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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:18 AM Original message |
Killer of Amish Children Was "Deeply Christian" |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Why is it that the first words... |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Funny how "Deeply Christian" and "Deeply Disturbed" go together so well |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. indeed |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. I'm just glad I seen the light and am non-religous now |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Oh for fuck's sake... |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
69. Deeply Republican too. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
76. the amish are deeply devout |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
98. Idiotic. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. It's ironic that few on this board |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I haven't seen anyone defending fundamentalism of either religion?? |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. me either |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #21 |
50. When was the last time |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Oh come on..... you are grasping. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
92. Hey, i've got a new one. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
77. You are right. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
74. Actually, I've seen people here defending creationists and other |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:06 AM Response to Reply #74 |
83. But that's the problem - you can BE deeply Christian without |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. I never do. I never say "all Christians" or even "Christians" |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. I'm sorry - I wasn't necessarily meaning "you" in specific, but |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #83 |
99. Thank you! "Deeply" is not the word to use! |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. EXTREME Fundamentalism in any "religion" or philosophy... |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. Total surrender of reason and logic =fundamentalism |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:12 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. Yes... |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #43 |
60. I meant Christians should denounce fundy Christians... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
71. You're making a positive requirement of people |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-04-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #71 |
100. It's just the way it works |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Not by the same people |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
31. Deeply christian does not necessarily mean fundie. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
70. Nope. I've wondered both those things repeatedly. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #9 |
80. Nonsense |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
91. Hell, I think Fundamentalist ANYTHING makes you violent |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. In that area, I can certainly understand it. For the most part, |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. So is saying he was deeply religious any more significant |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #23 |
34. The news keeps repeating over and over that the |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Zealotry of any sort can push someone over the edge |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
95. I have to think bush's economy has brought out even more crazies |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
52. No, I think that comes after, "He was a nice, quiet guy," |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #52 |
78. I am corrected. ONE of the first things |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
85. There is |
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nemo137 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
93. Why is it than when things come out of the blue, people wonder |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Please be accurate. The article says "seemed...deeply Christian." |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Two different definitions of "Christian" are in play here. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
32. "SELF-PROCLAIMED" Christian... |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
39. that's called the "no true Scotsman" fallacy |
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TechBear_Seattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. No True Scotsman puts sugar in his oatmeal, either |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. So what? So frigging what? Why did this bastard do this? It |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. true, but |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. Hey, I know a hell of a lot of men who are anything but |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Fine gun-slinging, peace-hating Christian. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. yep |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. Interesting juxtaposition of responses |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. ...called the Robertses ``the ideal family.'' |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Richard Brautigan! |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. love that pic |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. there is much about this story that does not make sense.... |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:49 AM Response to Reply #10 |
26. he was homeschooled |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yet Rosie O'Donnell was vilified when she said |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. This guy was not killing in the name of Allah or Jesus. He was obviously |
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melnjones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
46. mentally ill, severely, is my guess. nt |
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FormerDem06 (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. They aren't...I'll take that dare..... |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. How do you know the examples you gave weren't |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #38 |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Still doesn't make sense. Your interpretation of your religion |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. Thanks! Funniest post ever!! |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:18 AM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Sadly, many of the "radical christians" in America |
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Batgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Radical Christians "Maintaining the social order" |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. I'm not talking about faithful Christians |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 02:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
94. No, THEY should learn the difference! n/t |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Apparently their prophet George Bush |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. Fine Chritian people don't go around killing innocent.... |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #13 |
75. They can definitely be very subtle, whereas many are prone to |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. They Make These People Sound Like Aliens |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. The news said 224 killed in school shootings since Columbine |
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AValdoux (738 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. Is this a "school shooting"? |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Seems as though this is quite different, a need to attack the weak.. |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #42 |
61. This isn't serial, though. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. true.... correction, MASS murderer profile... |
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ContraBass Black (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
57. It's unlikely that there would be school security in an Amish school. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Reading the first article it's hard to understand what happened with this |
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RevCheesehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
22. One could also say that the Amish children were "Deeply Christian." |
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Cassandra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #22 |
44. How many "deeply Christian" people ... |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #44 |
82. Seems to me a great many of them are, fundamentalists, that is. nt |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is so sad! |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. We'll never know |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Yes, the fellow who shot all those people at the University of Texas |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. Mental illness respects no religious or cultural boundaries |
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BigMcLargehuge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
54. Gee and the group Americans trust LEAST today |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
58. Here's a wacky thought |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
64. This CNN report suggests he was angry at God |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
66. If he was a Muslim, his violence would be attributed to all Muslims |
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Strelnikov_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. If He Were Muslim, Il Duce Would Be Addressing The Politburo At The |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
68. What BS deeply Christian to blow away young children |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
79. Could it be the bovine growth hormones in the milk? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
81. Hmmm... deeply Christian, huh? |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
86. The shooting kind of DISPROVES THAT. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
88. I suspect this guy had very serious mental disease. It's a |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
90. Deeply insane |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
96. It makes Rosie's point, unfortunately, |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-03-06 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
97. Maybe God told him to do it. nt |
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