The Why: Motives Of The Knoxville Shooter

By Kleinheider Posted on July 28, 2008 at 11:58 am

“Our prayers are with those who have been affected by this horrible event. We extend our sympathies to the families who lost loved ones and hope those who were injured make a full and quick recovery.”~ Phil Bredesen

Get caught up on the coverage of the horrific events in Knox County over the weekend by scrolling on down this page.

Brendan Loy mirrors the thoughts I was having when I heard that the man who attacked a Unitarian Universialist Church in Knoxville allegedly did so because he “hated Christianity”:

When initial reports suggested that the murderer who shot up the Unitarian church in Knoxville yesterday “hated Christianity,” I was skeptical. Why would an anti-Christian bigot attack a Unitarian church? Anything is possible in the mind of a deranged killer, of course, but that explanation just didn’t smell right to me. I mean no offense — I’m not implying anything negative about Unitarians — but they aren’t exactly the poster children for in-your-face organized religion of the sort that’s likely to offend somebody who “hates Christianity.”

This, on the other hand, sounds much more plausible.

MORE ON THE TRAGEDY:
Chris Sanders
GoldnI
Cecily Friday
Sweetness & Light
Southern Beale
Get Religion
Huffington Post

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