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Transcript of Kirk's killer's messages has been revealed

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I have no words right now other than that the fear of the Lord needs to return to this country if there is any hope for unity.
Amen, brother, amen!
 

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I have no words right now other than that the fear of the Lord needs to return to this country if there is any hope for unity.
<looks at the disunity in the Christian faith>

Not sure that is going to be a good plan. especially since I will not be one of those people. Still, at least you proposed something so you are ahead of either of our political parties.
 
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<looks at the disunity in the Christian faith>

Not sure that is going to be a good plan. especially since I will not be one of those people. Still, at least you proposed something so you are ahead of either of our political parties.
I mean...there's ecumenism, where despite different denominations in Christianity, Christians as a whole still get along and love each other....
 
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I mean...there's ecumenism, where despite different denominations in Christianity, Christians as a whole still get along and love each other....
That seems somewhat few and far between, but it is a spot of hope.
 
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That seems somewhat few and far between, but it is a spot of hope.
I don't necessarily think many Christians fight with each other, in this country at least, but someone's perception might vary.
 
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I don't necessarily think many Christians fight with each other
I should record Thanksgiving dinner when the mom's side of the family (Southern Baptist) gets together with my dad's side (Irish Catholic) lol.
 
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I guess " love one another" really means just that when Jesus Christ of Nazareth declared it in His Gospel.
Blessings
 
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I don't necessarily think many Christians fight with each other, in this country at least, but someone's perception might vary.
Especially if they’ve been on this forum for any length of time.
 
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As far as the shooter. The goose is cooked. Maybe his public defender can negotiate a guilty plea in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table.
 
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I guess that answers that.
No, no comrade, you're losing the plot! Don't you believe the TV news? He was a heterosexual far-right Groyper. He will always be a Groyper! War is peace! Freedom is slavery!
 
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I guess they can throw out this guy being a far left liberal.
 
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I guess " love one another" really means just that.
Blessings

The concerning part of that transcript is that there's a kid saying that some differences "can’t be negotiated out".

Everything can be negotiated out with enough time and patience. But this is another one of those situations where I've described the younger generation as being indoctrinated with the "Amazon 2-day shipping" instant gratification culture...where "anything I want to happen, should happen by Thursday, and if it takes any longer than that, the sky is falling"

Society needs fewer "If I don't get everything I want right now, you're all Nazis!"
And more Daryl Davis types:

(which, there are numerous documentaries about Daryl, and I highly recommend them)

Even if the ideology one is arguing against is legitimately hateful (though, that label gets attached to things that actually aren't), Daryl's story shows that everything can be negotiated, no matter how stark the differences. Here's a black blues musician who got 200 high ranking Klansman to leave the Klan, and give him their robes as a trophy.

If every person who claimed to be as concerned about an "-ism" took the time and effort Daryl did to change hearts and minds (over 200 of them), that would go long way, wouldn't it?

If 30,000 other people who claimed to be as concerned about racism as Daryl followed his lead, there would be 6 million fewer racists in the country.
 
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Why? If the "fear of the lord" is a unifying factor I would expect it to present itself in the church.
I guess I misunderstood your post. But yes. It should start in a church revival and spread outward.
 
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I guess they can throw out this guy being a far left liberal.
I dont understand if you are suggesting 'they' can throw out the idea he was a far left liberal, or if you meant to say 'they can throw him out for being a far left liberal but you made a grammatical error. :confused:
 
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I dont understand if you are suggesting 'they' can throw out the idea he was a far left liberal, or if you meant to say 'they can throw him out for being a far left liberal but you made a grammatical error. :confused:
It's pretty obviously the first one - I don't know that the idea can be thrown out entirely, but there really isn't anything in any of the messages that I've seen to indicate his political leanings.
 
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