In January of 2011, Julie Powers Schenecker of Tampa Florida shot her teenage son on the way to soccer practice. She then drove back to her suburban home and shot her teenage daughter in the back of the head while she was studying on the computer. Mrs. Schenecker is the wife of an Army Colonel. She complained that the three day waiting period to purchase her handgun inconvenienced her scheme to murder her children. The reason she gave police when they arrested her was that her children were "mouthy"-- they talked back to her and disrespected her.
Reading the comments attached to this news story is facinating. Self-confessed Christians say how horrible they think this crime is, and how they can't possibly understand how a mother could commit such a terrible act. Without a doubt, this is a horrific crime, and the murderer should spend the rest of her life in prison, or sentenced to death.
What is facinating is that Christians, who obviously have never read the bible, are not connecting the motive for this crime to the law of God. Look up online for Exodus 21:17. Regardless of the translation you look at, it says the following: Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. This statement is ALL OVER the "holy" bible:
Matthew 15:4, Jesus speaking: For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
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Mark 7:10 For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'
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Leviticus 20:9 "'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.
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Deuteronomy 27:16 "Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother." Then all the people shall say, "Amen!"
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Proverbs 20:20 If a man curses his father or mother, his lamp will be snuffed out in pitch darkness.
Christians will say how horrible the Tampa murders are, but will refuse to admit how horrible the bible is. They will defend it. They will tell you that it doesn't mean what it says, and that those were different times.
I had read this and though about how terrible this tragedy was. I can only assume that religion played a big part in this. This is why I don't indoctrinate my children. Being a Deist, I am skeptical of any teachings my child learns from a church or a christian. Their blind faith can have negative results if approached the wrong way. All things, including the bible, should be taken with a grain of salt.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I respect Deists because they arrive at their beliefs independently through their own thought processes, and not through the presupposition of truth of holy books and gurus.
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