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Church Youth Pastor Charged With Allegedly Shooting His Family During Thanksgiving

99percenter said:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/church-youth-pastor-charged-allegedly-031640172.html

Christian values.
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What is it that is going around in our country. I don't care if he is Christian or Satanist but what causes one to just shoot up your own family?

As from the article
Larry Patton told the outlet. “[Christopher] would do anything for you. He was always quick to laugh. He had a hearty laugh.”
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so all the signs were there so why didn't someone turn him in earlier?

Please don't turn this into a gun thread with the less guns vs a good guy with a gun as nauseam.
 
MaggieD said:
You added two absolutely ridiculous words to the link you posted. What are the odds?
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While we're talking about ridiculous, why is this reported on the "Yahoo! entertainment" page?
 
MaggieD said:
I thought the same exact thing.
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Pretty unprofessional, innit? Like a newspaper putting an obituary on the comics and puzzles page.
 
nota bene said:
Well, you really aren't specific enough, 99percenter. I mean, you didn't even mention the fact that Christopher Gattis was a Lutheran.
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Ah yes. Lutheran. The religion of peace.
 
Grand Mal said:
Ah yes. Lutheran. The religion of peace.
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Exactly. It couldn't possibly be that this individual killed his family because he was mentally ill and "snapped." Absolutely not. Is it too late to blame Martin Luther? ;)
 
nota bene said:
Exactly. It couldn't possibly be that this individual killed his family because he was mentally ill and "snapped." Absolutely not. Is it too late to blame Martin Luther? ;)
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I am sure if it was an Imam that killed his family there would be no mention of his religion.
 
Crosscheck said:
What is it that is going around in our country. I don't care if he is Christian or Satanist but what causes one to just shoot up your own family?

As from the article so all the signs were there so why didn't someone turn him in earlier?

Please don't turn this into a gun thread with the less guns vs a good guy with a gun as nauseam.
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I think there are several things contributing to the violence...people in general are feeling out of control and helpless as they watch what's going on in our world...with such actions, they're attempting to gain that control back and not feeling so helpless...like they're doing something, anything...even if it's wrong...
 
nota bene said:
Exactly. It couldn't possibly be that this individual killed his family because he was mentally ill and "snapped." Absolutely not. Is it too late to blame Martin Luther? ;)
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Why are they mentally ill when white and Christisn, but it's their religion when they're brown and Muslim?
 
99percenter said:
The guy was a pastor. did you read the article.
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He could be a bishop or grand high whatever; what he did was still the entire opposite of anything remotely like Christian values, all your snark notwithstanding.
 
lurchadams said:
This has nothing to do with the pastor being a Christian. He's a nut job. Equally disturbing is that your link shows this article is in Yahoo's "Entertainment" section.
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The bible made him nutty.
 
Goshin said:
He could be a bishop or grand high whatever; what he did was still the entire opposite of anything remotely like Christian values, all your snark notwithstanding.
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No true Scotsman fallacy.
 
99percenter said:
No true Scotsman fallacy.
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Not really. You lot always throw that up against the wall, but it doesn't stick.

I don't expect you to understand, mainly because you don't want to. And why I should bother talking to someone who has no wish to understand and only wants to bait and provoke is quite beyond me.
 
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there were obviously problems within the family...a grown daughter who moved back home and brought her boyfriend with her...that's a recipe for problems...
 
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