Church Shootings

[Contrary1]

Since there is Right Wingnut talk as to the latest murders taking place in a church that was not centered around God, I thought I would do a little research.

Here is a partial list of shootings in churches that have taken place in the US over the last nine years. It may come in handy for those here who receive e-mails or enter into discussions with idiots who somehow believe that the church-goers in Knoxville "deserved" this.

I plan to print off a few and take them along to my husband's family reunion, as there will be no shortage of experts there who know what God thinks about Unitarians.


March 31, 2008: A drive-by shooting at Church of the Living God in Richmond California killed a homeless man and injured four other food charity participants and volunteers.

March 21, 2008: Police investigators search for a suspect and motive in a shooting that left two people wounded outside a Suitland, Maryland church where the victims had been attending Bible study.

December 9, 2007: Two church members were shot to death and three others were injured after a gunman opened fire outside the New Life Church in Colorado Springs as Sunday services were wrapping up.

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.

May 21, 2006: Four were killed by a man at The Ministry of Jesus Christ church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Feb. 26, 2006: Two people were killed at Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit by a man who reportedly went to the church looking for his girlfriend. 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.

[zanne]

1. God bless America, Christianity and the NRA.

:sarcasm:

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Was the shooter in the NRA?

[zanne]

6. The NRA helped to develop that kind of mentality..

If you hate something, shoot it.

[Ian David]

2. See also: Transgender Shelter Says Director Was Attacked

Transgender Shelter Says Director Was Attacked
Topic started by IanDB1 on Jul-08-08 09:42 PM (1 replies)
Last modified by JackBeck on Jul-09-08 11:29 AM

Transgender Shelter Says Director Was Attacked
POSTED: 8:34 pm EDT July 8, 2008

NEW YORK -- A priest who runs a shelter specializing in outreach to homeless transgender youths was beaten with construction equipment and paint cans by a group of teenagers in a possible hate crime, authorities said Tuesday.

More:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=221&topic_id=79341


And:

Right-Wing Pathologies Revealed After Adkisson Shooting at Unitarian Church (Freepers laid bare)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3701631&mesg_id=3701631

[Ian David]

3. Results 1 - 10 of about 136 for church struck by lightning. (0.13 seconds)

Results 1 - 10 of about 136 for church struck by lightning. (0.13 seconds)
http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS269US269&um=1&tab=wn&scoring=n&hl=en&q=church+struck+by+lightning&btnG=Search+News

[Ian David]

4. Scores of Boy Scouts fall ill from heat (waiting for Bush to arrive)

Scores of Boy Scouts fall ill from heat (waiting for Bush to arrive)
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