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Colorado shooter had been baptized Mormon

Oh, great. This should only help the current relationship between mormons and baptists.

Maybe he hated "Christians" because the so-called evangelical christians hate Mormons. After all, he had just been baptized, thereby insuring his place in hell with all the other Mormons. Revenge, anyone? Okay, all of this is a little TIC, but isn't there just a bit of truth to it? Show me a Mormon who hasn't been consigned to hell by at least one so-called Christian and I will show you a Mormon who has never spoken with anyone beside another fellow Mormon.

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How sad indeed...for all concerned both this Murray boy and the ones killed. Hopefully no one will think he got this idea from the LDS church teachings or scriptures...

What was the religion of the killer in Omaha?

Would this 'news' even be printed if he had been baptized a Baptist or a Catholic?

Reporters will do us a greater service when they print what medications he was on.

No he did not get the idea from the LDS church. (Remember he stopped going shortly after he was baptized.)

He had a hole in his life that he needed to fill, the missionaries taught him, he sensed something and filled his need, then stopped going and that hole got filled with anger and violence. With the kind of media today, that's easy to find. Sad.

So sad.

It's also too bad that anything and everything "Mormon" (even stuff that has nothing to do with it) has to be dredged up at the time we have a good candidate (who happens to be LDS) running for president. Will they be dredging up good stories of great accomplishments (or even mis-deeds) that were directly related to the Mormon faith??

Perhaps there is a link between the Desert News story about Utah being the most depressed state in the country and this poor soul's depression.

The fool hated himself. Pray for him.

"IF" it is true, then or even "IF" it isn't it won't be long before the canidates in both parties pick-up on this story and some how tie it with Mitt Romney. Then they'll say something like, "Ole Mitt was involed somehow with this persons baptism."

Oh I get it. So somehow the Mormons are responsible for driving this guy over the edge even though "shortly after his baptism... Murray stopped going to church." From the article. And I suppose the fact that he was using an assault rifle means the army was somehow involved too?

Well obviously this guy was bazzurk. (sp?) There are various possibilites why this massacre occured. Did he really have a strong testimony? Did someone manipulate him to baptise and go on a shooting rampage for the sole purpose to make mormons seem like psychos? Was he struggling with confusion and depression? Did he experience harsh problems in his life time with some Christian churches and thus going for revenge?

Well, we will never know.....

But nobody should create false assumptions about this incident.

What's depressing is that the undereducated and non-readers among us keep oversimplifying the depression story.

It only said some researchers funded by a pill manufacturer 'found' that Utah had fewer treatments places for people who might be depressed.

Keep twisting - Mike Huckabee needs your vote.

sure are an easy target, huh?

Only in Utah ...

are there professional baiters who spend their waking hours posting their sensational speculations, to keep many well-meaning LDS busy and defensive.

Most will just turn the other cheek and continue in their faith by doing good works.

Sad when we keep score of the religion of folks who do bad things... why don't we highlight the religion of those who are truly doing wonderful things? What religion is our recent UofU Nobel prize winner? What about the doctors saving lives in hospitals around the world? What about the police who keep us safe? What about those brave souls who are serving in the armed forces? Since religion is so important, please include this information in all of these stories as well. Let's celebrate the fact that great people of faith do great things. We have enough news of the troubles!

Why does religion play a part in someone's actions? What does a relgion have to do with someone's senseless acts? When do we stop blaming religion and hold a person accountable for their actions?

Connecting the Dots: Utah is the state, according to statics, with the most people on anti-depressants? How edcuated are you on this? Do you know that Utah is the state that offers the most help for people who don't have insurance? Utah provides more ways for people to get help. Therefore, the fact that more people are on medication for depression in Utah, could be because there is more help avaible in Utah.

What difference does he make what religion he was? Every religion has people that commit crime. People just make note when it is a Mormon cause they have high standards.

What was the religion of the Columbine killers? Of the Amish school children killer? John Wilkes Booth..what was his religion? Put one...put all.

I thought these shootings happened in Colorado...I guess I missed something.