Comments on: Prayers for a shooter/killer http://jscafenette.com/2007/12/18/prayers-for-a-shooterkiller/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:06:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sue http://jscafenette.com/2007/12/18/prayers-for-a-shooterkiller/#comment-6417 Sue Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:26:34 +0000 http://jscafenette.com/2007/12/18/prayers-for-a-shooterkiller/#comment-6417 I think any time there is a senseless crime such as this, most people's first reactions are anger and condemnation of the perpetrator. It's my belief we think this way because most of us are non-violent individuals who cannot fathom anyone going out and senselessly taking anothers life. I must admit, my first thoughts are always of the victims and their families, and while I would not express myself in telling anyone to "enjoy hell," it would anger me that anyone felt they were entitled to cause such grief and harm. I understand that this is a different aspect than you were addressing but it could explain the reaction of some you might have read. (I did not read any comment sections in the articles written about this shooting so I could not speak intelligently, this is just a guess.) While I admire the words of your friend and am grateful that his child escaped this horrendous episode, I wonder how many in their initial reaction would consider bringing this person to Jesus? What a true and absolute Christian he is and after reading his site, it is no wonder his reactions are different from that many others. Thanks for posting this..it did make me stop and think and led me to a site which I have now linked and will read daily. I think any time there is a senseless crime such as this, most people’s first reactions are anger and condemnation of the perpetrator. It’s my belief we think this way because most of us are non-violent individuals who cannot fathom anyone going out and senselessly taking anothers life.

I must admit, my first thoughts are always of the victims and their families, and while I would not express myself in telling anyone to “enjoy hell,” it would anger me that anyone felt they were entitled to cause such grief and harm.

I understand that this is a different aspect than you were addressing but it could explain the reaction of some you might have read. (I did not read any comment sections in the articles written about this shooting so I could not speak intelligently, this is just a guess.)

While I admire the words of your friend and am grateful that his child escaped this horrendous episode, I wonder how many in their initial reaction would consider bringing this person to Jesus? What a true and absolute Christian he is and after reading his site, it is no wonder his reactions are different from that many others.

Thanks for posting this..it did make me stop and think and led me to a site which I have now linked and will read daily.

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