“It makes you wonder what happened there in his Mormon Ward, that made this man would carry a vendetta for 30 years. Crazy or not, this man was haunted by his Mormonism. “
When this story first broke, a mormonite posted it, apparently to show how mormons were so very persecuted in every way and were victims. Other mormonic cultists jumped in to try to extend that meme to make it sound as if all opposition to mormonism as a doctrine leads to violence.
It was done entirely through supposition, innuendo, sliming statements without facts, etc. Reno used innuendo in his post to imply violence has either been approved or endorsed by those who oppose mormonism as a doctrine. He was asked for proof. I didn’t see any. Lady Lawyer implied it was someone on FR who did the shooting, when she asked Reno what the shooter’s FR screen name is. Again, innuendo and slime without fact. I would imagine a lawyer would do better. I wonder if that user is a lady or a lawyer?
It must be terribly disappointing for them to learn it was the impact of mormonic abuse on this man (who was a victim of mormonism earlier in life) that eventually led to the shooting of the mormon bishop.
There is no question mormons shun anyone who dares leave and question mormonism. I’ve seen it. It’s been stated here by mormons who left.
“...this man was haunted by his Mormonism.”
mormon lying-for-the-lord is alive and well I see.
Openly empathizing with the killer. Interesting. And predictable. Which is why I made my comment in the first place.
“When this story first broke, a mormonite posted it, apparently to show how mormons were so very persecuted in every way and were victims.”
As the person who posted this thread, I did not post it because I feel like we are victims.
I posted it because it was newsworthy.
The shooter was taking psychiatric meds, and as with all of these types of crimes, whenever I hear about an inexplicable violent crime, I often wonder if it was Prozac or Zoloft that drove the perp to commit the crime.
The careful teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ do NOT lead to acts of violent retribution.
Taking mind bending drugs that were designed to cause addiction, violence, and insanity do.
I don’t shun anyone who has left the church for whatever reason.
But I am somewhat skittish about hanging with those who take psychiatric meds because of the known side effects of violence, including suicide and murder as has been so devastatingly portrayed in this tragic story.
http://www.breggin.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=187
Jenny