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flemco again here, since he is quick with the links, and adroit with the commentary:
"Religious extremist made careful plans to commit terrorist act."
Kudos to the jury for only taking 37 minutes to reject the plea for a reduced sentence (Voluntary manslaughter, rather than Murder 1). As was pointed out else-web, one can hope that setting the precedent that "I killed this person to prevent them from doing things I find morally objectionable" will dissuade further religious terrorists from doing the same.
Make no mistake; had Mr. Roeder been anything but a Christianist Soldier doing, in his misguided way, what he believed to be his God's Work, he wouldn't have gotten nearly as much support from some quarters. As with Pat Robertson, the widespread criticism and "that's not the Christianity I believe in" rebukes of the anti-Christian words and deeds perpetrated in the name of religion is very welcome from those of us outside the faith, but until such acts receive nothing but universal approbrium as the horrible, hateful, and small-minded acts of the deluded they are, and stir the support of what is still a very large, vocal, and influential religious group in the country, I will not rest easy.
flemco again here, since he is quick with the links, and adroit with the commentary:"Religious extremist made careful plans to commit terrorist act."
Kudos to the jury for only taking 37 minutes to reject the plea for a reduced sentence (Voluntary manslaughter, rather than Murder 1). As was pointed out else-web, one can hope that setting the precedent that "I killed this person to prevent them from doing things I find morally objectionable" will dissuade further religious terrorists from doing the same.
Make no mistake; had Mr. Roeder been anything but a Christianist Soldier doing, in his misguided way, what he believed to be his God's Work, he wouldn't have gotten nearly as much support from some quarters. As with Pat Robertson, the widespread criticism and "that's not the Christianity I believe in" rebukes of the anti-Christian words and deeds perpetrated in the name of religion is very welcome from those of us outside the faith, but until such acts receive nothing but universal approbrium as the horrible, hateful, and small-minded acts of the deluded they are, and stir the support of what is still a very large, vocal, and influential religious group in the country, I will not rest easy.
