What we now know about Charlie Kirk's assassin... Straight A student, no known drug use, practicing Christian in the Church of the Later Day Saints, grew up in Republican family who support Trump, registered to vote but no party affiliation himself, believed “both political sides were contributing to a country being in a worse place and not improving the world,”. Family and friends report that shooter expressed his disdain for Charlie Kirk, but never made any threats. the only free speech that motived this killing was that of Charlie Kirk himself. As for Kirk himself, who you have "a lot of love and respect for", often quoted Bible verse Leviticus 20:13, which endorses the execution of homosexuals, which he said "serves as “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” So you 'love and respect" someone whose speech encourages other to do violence against gays.
Times are changing as far as technology goes but people have not. So we pretty much have to accept the fact that crime of all types is here to stay. The Egyptians, Romans, Greeks all couldn't stop crime and they had some horrible punishments. In the US we punish crime with jail time. According to Google the median annual cost to keep a person in jail is $65,000 a year. Now that's a crime.
Charlie did not write the Bible, the fact that he believes in God, and is a Christian does not make him an instigator of violence in any way shape or form. I would like to hear his answer to the question if he was still alive, would you pick up a stone and throw it at a gay person because the Bible said it should be done? I am absolutely sure he would say no to that.
What we now know about Charlie Kirk's assassin... Straight A student, no known drug use, practicing Christian in the Church of the Later Day Saints, grew up in Republican family who support Trump, registered to vote but no party affiliation himself, believed “both political sides were contributing to a country being in a worse place and not improving the world,”. Family and friends report that shooter expressed his disdain for Charlie Kirk, but never made any threats. the only free speech that motived this killing was that of Charlie Kirk himself. As for Kirk himself, who you have "a lot of love and respect for", often quoted Bible verse Leviticus 20:13, which endorses the execution of homosexuals, which he said "serves as “God’s perfect law when it comes to sexual matters.” So you 'love and respect" someone whose speech encourages other to do violence against gays.
Times are changing as far as technology goes but people have not. So we pretty much have to accept the fact that crime of all types is here to stay. The Egyptians, Romans, Greeks all couldn't stop crime and they had some horrible punishments. In the US we punish crime with jail time. According to Google the median annual cost to keep a person in jail is $65,000 a year. Now that's a crime.
THAT was an honest vulnerable piece. Great writing.
Though it also might be how I am moved by the death of someone who I felt was also lovingly honest, patient, and passionate.
I had a lot of love and respect for Charlie Kirk. He was a special person.
Charlie did not write the Bible, the fact that he believes in God, and is a Christian does not make him an instigator of violence in any way shape or form. I would like to hear his answer to the question if he was still alive, would you pick up a stone and throw it at a gay person because the Bible said it should be done? I am absolutely sure he would say no to that.