Stan Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - Police in Charleston, South Carolina, were searching for a white gunman on Thursday who killed nine people in a historic African-American church, in an attack that police and the city's mayor described as a hate crime. The shooter, a 21-year-old white man with sandy blond hair, sat with churchgoers inside Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church for about an hour on Wednesday before opening fire, Police Chief Gregory Mullen said. The victims included Reverend Clementa Pinckney, the church's pastor and a Democratic member of the state Senate, his cousin and fellow state senator, Kent Williams, told CNN. The gunman is extremely dangerous, Mullen said, and police did not have a sense of where he might be. "This is an unfathomable and unspeakable act by somebody filled with hate and with a deranged mind," Charleston Mayor Joe Riley told reporters. Six females and three males died in the attack, Mullen said. The shooting recalled the 1963 bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, that killed four girls and galvanized the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The rest of the story http://news.yahoo.com/shooting-erupts-church-charleston-south-carolina-021744448.html Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Stan Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 This hatred is incomprehensible to me. My guess is he has already taken his own life, or will lose it in a shootout. Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Outta Here Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Must have been quite a backstory leading up to this. There is a fine line between love and hate; I suspect this man's emotions were tied very closely to the church and the people in the Wednesday night gathering. Quote
Moderators lazarus Posted June 18, 2015 Moderators Posted June 18, 2015 Must have been quite a backstory leading up to this. There is a fine line between love and hate; I suspect this man's emotions were tied very closely to the church and the people in the Wednesday night gathering. Why? Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein
Stan Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 Once again I was wrong... Charleston church shooting suspect Dylann Roof is in custody in North Carolina, a senior law enforcement official tells CNN's Deborah Feyerick.President Barack Obama is scheduled to deliver a statement about the church shooting at 11:45 a.m. ET, the White House says.Get complete coverage of breaking news on CNN TV, CNN.com and CNN Mobile. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Watch CNN live or On Demand from your computer or mobile device. Watch live CNN news coverage now at http://cnn.it/go ------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Liz Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 I'm glad they caught him. He looks dead, I wonder if he looked like that before he started shooting, or whether the act caused him to look like that? Quote For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Mat. 16:26Please, support the JDRF and help find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes. Please, support the March of Dimes.
Outta Here Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Why? I thought he may have been a regular member since he was attending the Wednesday night group. Could be wrong. But maybe I was right. Dunno. Quote
Administrators Gail Posted June 18, 2015 Administrators Posted June 18, 2015 Am I wrong, or is hate something that a person suffers from and misery just loves company? I don't get hate, I just don't. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
Administrators Gail Posted June 18, 2015 Administrators Posted June 18, 2015 "Once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun," he said. "At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence doesn’t happen in other countries."- Barak Obama lazarus 1 Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
LifeHiscost Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 7For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. 8Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming;…2 Thessalonians 2 I don't get hate, I just don't. A good evidence the Holy Spirit is working on your heart. God is Love! Jesus saves! Quote Lift Jesus up!!
D_Bishop Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 I know it happened. Similar acts has been carried out before, like in Fort Worth Tx back in 1999. Yet, I am still grasping the fact that someone would pull off such a cold, evil act in a church, during Wednesday night prayer meeting. I think he chose that church because the pastor is also a state senator, and a political leader in that community. That church is also a symbol of black history, etc. None of that justifies the act, or comes close to doing so. It is my observation that there is something about owning a automatic handgun, or any handgun makes people a little bit, or a lot, over the edge. I am not trying to get a gun debate going. If one starts I won't participate. That was just a personal observation that I have witnessed on more than one occasion. Quote
Members rudywoofs (Pam) Posted June 19, 2015 Members Posted June 19, 2015 the man didn't go out and buy a gun...it was (stupidly) given to him by his father as a birthday gift.. phkrause 1 Quote Pam Meddle Not In the Affairs of Dragons; for You Are Crunchy and Taste Good with Ketchup. If we all sang the same note in the choir, there'd never be any harmony. Funny, isn't it, how we accept Grace for ourselves and demand justice for others?
Stan Posted June 19, 2015 Author Posted June 19, 2015 Jon Steward hit this well. bonnie 1 Quote If you receive benefit to being here please help out with expenses. https://www.paypal.me/clubadventist Administrator of a few websites like https://adventistdating.com
Members phkrause Posted June 19, 2015 Members Posted June 19, 2015 the man didn't go out and buy a gun...it was (stupidly) given to him by his father as a birthday gift.. Exactly! The father should also be held responsible for this. To just hand out guns as if they are candy, is very sad. Quote phkrause When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. Proverbs 29;2
Moderators lazarus Posted June 19, 2015 Moderators Posted June 19, 2015 Just some of the salient, powerful points from Stewart's monologue........... What blows my mind is the disparity of response between when we think people that are foreign are going to kill us and us killing ourselves. “The Confederate flag flies over South Carolina, and the roads are named for Confederate generals,” Mr. Stewart continued, “and the white guy is the one who feels like his country is being taken away from him.” In South Carolina, the roads that black people drive on are named for Confederate generals who fought to keep black people from being able to drive freely on that road. That’s insanity. That’s racial wallpaper. That’s — that’s — you can’t allow that, you know. Al-Qaeda, all those guys, ISIS, they’re not s— compared to the damage that we can apparently do to ourselves on a regular basis. phkrause 1 Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein
Moderators lazarus Posted June 19, 2015 Moderators Posted June 19, 2015 I don't get hate, I just don't. An honest question. What don't you get about this hate? It seems quite simple and straightforward to me. Quote Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. Einstein
Administrators Gail Posted June 19, 2015 Administrators Posted June 19, 2015 The why and the how, I guess. Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
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