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Colorado Springs gunman wrote rambling blog 2 days before shooting spree
The Gazette ^ | 11/2/2015 | Tom Roeder

Posted on 11/02/2015 12:32:54 AM PST by Monty22002

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To: Monty22002

From other sources, the guy was in “recovery” attending AA, staying in sober living houses, etc.

Probably “dual diagnosis” which is mental illness combined with substance abuse/addictions.


21 posted on 11/02/2015 8:31:09 AM PST by truth_seeker (come with the outlws.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

At one time I had an office only a few blocks from where the shooting occurred, and have even eaten at the restaurants where he played his last game of hide and seek.

I also drive the Columbine HS area several times a week, often right past the scene of the shooting itself. They just finished installing a very large memorial area. Nice.

They are predominately white areas, very few blacks who account for the majority of killings, generally quite conservative in political nature.

Still, I was surprised. The profile doesn’t fit the recent national profile.


22 posted on 11/02/2015 8:52:28 AM PST by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Monty22002

i’ve fallen off mental cliffs 5000 feet deep, lol, and i didn’t hurt anybody.

but that’s why he is the exception rather than the rule.

there are 300 million people in the country. things are going to happen like this. without the internet or news etc, we would not know about most of them.

i wonder if news in the 1800s was reported if it was 6 states away and involved a shooting of several people. serious question.

maybe paper were just local.


23 posted on 11/02/2015 9:18:33 AM PST by dp0622
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To: raybbr; cuban leaf

24 posted on 11/02/2015 1:23:23 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Monty22002

Newer news... More ballot measures in CO passed in favor of marijuana tourism and bigger government revenues and spending.


25 posted on 11/04/2015 2:45:57 PM PST by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --"Deacon," "Waterworld")
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>>History of severe drug and alcohol abuse, got religion, cleaned up his life and then had some sort of relapse

“To the depth I am ignorant of the Bible, and it is a depth, I also admit it is an unfortunate but intentional ignorance to this point in my life. It is because of Golden Jesus Unicorns and people think they’re real, literally, that I have found it so easy to dismiss whatever might be contained in the pages.”
http://web.archive.org/web/20151102132640/http://sunwatermovementfoodandsleep.com/

That statement from his blog post puts some interesting light on his spirituality in the context of his psychotic break.

It's been reported that he recently stopped going to AA meetings.   Given the ensuing events, it's not unreasonable to wonder if he'd returned to self-medication.  That would be especially problematic in the context of interactions with, and/or withdrawl from, psychotropic medications typically prescribed these days for... well, everything.

Meanwhile it’s not surprising the left is, as usual, using this an opportunity to manufacture the image of “Just Another Christian Gun Nut”.

26 posted on 11/05/2015 9:46:32 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

>>I have to admit that I’m surprised.

I’m not. This is a good example of the nature of what lurks behind the facade of Colorado Spring’s [commercial] “sprituality” Inc.


27 posted on 11/05/2015 9:51:51 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: dp0622

>>maybe paper were just local.

Wouldn’t that be nice.

Local Papers.
Local Government.
Local Family.
Local Friends.
Local Spirituality.


28 posted on 11/05/2015 11:26:33 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: Monty22002

FWIW - Here's the complete text of Harphin's blog rant:
https://web.archive.org/web/20151102132640/http://sunwatermovementfoodandsleep.com/
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Is my Dad in a Cult? Even Worse, Is It Satanic?!

#COS I’m at 230 N Prospect St., Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Truth – That which was and that which is.

Natural Law â€“ A body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct.

 

Video Blog #1: youtu.be/nAxdcjtS3dY

Bill Johnson – Living a Life of Breakthroughs

Transcription and Commentary
By Noah Harpham

… a report. This is 2 weeks old now, so… but it’s a fun report. One of our staff members is from New Zealand and he ministered in Mexico.

Note that this is totally anonymous testimony, he doesn’t even respect his audience enough to provide a name – also note this is the beginning of a persistent trend throughout to emphasize “Nations”, or Man’s imposition of law, as well as to substitute these for real people’s names.

By the way, they prayed (pray – ask earnestly, beg, entreat; prey – to plunder, pillage, ravage or to kill and devour) for a little girl that had a little, who had a leg that was 5-inches too short and the whole group watched as that leg grew out 5 inches and she’s just sobbing because of God’s love and displayed all the miracles that took place but that was the one, you know the ones’ with the children sometimes just mess you up the most.

Pastor Bill’s message right away is that people have physical imperfections all over the world and that violent violation of what IS, is the ultimate sign of spiritual enlightenment and the most laudable goal of spiritual pursuit. 

Pastor Bill then proceeds to tell you that miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children. These are his words. And in classic hypnotist style let me pull one out of Bill’s bag of tricks (repetition, we’ll see this in a few minutes too): Miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children. Miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children. Again, miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children. One more time, miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children.

Pastor Bill’s words. Not mine. Not from the Bible. But just carelessly or not carelessly if you are being HONEST, tossed right in there.

When he’s coming back into the US (we still don’t have a name for this person) – those of you that are from other countries you know ever since 9/11 it’s been a little nerve-wracking – in fact, for those that live here it’s nerve-wracking coming through customs.

And Bill then follows up this statement with words specifically designed to evoke fear and anxiety, as we will see next. And of course these words just build on the disturbing mood created by the words uttered prior: Miracles mess you up, especially miracles involving children.

We are now 54 seconds into this man’s wisdom. So far we have “a fun report” about an anonymous “staff member” and “healer” from “New Zealand” who simply “prayed” and invoked the supernatural physical change of an anonymous little girl in “Mexico”. This “fun report” should really “mess you up” more than other reports of miracles because it involves a child. The “fun report” is superfluously colored with details that intentionally use words designed to evoke (call out, rouse, summon) fear: “9/11”; “nerve-wracking”; “Customs” which used in this context is certainly in line with this definition – brutal initiation, act of abusing a newcomer, and not at all meaning “manners or morals”.

But our friend, our pastor from New Zealand (we still don’t have a name, we might as well just start calling him New Zealand, and this substitute of subjects in your thoughts is intentional as I already mentioned earlier. He is conditioning you to disown yourself and not recognize your own capability) is coming through customs and the gal looked at his passport and its got a religious workers visa and so it says on there where he’s working which is Bethel Church with us in Redding. And she looks at the passport and she says, “Bethel Church, what do you do there?”
And he (New Zealand) says, “Well I help to run the healing teams”
And so he’s explaining all about that and she says, “you have a prayer house there don’t you?”
And he says, “Yes, yes we have a prayer house. [It’s open 24/7] for people just to just come in and pray.”
She said, “Well I have a friend he drove from San Francisco to Redding with cancer and she walked into the prayer house and when she went through the entrance of the prayer house, all of the cancer left her body”
This is the customs official. Wow!

Here, Bill is giving another anonymous report of miracles that will be impossible to verify. Again, the actual subject is substituted in the mind and it becomes: San Francisco comes to Redding and gets healed of cancer. No knowing or understanding or wisdom required. San Francisco just simply walks into the Redding prayer house and cancer is healed. And of course, Bill is quoting an anonymous “Customs” agent as the source of this miracle tale, and lets just call her Customs, because that’s what he’s forced you to do by withholding information, and the point of the entire story and purpose behind the way it is conveyed, the insidious hook behind the scenes, is that in your mind he has initially setup the story with the Customs Agent – a figure of state authority; a master – being a potential problem

[BECAUSE IT IS A PROBLEM

HE KNOWS THIS AND PLAYS RIGHT TO IT, DRAWS YOUR ATTENTION TO IT, AND THEN OBLITERATES IT AND GETS YOU TO SUBMIT.

HE HATES YOU AT THIS POINT THOUGH MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU’RE BEGGING FOR IT ANYWAY LIKE SPINELESS VEGETABLES THAT REFUSE TO ADMIT THEY HAVE ANY POWER TO COME TO THEIR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

VEGETABLES HAVE AN EXCUSE.

YOU ARE COWARDS.

IT’S LESS FUN FOR HIM TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS.

HE PLAYS YOU FOR AN IGNORANT FOOL TO YOUR FACE BECAUSE HE CAN AND YOU ARE.

HIS INTENTION IS TO DESTROY THE CORRECT AND SACRED NATURAL REVULSION IN YOU BUT ITS JUST A SCRIPT IN THE CHURCH AT THIS POINT.

CUE THE LAUGHTER.

AND PEOPLE BEG FOR THE IMPLIED RESPONBILITY TO BE OBLITERATED]

And so he predictably disarms us when the story takes a propagandist turn that, surprise, State Authority turns out to be witnessing the Progressive Bethel Truth of Golden Jesus Unicorns As a Viable Solution To the World’s Problems, or in other words, the state is perpetuating the story of the miracles in Redding, and predictably your initial distrust of coercive force gives way to total acceptance with warm fuzzy feelings inside to top it off. You’ve just mentally accepted Customs. Welcome to mind control, fuck you very much.

And not only have you mentally accepted the validity of your own slavery, you actually think slavery is how good is perpetuated. This is not an accident. Again, well come to mind control.

We’ve had some amazing things happen in this prayer house because the glory that’s there. And we’ve actually had… We have a pool at Bethesda and we’ve had people walk in with Lupus 16 years and walk out with none. A broken leg for a year and a half where the bones will not mend, and they walk into the pool and they come out and it’s whole. There’s just this glory.

So here he has managed to side-track himself with more anonymous tales of miracles happening. No names are ever mentioned, and again he would have us mentally substitute “Bethesda” for real people’s names. And all of this anonymous healing is possible due to “glory”. Duh. So easy. No knowledge, wisdom or understanding required. No work required. Sounds nice. Why didn’t I think of that? Oh, because I’m not a psychopath hell bent on distorting the Bible to control the minds’ of scores of thousands of people for my own material gains.

So, here’s this customs official, witnessing, you know. Telling what God did through her friend. And she stamped the passport and said, “welcome home” and she sent him on his way, so… that’s almost as good as a revival at the Motor Vehicle Department

And while we’re at it, letls make sure that we have them feeling good about the DMV too. And the audience bleat like the sheep they are, totally under the wolf’s sway. I’ve made the point that deserves to be made about this, already. I forgot he was going to come back around again and hammer it home in case some of the dolts in the audience missed the message the first time. And I suppose the fact that this transcription and analysis is essentially for members of his audience, I should also restate his message here for you, in case some of you missed it the first time: The state’s institutions of control should be in the forefront of your mind, ever present, and it’s okay to let go of the natural resistance that arises in your mind when you hear these terms and “envision” these concepts.

They’re witnessing for us, after all!

Okay, lets get going Bill, come on.

Alright, Romans 15, Verse 18: “I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me in word and deed to make the Gentiles obedient.”

Is there anybody else in the room that wants the end result of your life is that others were obedient to Christ because of your example? [“Yeah”, the sheep blat]

This is what Paul is saying. I want you to notice the impact, what he says with the elements that were used to bring about obedience. It was word and deed. There has to be actions that are equal to the words and it’s not just actions of character although character is absolutely essential. I tell our folks, I said that I’m not impressed with anybody’s life that doesn’t have character. But then I tell them I’m not happy with your life until you have power, because those are the two absolutes that we have to have in the presentation of the gospel, is character and power. And I like to underline, personally, whenever I see word and deed, anything that has to do with the miracles and the preaching of the gospel in the same breath.

Not one mention of understanding or the knowledge required in coming to an understanding that is needed to guide actions [words and deeds]. He’s not even giving you 2 out of 3, he’s only giving you 1. Act. Act crazy and unbalanced without coming to any knowledge or understanding because knowledge and understanding before acting requires a whole lotta work and fortunately is totally unnecessary. Plus I can control you this way. He will virtually come out and say this exact thing in a couple minutes [see 4:20].

My theory is that Pastor Bill Johnson is a Satanist intentionally keeping fundamental knowledge from you with the express purpose of controlling your mind and keeping you unaware of the Truth of your own sovereignty.

I will attempt to derive knowledge and understanding from this Bible verse using MY OWN mind. My own understanding is without the benefit of having read or studied the Bible with much purpose or enthusiasm. It is without benefit of contextual knowledge of scriptures preceding or following the verse, or even a sense of context for the book (Romans) within the context of the Bible, that I am attempting to reason.

I have no practical business to be reasoning in this area when I consider I am theoretically matching wits against Thomas Harpham, a man who has proudly and with his own wife and 2 children, devoted over a decade of his life in service to the institution of Bethel Church. Bethel Church is a global institution that believes in change through political process, and is headed by Pastor Bill Johnson. Thomas Harpham is a man that has obtained a real life “certificate” in super-natural ministry from this global church. (Ignore the clear mind-control that results from accepting the inherent contradiction in the last statement if your name is Thomas Harpham.)

He spent years obtaining it, too. His wife has one also, though hers isn’t as prestigious if my memory serves me. I take it to mean the Iraqi dinar surly would have exploded in value if she hadn’t been a quitter. More money = More miracles, dontcha know?

I should be crazy to attempt to reason against this man in this particular forum and in this particular way.

The Truth is belligerent.

I am attempting to present a case that shows the leader of this prestigious institution along with a select group of “rulers” are using mind-control techniques to poison and confuse legions of useful idiots that slave away to keep the institution humming along and that this man, Pastor Bill Johnson, and his ruling caste are using mind-control to keep people imbalanced and ignorant, in a state of perpetual waiting for the material world to be defied, while THEY THEMSELVES ARE PROFITING IMMENSLY IN THIS MATERIAL WORLD. And the best part for the rulers is that their best slaves, and they’ve molded legions, will do anything to maintain a close constant connection to the institution’s power center in Redding. This demonstrated behavior is consistent with the programming of the slaves – Pastor Bill’s intentional and constant refusal to identify by name the specific individuals experiencing and witnessing these miracles, and instead substituting State or Institution names for people’s names in his “reports”.

In Bill’s “report” so far we have: US, New Zealand, Mexico, Customs, DMV, San Francisco, Redding and not one person’s actual name. This is as much information as we are ever presented with. This is who the testimony is coming from, NOT individual people with real names and real individuality and real power to know for themselves – IT’S REAL LIFE INSTITUTIONS – MAN’S INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO NATURAL LAW – INSTTUTIONS OF SLAVERY – THAT ARE PROVIDING YOU WITH YOUR TESTIMONY! THE STATE IS TELLING YOU OF THESE MIRACLES AND OFFERING THE TESTIMONY, CAN’T YOU SEE!

CAN’T YOU SEE HOW YOU ARE BEING CONDITIONED TO OBEY!

THE REAL LIFE MATTERS AND WAITING ALL DAY FOR A FUCKING MIRACLE TO CHANGE THAT IS DUMB AND IGNORANT, AND IN FACT FUCKING IMPOSSIBLE. THIS MAN IS POISONING YOUR MIND AND CONFUSING IT TERRIBLY!

Are you convinced yet?
He’s getting you to disown yourself. He’s keeping you unbalanced by having you try to completely identify with the spiritual while subconsciously tying you to the physical world and getting you to disown your own capacity for coming to true understanding and knowing.

This man preaches nothing about true understanding. He feeds your laziness with an opportunity to externalize all of your power. He offers no real wisdom, and it is clear he is hiding it intentionally with intent to confuse and profit in the material world.

His slaves will literally go into debt for the opportunity work as “staff members” for no pay or money because his slaves have no sense of self and thus no sense of self worth. They’re being conditioned to think of themselves as Redding and are taught nothing of Truth. And this, while he and his class are literally laughing in their slave’s faces at the same time because of their slave’s ignorance. And because you beg for your slavery, they hate you for it.

To the depth I am ignorant of the Bible, and it is a depth, I also admit it is an unfortunate but intentional ignorance to this point in my life. It is because of Golden Jesus Unicorns and people think they’re real, literally, that I have found it so easy to dismiss whatever might be contained in the pages.

But to my point about being out of my depth, I also know that it doesn’t matter. I know I’m reasoning against somebody that believes in Golden Jesus Unicorns as the solution for life, literally, in Thomas Harpham.

It is my stated mission to break him down via correspondence that he might see the Truth or else I will not know him.

I seek to expand my understanding of Truth through accumulation of good information that can be understood and converted to Right action.

And finally, here is my interpretation of Romans Chapter 15, Verse 18.

I will phrase this as a question, because truly it is: Is Paul in this verse simply saying, my words and deeds [actions] were in alignment with Christ and because of this people (naturally) came to recognize God in me and could not help but align their actions to mine? And if you find that understanding palatable, can you journey with me further so that I may ask if it’s fair to read it again, then ask if Paul is saying: I will not speak untruth because I possess great power with knowing.



29 posted on 11/05/2015 11:42:27 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: HLPhat

local nice life.


30 posted on 11/05/2015 12:23:38 PM PST by dp0622
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To: Monty22002; HLPhat
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31 posted on 11/05/2015 1:52:33 PM PST by familyop ("Dry land is not just our destination, it is our destiny!" --"Deacon," "Waterworld")
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Kinda makes ya wonder about worshiping and serving STEM, don’t it.


32 posted on 11/05/2015 3:58:29 PM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: dp0622

>>local nice life.

Ya something like that.

Fracking is a good start.... as long as we don’t manage to poison our water in the process.


33 posted on 11/06/2015 6:59:22 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionally blank.)
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To: HLPhat

what’d you call me :)

funny shortcut for the real term.

the poisoning of water would be a bad thing.

I dont know enough to give an informed opinion.

i hear alot of people are blaming earthquakes on it too,

dont know enough about that either,


34 posted on 11/07/2015 12:13:10 AM PST by dp0622
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