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Former classmates say Texas gunman was an 'outcast' who 'preached his atheism online'
Daily Mail ^ | 11-5-2017 | Jenny Stanton

Posted on 11/05/2017 9:00:51 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo

The Texas church shooter who mercilessly shot dead 26 people and injured 24 others was an 'outcast' who 'preached his atheism' online.

Former classmates say Devin Patrick Kelley, 26, who stormed First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas and opened fire on Sunday, was 'creepy', 'crazy' and 'weird'.

Patrick Boyce, who attended New Braunfels High School with the killer, told DailyMail.com: 'He had a kid or two, fairly normal, but kinda quiet and lately seemed depressed.

'He was the first atheist I met. He went Air Force after high school, got discharged but I don't know why. 'I was just shocked [to hear the news]. Still haven’t quite processed how he could have done that.'

Nina Rose Nava, who went to school with the gunman, wrote on Facebook: 'In (sic) in complete shock! I legit just deleted him off my fb cause I couldn't stand his post. 'He was always talking about how people who believe in God we're stupid and trying to preach his atheism'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Texas; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: antifa; atheism; atheist; devinkelley; devinpatrickkelley; hatefulideology; religionofpeace; texaschurchshooting
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Creepy, crazy and weird': Former classmates say Texas gunman was an 'outcast' who 'preached his atheism' online before killing 26 in the state’s worst ever mass shooting

1 posted on 11/05/2017 9:00:51 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Our nation needs to return to Christianity.. It is the fundamental ingredient for what makes our nation so great...


2 posted on 11/05/2017 9:04:29 PM PST by freespirit2012
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Sounds like he was a Bill Maher wannabe.


3 posted on 11/05/2017 9:06:33 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

8 hours later we know more about this guy then we know about the Las Vegas guy.

my guess is they will flush Vegas down the memory hole.


4 posted on 11/05/2017 9:08:25 PM PST by gaijin (Basically Obama lawyers would blatantly make up some totally groundless allegation against a fat cas)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Many Lefties pride themselves on their atheism. This will be interesting to watch. I predict U.S. media won’t report this angle much.


5 posted on 11/05/2017 9:08:28 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Shocking!

(the opposite, actually...)


6 posted on 11/05/2017 9:10:26 PM PST by PreciousLiberty (Make America Greater Than Ever!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

What’s the difference between an Athiest and an Islamist? The Islamists says “There is No God but Allah”. The Athiest says “There is No God”.


7 posted on 11/05/2017 9:10:29 PM PST by sagar
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To: gaijin

“8 hours later we know more about this guy then we know about the Las Vegas guy. my guess is they will flush Vegas down the memory hole.”

You must not have heard the saying “What happens in Vegas”.


8 posted on 11/05/2017 9:12:22 PM PST by sagar
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

“Creepy, crazy and weird”...and stupid looking and an atheist is one thing, but who could have predicted he would go bats**t crazy in a church during Sunday services?


9 posted on 11/05/2017 9:13:45 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

I don’t understand why people who don’t believe feel a need to “preach” their non-belief...


10 posted on 11/05/2017 9:13:55 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Creepy, crazy, weird? No wonder he was a CNN fan.


11 posted on 11/05/2017 9:16:19 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

was speaking with family today and mentioned i thought atheism or extreme anti-religious views might be involved- too early to tell yet though- but that is certainly a possibility with someone so young and possibly full of hate and capable of violence-


12 posted on 11/05/2017 9:16:47 PM PST by Bob434
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“Christopher Leo Longoria replied: ‘I removed him off FB for those same reasons! He was being super nagtive (sic) all the timd (sic).’ “

How did any of these people get through high school?


13 posted on 11/05/2017 9:18:41 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

[[but who could have predicted he would go bats**t crazy in a church during Sunday services?]]

Actually- given his dishonorable discharge for violent behavior, and his propensity for attacking his wife and kid- and his extremist views against religion=- he should have been perhaps red flagged- especially after posing with a gun- which he wasn’t allowed to have due to his felony charge-


14 posted on 11/05/2017 9:19:03 PM PST by Bob434
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'He was the first atheist I met. He went Air Force after high school, got discharged but I don't know why. 'I was just shocked [to hear the news]. Still haven’t quite processed how he could have done that.'

How? By making his own judgment of what is right and wrong, based upon what seems "reasonable" to him, supreme.

Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. (Deuteronomy 12:8)

15 posted on 11/05/2017 9:19:22 PM PST by daniel1212 (rust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + folllow Him)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Another faithless lunatic takes their misery out on people who were perfectly happy to live and let live.


16 posted on 11/05/2017 9:19:28 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: BenLurkin

What is even more interesting is that the guy who confronter the murderer and chased him in his truck meets the image of some white, redneck Texas guy who wears a cowboy hat. One of Hillary’s “deplorables”.


17 posted on 11/05/2017 9:19:32 PM PST by WayneLusvardi (It's more complex than it might seem)
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To: Jamestown1630

“I don’t understand why people who don’t believe feel a need to “preach” their non-belief...”

Atheist can’t go a minute without telling you how intelligent they are and how Stupid everyone else is.


18 posted on 11/05/2017 9:20:53 PM PST by heights
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To: Jamestown1630

to convince themselves that hey are justified in their unbelief- is one reason- another reason is out of pure hatred for anything to do with God- another kinda follows the ‘misery loves company’ line of thinking- the more converts they get- the stronger they feel they are justified in not believing- strength in numbers sort of thing-


19 posted on 11/05/2017 9:22:18 PM PST by Bob434
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To: WayneLusvardi

Much like the University Of Texas Austin clock tower shooter. A couple of people ran to their trucks to grab rifles and return fire at the tower pinning the shooter down.


20 posted on 11/05/2017 9:23:48 PM PST by LukeL
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