With A Mission staff members shot and killed by an attacker in Arvada, Colo.
Murray apparently wrote on several websites which said, "You Christians brought this on yourselves … All I want to do is kill and injure as many of you ... as I can especially Christians who are to blame for most of the problems in the world."
"It is a sad reality of our times, but Christians must take up arms to protect themselves at church," said Cass. He cited the postings by Murray, including the following:
"I'm coming for EVERYONE soon and I WILL be armed to the @#%$ teeth and I WILL shoot to kill. …," a statement also attributed to Murray's Internet postings.
"Mathew Murray was obviously a very troubled young man, but unfortunately he is not the only one," Cass said.
THE BOTTOM LINE: As I have said so many times before, one of the aspects of the philosophies of freedom given to us by our creator, is personal responsibility as opposed to the dependency that the godless politically correct elites in our so-called leadership want to establish. They would like us to believe that they are capable of rolling back the clock to the 14th century, before the invention of the hand held gun. This by the way is the only way one could possibly rid society of these dangerous weapons. However, since even the most powerful of the liberal elites do not have that capability, then the only thing left to do is to attempt to incarcerate anyone possessing a gun until all citizens recognize their proper place in society and that is to be subjected to, and dependent on, the liberal elites. But one must remember that this is not freedom; this is a “Police State”…
de Andréa
By de Andréa
As the story of these latest mass shootings on Sunday the 9th of December unfold in the State of Colorado, the danger of these ludicrous gun free zones become blatantly apparent.
Even though there has never been the reality of a gun free zone, the liberal elitists continue their psychobabble as it seems, to legislate a utopia where there are no bad guys, no crazes, no criminals, and no guns. I vaguely remember an elitist back somewhere in my childhood who tried the same thing; I think his name was Adolph Hitler or something like that… how soon we forget.
The church shootings, that have been in the headlines because of the attacks by Matthew Murray, 24, of Englewood, Colo., on two Christian groups, are on the rise across the United States.
The picture is that of Philip Crouse, 24, from Alaska, who was killed by Murray at the Arvada, Colo., base of Youth With A Mission
Murray killed two people at a Youth With A Mission missionary training center in Arvada, Colo., early Sunday morning, then apparently posted some rantings on the Internet, and then drove to the New Life Church in Colorado Springs where he killed two teen age girls. He also wounded half a dozen others before he was confronted by a church member volunteering as a security guard, and was shot. [This was apparently not a gun free zone]
A tabulation of church shootings, or those closely related to a church setting, was done by Gary Cass, chairman of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission, and include 10 such attacks over the last four years, including Murray's two attacks.
"The recent tragic events in Colorado underscore the fact that anti-Christian hostility is reaching a new, more violent level," Cass said. "Churches used to be sanctuaries that were regarded as sacred, now all church leaders must be prepared to effectively defend themselves and use deadly force if necessary to protect their congregations from violent acts."
He said a brief search found the following shootings, before the recent attacks in Colorado
:
August 12, 2007: A lone gunman, Eiken Elam Saimon, opened fire in a Missouri Micronesian church, killing a pastor and two other churchgoers.
May 20, 2007: A standoff between police and a suspect in the shootings of three people in a Moscow, Idaho, Presbyterian Church ended with three dead, including one police officer.
Although not at a church building, the Oct. 2, 2006, attack in Lancaster County, Pa., by a gunman who killed five girls and then himself at an Amish school targeted a religious site.
May 21, 2006: Louisiana. Four were killed by a man at Jesus Christ Church.
Feb. 26, 2006: Michigan. A man who reportedly went to the church looking for his girlfriend killed two people at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church. He later killed himself.
April 9, 2005: A 27-year-old airman died after being shot at a church in College Park, Ga., where he had once worked as a security guard.
March 12, 2005: A man walked into the services of the Living Church of God in Milwaukee and open fired immediately, killing seven people.
Oct. 5, 2003: A woman opened fire in Turner Monumental AME church in Kirkwood, east of Atlanta, killing the pastor and two others.
Sept. 16, 1999: Seven young people were killed when a man opened fire during a prayer service for teen-agers at the Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
"Self-defense is not just a right, but a Christian duty. Jesus told his followers, 'if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one,'" said Cass. "Christians are not to be a soft target for the hateful and deranged. Church leaders have a duty not to allow a crazed gunman to come and shoot up their congregation. Thank God for Jeanne Assam and for New Life Church's security preparations."
Weeks before Murray armed himself with enough weaponry and ammunition to kill hundreds and staged the two attacks, he apparently boasted in an e-mail that he had discovered and practiced the teachings of controversial British occultist Aleister Crowley, called during his lifetime "the wickedest man in the world."
Murray is believed to have been the gunman who shot and killed Tiffany Johnson, 26, and Philip Crouse, 24, at the Youth With A Mission campus in Arvada, Colo., early last Sunday morning. Then, about 12 hours later, Murray died when confronted by armed security officer Jeanne Assam at New Life Church after he shot and killed sisters Stephanie Works, 18, and Rachael Works, 16, in the church parking lot. Half a dozen others were wounded i
n his attacks.The picture is of Tiffany Johnson, 26, of Minnesota, was one of two Youth With A Mission staff members shot and killed by an attacker in Arvada, Colo.
Murray apparently wrote on several websites which said, "You Christians brought this on yourselves … All I want to do is kill and injure as many of you ... as I can especially Christians who are to blame for most of the problems in the world."
"It is a sad reality of our times, but Christians must take up arms to protect themselves at church," said Cass. He cited the postings by Murray, including the following:
"I'm coming for EVERYONE soon and I WILL be armed to the @#%$ teeth and I WILL shoot to kill. …," a statement also attributed to Murray's Internet postings.
"Mathew Murray was obviously a very troubled young man, but unfortunately he is not the only one," Cass said.
THE BOTTOM LINE: As I have said so many times before, one of the aspects of the philosophies of freedom given to us by our creator, is personal responsibility as opposed to the dependency that the godless politically correct elites in our so-called leadership want to establish. They would like us to believe that they are capable of rolling back the clock to the 14th century, before the invention of the hand held gun. This by the way is the only way one could possibly rid society of these dangerous weapons. However, since even the most powerful of the liberal elites do not have that capability, then the only thing left to do is to attempt to incarcerate anyone possessing a gun until all citizens recognize their proper place in society and that is to be subjected to, and dependent on, the liberal elites. But one must remember that this is not freedom; this is a “Police State”…
de Andréa
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:20:29 -0800From: Glory2Jesus@ArmyofGod.comTo: writedeandrea@hotmail.comSubject: [The Bottom Line]
New comment on Church shootings.Rev. Don Spitz has left a new comment on your post "Church shootings":
Jeanne Assam of New Life Church in Colorado Springs is currently hailed as a hero by most Christians because she shot the gunman that was on his way into the church to murder more people. This is correct, but consider, she is no different than Paul Hill who stopped a babykilling abortionist from murdering more people by shooting him. Paul Hill is condemned and was put to death for the same thing. Posted by Rev. Don Spitz to The Bottom Line at 3:20 PM
Response by de Andeae
It is good to hear from you Pastor Don.
Ms. Assam should not be hailed as a hero, but should be commended for risking her life for others. While I can agree that sometimes there can be a fine line between murdering someone and taking someone's life to save others as in the case of Paul Hill, to kill in the act of self-defense or the defense of other innocent people without premeditation is not murder. Paul Hill committed premeditated murder even though it could be said that it was certainly in defense of innocence.
As you must know the original Hebrew word in the commandment "thou shalt not kill", is actually murder, not kill, so there is a time that to kill can be justified.
Jesus, because of the perceived danger, told His disciples In the book of Luke Chapter 22 vs. 36b to arm themselves with the gun of the day, a sword, and if they did not have one to sell their garment an buy one. this was for their own responsibility of self-defense.
May I respectfully correct you:
To allow ones person or ones family to be vulnerable to death, in the face of danger is irresponsible. God does not intend for his children to be victims of the sin of others.
May God, our Father, bless you as we celebrate the birth of his Son Jesus Christ.
With love, de Andréa
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Jeanne Assam of New Life Church in Colorado Springs is currently hailed as a hero by most Christians because she shot the gunman that was on his way into the church to murder more people. This is correct, but consider, she is no different than Paul Hill who stopped a babykilling abortionist from murdering more people by shooting him.
Paul Hill is condemned and was put to death for the same thing.
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