[bray]

Translation: He converted to Islam and we do not want to offend.

Pray America is waking

[Lisbon1940]

Religion and political ideology are functionally identical.

[Gamecock]

“I don’t think that’s where the answer to this lies.”

Presuppositions will lead you down blind trails.

[exit82]

“This line of questioning makes no sense to me whatsoever,” said Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, an associate professor of political science with a courtesy appointment in religious studies at Northwestern University in Illinois. “I find it disturbing and depressing that at a time like this some people feel compelled to search desperately for explanations that presume religious causation.”

Makes a lot of sense to me, sweetheart.

[john mirse]

Cockpit door:

1. Transparent bulletproof plastic or glass door? Why not make the cockpit door transparent so passengers and stewardesses can look into the cockpit, especially if they suspect that something was wrong in the cockpit?

2. Privacy: A curtain could be installed on the OUTSIDE of the door so that a stewardess could open the curtain to see what is going inside the cockpit.

3. Cam Camera: How about a cam camera in the cockpit? They make such cameras so small that they would hardly be noticed.

4. Cam Camera in passenger area: Also, how about cam cameras in several places in the PASSENGER area, and one especially aimed at cockpit area.

[SoFloFreeper]

I am convinced if this guy were a member of the Westboro cult, the media would be running wild.

If he was a student at Liberty University, the press would be rejoicing.

A Muslim or an atheist will get kid glove treatment.

[exit82]

French Prosecutor Brice Robin of Marseille, during a news conference Thursday, whether he knew Lubitz’s religion, Robin said he did not know and added, “I don’t think that’s where the answer to this lies.”

"These are not the droids you are looking for."

[G Larry]

Let’s see:

If a White cop shoots a Black suspect, the motivation is automatically “racism”, no matter the evidence of the suspect’s aggression.

But, when a Muslim purposely crashes a passenger plane, we’re wrong to believe his faith played a role in his motivation?

[NEMDF]

If people had been asking whether he was some “right-wing extremist”, no one would have been appalled.

[Sherman Logan]

Interviews with families and friends would seem to be a way to answer this question.

My understanding is that his Facebook pages have been cached. AFAIK, there was little or nothing in them to indicate conversion to Islam.

Anybody devout enough to kill himself and 150 others in the name of his faith is not likely to have kept his conversion secret.

[txrefugee]

Really. Leftist university professors don’t seem to get the connection between religion and terrorism. How dense can you be.

[Neoliberalnot]

Lizzy Shakedown Hurd would be all over it if he were devout Christian.

[onedoug]

islamist or facilitator....

[Hulka]

Hey, Germany. . .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD94dVu8lqQ

[Sacajaweau]

Remember Hasan...He was a little screwed up and we knew it...but let him pass....even gave him a promotion.

[Baynative]

The news cycle is less than three days old; there’s still a week of misinformation ahead.

[Yosemitest]

It's coming:

To tolerate EVIL is CRIMINAL!

NO MUSLIMS ALLOWED !

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[tbpiper]

My take from this is that you have to have a mental condition in order to convert to islam.

[TxAg1981]

search desperately for explanations that presume religious causation
No one is presuming religious causation. They are simply asking.
However, YOU are presuming/insisting that there is no religious causation.
How can you hope to arrive at the truth when you immediately rule out possible causes?