VT shooter anti-christianity?

[GaryP]

I'm visiting my son in N VA tonight and I just saw the local FOX DC station's local news.

The anchor woman just referred to the shooter as anti-christian because of some things he wrote in his "manifesto". This is not the 1st time I have heard this claim. I fink this curious due to the fact that he compared his sacrifice to Jesus' and that he was rasied as a Christian. In fact, my son lives in Woodbridge which the Washington Post identified as the locale of the church that his parents wanted "de-demonize" him.

Does anyone know of any of is witings that could be classified as "anti-Christainity"?

[Steve Schlicht]

I'm visiting my son in N VA tonight and I just saw the local FOX DC station's local news.

The anchor woman just referred to the shooter as anti-christian because of some things he wrote in his "manifesto". This is not the 1st time I have heard this claim. I fink this curious due to the fact that he compared his sacrifice to Jesus' and that he was rasied as a Christian. In fact, my son lives in Woodbridge which the Washington Post identified as the locale of the church that his parents wanted "de-demonize" him.

Does anyone know of any of is witings that could be classified as "anti-Christainity"?

He was a person with many social and mental problems according to his medical history.

Nothing in what I've read that has been released identified his rampage as being based on being anti-Christian and much supports that he was raised with a Christian upbringing.

Neither of these nuances can prove a causal relationship to his actions.

Steve

[wordy]

I try to see him from a practical functional perspective.

He didn't fit in most likely due to lacking social skills needed to fit in. He was an utterly loner or self selected outcast? He distanced himself from them.

Logically then he would address the causes in how he interpreted their values. Them belonging to a "Nation under God" and if he had grown up in East Germany before the wall come tumbling down he would have interpreted their "errors" as due to Marxism applied in a rigor manner by state.

Is it not likely that he was in bad need of an enemy. To take a stand against their values to defend his own self-esteem. So in that way he comes through as anti-christian?

[Stacey Melissa]

He was absolutely not anti-Christian. In his manifesto, he positively identified with several popular Bible heroes, including Jesus and Moses.

[trendkill]

AFAIK the full written manifesto has never been released. Claims that it is anti-Christian are probably based on those preliminary, misleading reports about the videos that included brief remarks to the effect that the killer ranted about religion. I'm pretty sure all evidence of his motives in relation to Christianity suggests that, if anything, his attitude was pro-Christian.

[post tenebras lux]

He also mentioned Ishmael (jewish spelling) both as his media packages return addressee, as well as scribbled on his arm. Was it because of this passage:And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.To me, he came across as anti 'faux' christians.

[indecision04]

To me, he came across as anti 'faux' christians.

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. He seemed to be more anti-hypocrisy.

[BigJim]

I posted this in another thread, but...


Conservapedia (http://www.conservapedia.com/Seung-Hui_Cho) to the rescue:

- The massacre was evidently motivated by the killer's intensely anti-Christian views.

- The killer "railed against his parents' strong Christian faith."

[Stacey Melissa]

I posted this in another thread, but...


Conservapedia (http://www.conservapedia.com/Seung-Hui_Cho) to the rescue:
And from that same Conservapedia page:

According to one report, Cho Seung-Hui had left a note in his dormitory which contains a rant against Christianity[3] and "rich kids". He stated that ""Thanks to you I died like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people."
Talk about mental blinders.

[Underseer]

And from that same Conservapedia page:


Talk about mental blinders.

Mental blinders are a prerequisite to accepting conservative ideology.

[trendkill]

According to one report, Cho Seung-Hui had left a note in his dormitory which contains a rant against Christianity[3] and "rich kids". He stated that ""Thanks to you I died like Jesus Christ, to inspire generations of the weak and defenseless people."This is an example of one of the misunderstandings based on misleading preliminary reports that I was talking about in my earlier post. The police mentioned that Cho ranted on the subject of religion, and many simply assumed that the ranting was anti-religion; when in fact, in the video files, he accuses people of rejecting conservative values and uses Christian ideas and symbolism to justify the killing.

[tjakey]

Oh no, Faux news fucked up on a story? Say it isn't so!