Pathological guilt about sex as a motivation for violence against women sounds too much like a get out of jail plan. I am not buying it. What purpose would be served by investigators searching for answers in community churches? Just another way to blame someone else. Too many people in life have suffered unspeakable abuse that dera…
Pathological guilt about sex as a motivation for violence against women sounds too much like a get out of jail plan. I am not buying it. What purpose would be served by investigators searching for answers in community churches? Just another way to blame someone else. Too many people in life have suffered unspeakable abuse that derails their growth and well-being, from family members, from religious leaders, from hate groups, etc. Too many people have suffered from life in cults. But most abused people do not resort to massive acts of violence.
Correct— the description of the very young white man —he had a terrible day and he was at the end of his rope — but if he couldn’t go to that store and buy the gun we wouldn’t have the ugly incident.
Just so you are aware, the Southern Baptist Convention has very deep tentacles embedded in the fabric of our country. I would not call them community churches. They are hotbeds of intolerance and bigotry. Long was a member of an SBC church which promoted far right leaning beliefs, politically, socially and personally.
Congregations. 47,530 (2019)
Members. 14,525,579 (2019)
Weekly attendance = 5,250,230[1]
A look at the list of politicians who are SBC is informative, it will give you a sense of how and why our politics of intolerance is thriving. The body that supports the abuse you cite is very powerful and influential in every aspect of ALL of OUR lives, not just the lives of adherents. It has derailed and continues to derail the entire nation.
and there are thousands of smaller sects, equally or more fundamentalist in nature throughout. This rabid fundamentalism (misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia, racism, etc) poisons beyond the SBC.
We should look at the cause of the pathological guilt if we want to follow our better angels. No it should not be a license to kill and definitely should not be used to blame the victims. That is exactly what the pathological patriarchy hopes for. But we need to look deeply into the pathology if we want to do better as a society.
Pathological guilt about sex as a motivation for violence against women sounds too much like a get out of jail plan. I am not buying it. What purpose would be served by investigators searching for answers in community churches? Just another way to blame someone else. Too many people in life have suffered unspeakable abuse that derails their growth and well-being, from family members, from religious leaders, from hate groups, etc. Too many people have suffered from life in cults. But most abused people do not resort to massive acts of violence.
Correct— the description of the very young white man —he had a terrible day and he was at the end of his rope — but if he couldn’t go to that store and buy the gun we wouldn’t have the ugly incident.
Just so you are aware, the Southern Baptist Convention has very deep tentacles embedded in the fabric of our country. I would not call them community churches. They are hotbeds of intolerance and bigotry. Long was a member of an SBC church which promoted far right leaning beliefs, politically, socially and personally.
Congregations. 47,530 (2019)
Members. 14,525,579 (2019)
Weekly attendance = 5,250,230[1]
A look at the list of politicians who are SBC is informative, it will give you a sense of how and why our politics of intolerance is thriving. The body that supports the abuse you cite is very powerful and influential in every aspect of ALL of OUR lives, not just the lives of adherents. It has derailed and continues to derail the entire nation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/us/robert-aaron-long-atlanta-spa-shooting.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Southern_Baptist_Convention_affiliated_people
and there are thousands of smaller sects, equally or more fundamentalist in nature throughout. This rabid fundamentalism (misogyny, xenophobia, homophobia, racism, etc) poisons beyond the SBC.
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Excellent point. And he wasn't just a member of the church, his father was the church's preacher.
exactly! The GOP long ago hijacked vulnerable denominations as they looked for a cult vulnerable base https://www.salon.com/2015/05/13/wingnuts_have_weaponized_jesus_how_the_religious_right_hijacked_christianity/ (just one of many)
That's it - the GOP weaponized Jesus.
The church poisons the mind, heart and soul.
We should look at the cause of the pathological guilt if we want to follow our better angels. No it should not be a license to kill and definitely should not be used to blame the victims. That is exactly what the pathological patriarchy hopes for. But we need to look deeply into the pathology if we want to do better as a society.