Ray Comfort Blames Mall Shooting On "Secular World"

"...It's almost like he's doing it to make himself feel better. He speaks his piece, and sits back smiling convinced his ideas are air-tight because he believes them, and that's good enough."

Man, don't ALL Christians pretty much do precisely that...? Every Sunday?

So do the bloggers or readers here have any sympathy for the victims or their friends and families?

people like Ray look to tragedies like this and take an I-told-you-so attitude. This man, I would guess, was suicidally depressed or something similar, and Ray takes this guy's pain, and the pain he caused others, and billboards it for all to see in that insufferably smug, arrogant, and mock-humble way of his.

Personally, Ray doesn't anger me much as his arrogance is equaled by his utter lack of curiosity about whether his arguments make sense to anyone. It's almost like he's doing it to make himself feel better. He speaks his piece, and sits back smiling convinced his ideas are air-tight because he believes them, and that's good enough.

I feel bad for the guy, really.

They're not happy unless they're outraged about alleged persecution. The more they tighten their stranglehold on every corner of the US and every trace of political, judicial and legal power, the more they whine about being a poor helpless persecuted minority. Bizarre. I wonder if it has some sado-masochistic basis.

- No More Mr. Nice Guy!

"The Persecution Times" deleted my response to their post on the shootings. Their original post said:

Has persecution finally come to the Church in America?

Like so many of you, I have been following the shocking news of the two shootings today (Sunday) in Colorado. [...]

Many will be asking if this is the beginning of persecution of Evangelical Christians in America or if these were just isolated incidents.

If it is the start of persecution here, I wonder if we are ready for what lies ahead? Will Americans think twice about going to church in the future knowing that a crazed gunman could repeat these atrocities? [...]

I believe that suffering and persecution are part of the "normal Christian life" and that we, in the United States, have been spared up until now.

My plea to the Evangelical Church here in America is that we prepare for what might be ahead and unite under the banner of Jesus Christ who showed so much love for us.

And please don't stop going to church. Let us realize that his "banner over us is love," and we must not allow the gunmen to stop us worshiping the risen Savior.

And I responded, in a comment that was rejected and deleted:

Poor persecuted Christians. You make up more than 80% of the people in the U.S., and yet you still manage to imagine yourselves a downtrodden minority. Truly a miracle!

Just so we're clear on how mistreated and discriminated-against American Christians are NOT, note that every member of Congress - save one recent Muslim and a few scattered Jews - is a Christian. Every governor of every state is a Christian. On the local level, it's virtually impossible to get elected to any office without paying homage to Jesus.

Most of my life, you had to swear on the Bible even to serve on a jury. And lest we forget, the President of the United States, George W. Bush, the most powerful man in the country, the most powerful man in the world, is a very vocal Christian.

Every piece of U.S. money, every coin and bill, serves double duty as a Christian tract, with "In God We Trust" stamped on it. Rich, powerful televangelists blanket the airwaves of every city and state.

Christians sit on every official policy-making body in the nation. It is absolutely impossible to pass any bit of public legislation, to create any least scrap of public policy, without it passing through the hands of Christians. Every bill, every law, every ordinance, every legal decision, has Christian input.

Further, every corporation in America likely has a majority of Christians on its board of directors. Every school principal in America - and every teacher - is about 20 times more likely to be a Christian than any other religion. No matter where you live in the United States, it's a good bet you can walk to a Christian church.

And while we're at it, since we're talking about a shooting here, let's ask ourselves who owns most of the guns in the U.S.? Bingo. Christians.

Christians are not downtrodden. NOT discriminated against. They own America, and everything in it. The rest of us can't even sneeze in public without the Christian presence making itself known in a chorus of god-bless-yous.

Oh, but, you poor things, do please rush to unite under the banner of Jesus Christ. Huddle together for safety against the small, powerless, disorganized - but DANGEROUS! THREATENING! - non-Christian remainder of America.

And while you're at it, why not pass some new laws limiting the freedom of the rest of us to speak up in public, to have equal rights and representation, to pursue science and free education?

After all, we do want you to feel safe.

So I take it Mr. Comfort blamed the Virginia Tech shooting on God, since Seung-Hui Cho compared himself to Jesus in his manifesto?

Oh, wait, I forgot -- everything is secularism's fault.