Posted on 02/27/2005 6:57:47 PM PST by xzins
Yep. You've got it interpreted right.
In fact your "good and bad, side by side, for a while at least..." is stone cold, bullseye perfect.
good job. :>)
You apparently have not seen the church pastor say if he is the killer, then it is betrayal of the highest order and he deserves what he gets.
This was a selective article on church reaction.
I have heard a lot of people on the local news from the church say to fry him if he is the real killer.
Satan's agents appear as "angels of light" also. This should not be a surprise.
Thanks...often, its difficult for me to interpret what the Bible is saying...I often follow along on many of the religious threads, where I often see you posting...I dont join in, as everyone there, seems much more 'educated' in Biblical history, Biblical interpretation, and such...but I always read along, for the information, and do appreciate those religious threads very much...I am sure I am just one of many, who merely 'lurk'...and often we lurkers learn a great deal...
Glad to hear you're participating.
You nailed it here. No reason to think you wouldn't be just as good at other times, too.
And, of course, I regularly have some really dumb moments, too. It goes with the territory. :>)
"The article said he'd been active in his church for 30 some years, which would place his suspected murders smack in the middle of those active church years."
I was wondering about this also. Did he use the church as a cover for his crimes?
Associated Press
WICHITA, Kan. - The man arrested in connection with the BTK serial killings has confessed to at least six of those killings so far, The Associated Press has learned.
Investigators now suspect the BTK serial killer may have been responsible for as many 13 killings - including at least one killing after the death penalty was enacted in Kansas, a source with direct knowledge of the investigation told AP on condition of anonymity.
Dennis L. Rader is being held on a $10 million bond in connection with the deaths of 10 people between 1974 and 1991. Police had long linked the BTK serial killer to eight murders, but added two more after Rader's arrest.
Now police suspect the BTK killer in the deaths of two Wichita State University students as well as a woman who lived down the street from another known BTK victim.
I agree completely. See Post #8.
Good points.
He could have left. Perhaps something made him decide to stop, but I can't imagine what that would have been. If 1991 was the last murder, then we're talking 14 years ago. Wonder how old his children had gotten by then?
And then, recently, something made him start contacting authorities again....some desire to get caught?...some desire to challenge modern forensics to see if he was still so smart?....something ego driven?....some urge to kill again and he was now rejecting of it?
It's fascinating in a way.
Yeah, that how the AP headline read the other day.
Cub Scout leader a serial killer, or some such thing.
He's also a government worker...why pick out cub scouts?
How 'bout: "Government Census Employee BTK Serial Killer?"
The wheat and the tares seem to indicate that there are 2 categories: (1) justified sinners, and (2) some additional category of those who only seem to belong, but they never really have.
Am I interpreting your paragraph correctly?
At least one member of that church knows the truth. Out of the mouths of babes.
Look. I left the ELCA because they've abandoned the word of God. Even though I am now a relieved member of the LCMS, I consider this to be unfair. This could just as well have been a LCMS or Catholic, or any other denomination.
Thank you. This discussion is inappropriate. The ELCA deserves lots of criticism but not because of this.
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