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Judith Kohler: Security Guard Prayed for Divine Guidance Before Shooting Gunman [LINK-ZUM]

Jeanne Assam is hailed for saving countless lives in shooting a gunman outside her church, but the volunteer security guard insisted that her steady hand was a matter of divine guidance. [...] "It seemed like it was me, the gunman and God," said Assam, whose hands trembled a little as she recounted the shooting during a news conference Monday.

[Article continues at link. If God was there, why didn't God do anything about the gunman? Why didn't God do something about the gunman before the gunman became the gunman? Why didn't God keep those people who were shot and killed alive? If God is the creator of all things, doesn't that mean God made the gun, God made the bullets, God put those bullets in the gun, God put that gun in the gunman's hand, and God gave the gunman a steady hand as a matter of divine guidance? Why is God using some of us to kill others of us? What 'lesson' did the dead people learn? Are their lives less than ours, such that they can be sacrificed so we who survive can learn a lesson? These are the sorts of questions that reveal how morally bankrupt theism is. "God did it" is embarrassing to hear in the 21st Century. All sympathy to the families and friends who lost loved ones in this terrible incident. Maybe if God wasn't around, we'd kill each other a little less. - Trevor Blake]

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