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“The truth shall set you free” is the message that two conspiracy theorists were writing on a poster at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, the site of the November mass shooting that left 26 congregants dead.
But what they’re peddling is anything but the truth.
Robert Mikell Ussery and Jodi Marie Mann (Wilson County Sheriff’s Office)
The conspiracy theorists, Jodi Mann and Robert Ussery, say they believe the mass shooting never happened and instead that it was staged by the Department of Homeland Security, according to Ussery’s website, “Side Thorn Journalist.”
They don’t believe the victims are real or that their graves are real. And the pastor, Frank Pomeroy, told the San Antonio Express-News that the conspiracy theorists had gone so far as to demand proof of his daughter’s birth certificate. His daughter, 14-year-old Annabelle, was killed in the shooting.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/08/conspiracy-theorists-harass-sutherland-springs-churchgoers-pastor-whose-daughter-was-killed/?utm_term=.13eb6526b46b
This is so terrible I both hesitated to post it, but also so important to help us see our human problem of conspiracy theory that I felt it best to post it.
The innate tendency in our minds to imagine enemies working against us....requires much discernment in us. How can we guess at the motives even of our own family members correctly? It's not easy. Consider how many spats in your own family or circles were based on wrongly guessing the motives or aims of the person you got into an argument with.
See? This is an extreme example of a real problem we face all the time, everywhere.
I feel it helps me enormously to pray the prayer Christ gave us to pray in Matthew chapter 6. I notice how much better all situations go on days when I ask for that aid!
But what they’re peddling is anything but the truth.
Robert Mikell Ussery and Jodi Marie Mann (Wilson County Sheriff’s Office)
The conspiracy theorists, Jodi Mann and Robert Ussery, say they believe the mass shooting never happened and instead that it was staged by the Department of Homeland Security, according to Ussery’s website, “Side Thorn Journalist.”
They don’t believe the victims are real or that their graves are real. And the pastor, Frank Pomeroy, told the San Antonio Express-News that the conspiracy theorists had gone so far as to demand proof of his daughter’s birth certificate. His daughter, 14-year-old Annabelle, was killed in the shooting.
www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/03/08/conspiracy-theorists-harass-sutherland-springs-churchgoers-pastor-whose-daughter-was-killed/?utm_term=.13eb6526b46b
This is so terrible I both hesitated to post it, but also so important to help us see our human problem of conspiracy theory that I felt it best to post it.
The innate tendency in our minds to imagine enemies working against us....requires much discernment in us. How can we guess at the motives even of our own family members correctly? It's not easy. Consider how many spats in your own family or circles were based on wrongly guessing the motives or aims of the person you got into an argument with.
See? This is an extreme example of a real problem we face all the time, everywhere.
I feel it helps me enormously to pray the prayer Christ gave us to pray in Matthew chapter 6. I notice how much better all situations go on days when I ask for that aid!