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Missing the Point About Aurora

Americanfreedom70 Wrote: Jul 24, 2012 12:27 PM
Here is another point no one seems to be understanding. We as a society have diluted, and in many cases foresaken our faith in a Supreme Being (mine is God Almighty, and his son Jesus Christ), whatever your faith chooses to call him is fine. My point is that with few exceptions a faith based upbringing is esential to the instillation of real values and morals. Otherwise "Don't Kill" is no different than "Don't Steal". Feelings of remorse and love for your fellow human being cannot be tought, or mandated through fear of repercussions. They are instilled through belief, and knowlege that you are loved and cared about. If we let our children grow up with a feeling of emptyness, lack of porpose, and distainment they will give.
Louie13 Wrote: Jul 24, 2012 9:57 PM
American Freedom, I have qualms with the political correct general term "faith based". Do Muslims have a "faith based" upbringing? Their God Alla has ordered them to kill Jews and Christians, you know, the so-called "infidels". And what about Satanists who worship Satan? This is also "faith based". And they are expected to murder some innocent child or whatever as a sacrifice to their god Satan.
Public discussion and debate about the Aurora, Colo., horror has missed the point. With numbing predictability, liberal opinion leaders in the press have focused on gun laws as the potential solution for such atrocities, while conservatives have responded that maniacs will find ways to kill people and therefore, nothing can be done about rampage shootings. Others have speculated that our excessively violent entertainments are tipping borderline types into spasms of real violence.

I'm no fan of degraded entertainment, yet I suspect that saturation media coverage of these events is probably more culpable. But surely a more fruitful avenue of inquiry concerns...

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