[Derik] Bonestroo [the murderer], who was not well-known in the laid-back mountain community and had worked only this season as a lift operator, fired a bullet into the ceiling of the resort’s locker room after saying something along the lines of: “I’m a Christian and if you’re not a Christian I’m here to convert you.”
West said that Bonestroo asked resort manager Brian Mahon about his own beliefs. Mahon told the gunman he was Catholic before being shot to death.
“I’m a Christian and if you’re not a Christian I’m here to convert you.”
There you have it. This is the fruit of preaching that Catholics are not Christians. When he heard Mahon say he was Catholic, he shot him. After all, the man wasn’t a Christian... (sarcasm dripping)
For those who contest Catholics’ use of rituals, I offer this: Christ followed every Jewish ritual His entire life. He instituted the first Catholic ritual Himself when He asked us to “Do this in memory of me.” In short, Christ wanted us to grow closer to Him through rituals. Christ did not despise ritual and He did not think there was no place for ritual in religion. He only condemned the pharisees’ empty, insincere rituals.