We can rely on the conservative Christian press to root out and report things they do not like. I often read it and wonder what the other side of the story is, but rarely do we ever get any look into that part of the story. You would think that whenever someone murdered some one in the name of God it would be big headlines, the Gay library acquisition certainly is! But a search (as of this posting) of the Christian Post or World net Daily did not turn up this story of a Christianist terrorist, and yes that is EXACTLY what it is.
From the Houston Chronicle:
A Cypress man charged in the death of a Southwest Airlines flight attendant said Saturday that he was doing God's work when he went to a Montrose-area bar last month, hunting for a gay man to kill.
"I believe I'm Elijah, called by God to be a prophet," said 26-year-old Terry Mark Mangum, charged with murder June 11. " ... I believe with all my heart that I was doing the right thing."
Interviewed in the Brazoria County Jail Saturday morning, Mangum said he feels no remorse for killing 46-year-old Kenneth Cummings Jr., whom relatives described as a "loving" son who never forgot a holiday and a devoted uncle who had set up college funds for his niece and nephew. He worked at Southwest for 24 years.
Mangum, who described himself as "definitely not a homosexual," said God called on him to "carry out a code of retribution" by killing a gay man because "sexual perversion" is the "worst sin." Mangum believed Cummings to be gay. "I planned on sending him to hell," he said...
Mangum — who claimed he has studied the Bible for "thousands and thousands and thousands of hours" — said God first commanded him to kill during a "visitation," or dream, while he was in prison in 2001. He said his victim must be a man because men "carry the harvest of the sinner."
After six months' planning, Mangum said, he went to E.J.'s, a Montrose-area club, where he met Cummings. After they drank a couple of beers, he said, the two went to Cummings' home in Pearland.
Mangum said he stabbed Cummings with a "6-inch blade."
"It's not that I'm a bad dude," he said, expressing concern that people might view him as "strange." Pausing briefly, he said, "I love God."
Funny how THIS story doesn't get printed in the excitable pages of the above mentioned worthies. One thing I want to know, is how, exactly, is this different from what we see in Islamist terrorism?
O God, the Father of all, Whose Son commanded us to love our enemies: Lead them and us from prejudice to truth; deliver them and us from hatred, cruelty, and revenge; And since we are all meant to join You in Heaven, let us begin to live together peaceably on earth, so that we may come to You one day in the love exemplified by Your Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ.
You're right that this man did a terrible thing, but I would not call him a terrorist. Rather I would just say that he is a deranged individual. I distinguish terrorists from guys like this: the terrorists have some sort of organization. This "Christianist" was just an individual crimminal.
Posted by: Dennis | July 30, 2007 at 11:28 AM