To: Raymond Hendrix
Her surprise speech and performance was inappropriate for the time and place. It was nonsense, detached from reality.
The murderers are still making excuses (we didn't think it would get this serious) and have yet to reach a moment of guilt and repentance.
Of course they are "sorry" and apologetic in court. They have lawyers and a lenient judge. That's what they are supposed to do as defendants.
Tina Smith, as a supposedly injured party, was supposed to Demand Justice in the name of her "awesome" nephew - and justice was not served. She should have been Furious. Some righteous anger would have been appropriate and not contrary to Christianity.
To: ValerieUSA
Being a Christian myself I guess that I am reluctant to "demand justice". Now if I was the judge in this case then I would be expected to render justice regardless. There is a place for the judge and also a place for the Christian to show some love here. I am surprised that a fellow Christian (I assume that you are one) would immediately focus your attention on the aunt and call her an idiot. I for one was greatly impressed once when a certain woman just lost her daughter to an angry husband who had just murdered her a week before when she asked the congregation to pray for the man. Anyone could have excused the woman if she had felt differently and I certainly can excuse the other relatives for their reaction. However the aunt is not to be condemned for her Christian love. She is not the enemy here.
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