Faith, Fear and the Wages of Columbine

So true, that we need to stop bulling others, because it causes discord. However, we should also stop the tendency to "do as we please" or phrased it in another way "do whatever pops in one's head", we need to start acting humanly and control our behavior. You know, the only solution is the brotherly kind of thing. For every bad act, an innocent person or the future will ultimately pay for that act. Selfishness was part of the mores of the ones doing the crime. (I understand their family have left but will not apologize to the victims and that is shameful)

I for one am sick and tired of folks acting like religion is the answer everything. It's not. If that was the case, why are there wars done in the name of God (regardless of religion). I knew when this happened that those two boys had to have been bullied at some point. I for one was not bullied all the time, but when I was threatened by the new girlfriend of an ex-boyfriend in high school, I told my uncle(my dad's sister convinced my parents sent me to Los Angeles to go to high school, I am from Louisiana) and he went to school, had a talk with the principal and the two of them could not speak a word to me or else they would have been expelled. The next year, the girl apologized to me. The boy I discovered wound up in jail for drugs. My point is that I never had a problem because I went to the principal who listened to me. But the problem is that there are a lot of kids who never get help even when they ask for it. I must say I have seen athletes get away with a lot and that is the problem. Popular kids get out of a lot. Also I have learned that even when I was in high school in Louisiana, I got in trouble for cursing in class (I was arguing with another girl and the teacher happened to hear me-- instead of explaining to the teacher, I just took the punishment) ,I was send to the disciplinarian and got out of it due to the fact that I was in ROTC (yes, I do believe that was part of it), plus I apologized to the teacher and got an overnight suspension.
If religion (really christianity is the answer) explain why religious folks are committing crimes like crazy (see Tracy California incident). If religion is the answer, why are there so many divorces of Christian folks (see Mel Gibson, Newt Gingrich etc.), If religion is the answer, why are families being killed by the fathers? If religion is the answer, why are ministers committing crimes? If religion is the answer why are some of the molesters/child rapists showing up on Dateline to catch a predator (I believe a rabbi and minister showed up)? Explain.

How very sad. But some misnomers were blasted. Post Traumatic Syndrome is due to stress and not genes. There are no inferiors as been taught for centuries.

imagine the hell those kids went thru though they were picked on in school there whole life i would have snapped on some people if iwas being picked on yes killing them was not how but i know a few asswhippings would have been passed to those bullies. we need to teach our kids not to bully because this *** is the result and dont say it was because they have easy access to guns because im 17 years old i am an avid hunter and fisher ishot my plenty share of guns such as the infamous ak-47 can break guns down and build them up myself but when i get picked i dont pick up my guns i dish out an asswhoopin not a bullet but i also have never been pushed to the point these kids were it wasnt all there fault but there was no reason to kill

imagine the hell those kids went thru though they were picked on in school there whole life i would have snapped on some people if iwas being picked on yes killing them was not how but i know a few asswhippings would have been passed to those bullies. we need to teach our kids not to bully because this *** is the result and dont say it was because they have easy access to guns because im 17 years old i am an avid hunter and fisher ishot my plenty share of guns such as the infamous ak-47 can break guns down and build them up myself but when i get picked i dont pick up my guns i dish out an asswhoopin not a bullet but i also have never been pushed to the point these kids were it wasnt all there fault but there was no reason to kill

Some people need to learn to move on. Why do people feel the need to let one moment define their lives, and even more than that, let a moment in someone elses life impact them. Yes it was a bad moment,but move on. Bad things happen every day, so what. I feel sorry for the people who lost someone, but every one has lost someone or will lose someone, it is called life, deal with it, or kill yourself so you don't have to. I am tired of hearing about all this crap. And stop blaming it on guns, you can kill someone with a knife, bat, pipe, even a spoon. If someone wants to kill someone they will find a way. MOVE ON AND QUIT BORING THE REST OF US!!!!!

Excellent article and very well written. What is ocuring here is known as cognitive dissonance. This is when what we want to believe does not match reality. Faith is in the absence of evidence what we fill the void of our knowledge to keep our fears at bay. As our knowledge increases, our beliefs evolve in response. In this instance the firsthand knowledge of such horrific events causes these men of seemingly strong faiths, and probably because of the strengh of their convictions, to ask very hard questions of this faith. This is not a weakness but a strength that drives humanity to change the very ideas that are taught as immutable. If we did not have this abilty we would still be burning witches and slavery would not have ended.

I remember this tragic day. I was only 10 or 11 years old. For such a young child having to hear about this is just so incredible that a lot of people probably could not even fathom the things that were going through my mind! I got the chance to meet a survivor of the Columbine shootings when she came to our high school, Altoona Area High School in Pennsylvania. By this time, I was 18. It just was amazing to see this strong young woman stand up in front of all of these teenagers & parents to talk about her experience that day when she was in the library with her friends .. she got to survive. Everyday I think about the words she spoke to us & what she had to go through just to survive. This all happened because of the bullying in schools. If we all stopped to think about what we were doing or saying to other students, the bullying might actually come to a close. We have to think about what these families all across the country have to go through everyday without having their loved one there anymore. Just stop the bullying! Maybe we could make a difference!

I was just very young when all of this happened. I was about 10 or 11 years old. It still had such a great impact on my life because it just amazed me that this had to happen to kids that were just going through their day of school. At my high school, Altoona Area High School, we actually had a survivor of the shootings come to the school & talk about her experiences that day. By this time, I was 18. Her story was just so incredible that it just runs through me everyday & I just couldn not imagie what she went through. I look up to this young woman for being so strong to talk about her experience that she went through at the library of Columbine. The cause of all of this stupidity is bullying, if it didn't happen, none of this would have ever happened. Please just stop the bullying, look what it has done to many families across the country!!!

There is something that came of this incident that could be considered a turning point for the youth of the world. A group of young people got together and developed the Victory Over Violence campaign. Please visit their web site at www.vov.com and read the pledge. Our global society is subject to violence at every turn. I applaud and support the young people who have dedicated themselves to peace and have determined to stop the speeding train and reverse the path of violence that has plagued humans from the beginning by using education, communication and cultural exchange programs. It will be a slow process, but if we all get onboard from now on, things really can change.

Jesus, came to this earth to deliver us from anything and everything that can take us into slavery or bondage, that includes, depression, PTSD, trauma, abuse, grief, and so much more. Jesus heals, delivers us, and saves us. These pastors are hurting, the word says, "seek me and you will find me," it also says, that in our weakness, God's power is made perfect! Though we may not understand every horrible thing that happens in this world, we can take great assurance in the fact, that JESUS LIVES, and HE will take every bad thing that happens to us, and turn it around for our Good, every time. He also tells us to cast every burden and anxiety on the to the LORD, He tells us all our battles are for HIM to fight, not for us. In the meantime, we press in to the LORD ever so closer, and invite HIS healing in our life when we are hurting and HE will deliver us whether it be from grief, or anything else. HE did it for me, HE will do it for them. They just have to reach out to HIM, and give over the burden of grief, and LEt GOD in to heal ! I pray God's strength, joy, peace, love, and healing to overflow in abundance over these two pastors and every person involved in this horrific tragedy.Amen God is bigger then all our problems, hurts, and sorrows! Just turn to HIM, and HE will help you!

people are strange when yor a stranger, faces look ugly when your alone, women seem wicked when your unwanted, streetare up even when your down. when your strange faces come out of the rain, when your strange no one remembers you name...A bit of truth to this classic DOORS rip add Satan to the mix and ? we all need to join hands and pledge to stop the hate.

People are strange when your a stranger, faces look ugly when your alone, women seem wicked when your unwanted,streets are up when down. when yor strange faces come out of the rain, when your strange no one remembers your name. A bit of truth to this classic DOORS rip! adding satan into the mix, and you see what produces, we all have to join hands and pledge to stop hate.

Dont be blaming the guns and dont put all the blame on the two shooter eighter.. They were victims too.. They were picked on and bullied in school..And from the looks of it no body help them..If a kid get picked on/bullied and no one will help the kid will get depressed and will crack/resort to somthing drastic to stop the proublem/bully..Schools should stepup against kids being pickedon bullied and pushed around in there schools..Police should get invoild too,making it a crime to bully in schools..If we wouldve had law on this back then,this wouldnt of happend..and blamming the parents isnt wright eighter..there also victims too.