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stone space

(6,498 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 02:43 AM Nov 2016

Man convicted in deadly shooting during Sunday services (X-posted from LBN)

Gundamentalism is toxic.


Source: Associated Press

Nov 4, 2:13 AM EDT

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A man has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the shooting death of a fellow churchgoer during Sunday services in a suburban Philadelphia church.

A jury convicted 46-year-old Mark Storms of Lansdale hours after beginning deliberations on Thursday in the April death of Robert Braxton III in North Wales.

Investigators say the 27-year-old Braxton became disruptive and that Storms ordered him to leave, showing him a concealed weapons permit and a handgun. They say Braxton punched Storms and was then shot twice.

About 300 congregants attended the service that day.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHURCH_SHOOTINGS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-11-04-02-13-07


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Man convicted in deadly shooting during Sunday services (X-posted from LBN) (Original Post) stone space Nov 2016 OP
What is it about "Thou shalt not kill " do these Xtians not understand? hedda_foil Nov 2016 #1
You seem to remain confused on things that go in the Gungeon, rather than the Religion folder. AtheistCrusader Nov 2016 #2
When gundamentalists invade our churches and force their values & morality on innocient churchgoers, stone space Nov 2016 #3
 

stone space

(6,498 posts)
3. When gundamentalists invade our churches and force their values & morality on innocient churchgoers,
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 11:39 AM
Nov 2016

...it is not the job of us atheists to try to cover it up.

You seem to remain confused on things that go in the Gungeon, rather than the Religion folder.


As atheists we need to support religious folks in their time of need, as they mourn those lost to gundamentalism.

We cannot deny them their grief, if we allow and even encourage gundamentalists to terrorize them with such free access to guns.







Gundamentalists need to stop forcing their religion down our throats.

They need to learn to take "no" for an answer.











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