Neither The Joker Nor Godlessness Drove Batman Shooting
http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/culture/6222/neither_the_joker_nor_godlessness_drove_batman_shooting/ By Jeffrey Scholes Jeffrey Scholes is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, and Director for the Center for Religious Diversity and Public Life, UCCS. When men don't fear God, they give themselves to evil. This was clearly the case in the latest mass murder. – Ray Comfort As many of us are struggling to find a reason or reasons for the Aurora, Colorado theater shootings in the early morning of Friday, July 20, there is no shortage of pundits offering their own explanations. Maybe the alleged shooter, James Holmes, was depressed after scoring low on exams in his PhD program at the University of Colorado. Or he must have had a rough upbringing. Or the common refrain: he’s simply psychotic, and no verifiable reason for the shooting will ever be discovered. The responses from religious commentators, scholars, and...