Boston: A Christian Response
Boston: A Christian Response
The Rev. Matt Walter
Tampa Muslim Outreach
April 2013
The bombings, murders and subsequent manhunt surrounding the Boston Marathon this year have shocked and saddened the nation.
We grieve for families who lost loved ones. We grieve for those who lost limbs or who are still struggling to stay alive. We grieve that our culture and society are threatened by terrorism. But there is something else about which I grieve personally.
I grieve that that there is a young man recovering from gunshot wounds who somehow became deluded enough to think that indiscriminate killing was desirable. He walked on American streets, studied in an American university, spent time with American friends, watched American TV and ate American food. Then he decided to try to destroy the very security, prosperity, and freedom he himself enjoyed, and in the attempt he brought untold grief and pain to others and ruined his own life. What went wrong?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The Rev. Matt Walter
Tampa Muslim Outreach
April 2013
The bombings, murders and subsequent manhunt surrounding the Boston Marathon this year have shocked and saddened the nation.We grieve for families who lost loved ones. We grieve for those who lost limbs or who are still struggling to stay alive. We grieve that our culture and society are threatened by terrorism. But there is something else about which I grieve personally.
I grieve that that there is a young man recovering from gunshot wounds who somehow became deluded enough to think that indiscriminate killing was desirable. He walked on American streets, studied in an American university, spent time with American friends, watched American TV and ate American food. Then he decided to try to destroy the very security, prosperity, and freedom he himself enjoyed, and in the attempt he brought untold grief and pain to others and ruined his own life. What went wrong?
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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