Posted on Jun 19, 2015
Mad Man or Martyr? Retired minister sets self on fire.
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This happened a while back, but after reading it, I think it is pertinent to the shootings by racists, and in Charleston this week. As much as I hate racism, I wouldn't go this far to try and send a message to America, which has been long forgotten or unknown. Poor man's dreams haven't come true yet. One of things about racism is it hasn't been addressed properly. Instead of talking about it AFTER a crime like in Charleston happens, It needs to be an ongoing discussion, throughout the years, to keep it in the forefront of Americans. It needs to be debated on National TV. Every time something like this happens, everybody's sorry, and we should do this or that to stop it. It won't stop until Americans are aware of what these murderers think about, and why there is so much hate towards Black Americans. People should be educated, over and over until it sinks in and they really want it stopped. I've always said the speed of the leader is the speed of the team. Our government needs to get a committee together to study why these are still happening, and try to come to a conclusion how to prevent it. It irks me when I think about government funded studies on why frogs hop, or why there is air, and BS like that. This is my opinion. What are yours?
One Monday in June, 79-year-old Charles Moore, a retired United Methodist minister, drove to Grand Saline, Tex., his childhood home town some 70 miles east of Dallas. He pulled into a strip mall parking lot, knelt down on a small piece of foam and doused himself with gasoline.
Then, witnesses said, he set himself on fire.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/16/79-year-old-retired-reverend-set-himself-on-fire-to-inspire-social-justice/?tid=trending_strip_2
One Monday in June, 79-year-old Charles Moore, a retired United Methodist minister, drove to Grand Saline, Tex., his childhood home town some 70 miles east of Dallas. He pulled into a strip mall parking lot, knelt down on a small piece of foam and doused himself with gasoline.
Then, witnesses said, he set himself on fire.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/16/79-year-old-retired-reverend-set-himself-on-fire-to-inspire-social-justice/?tid=trending_strip_2
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Well SGT (Join to see), Buddhist monks have generally been the ones to set themselves or fire in support of one cause or another from injustice in Vietnam in the 1960's to Tibetan monks more recently. Self-immolation is in keeping with Buddhist belief while killing others in conjunction with suicide is in keeping with Wahhabi teaching of Islam.
Christians are not called to martyr themselves on the contrary mature Christians periodically experience the death of desires which are contrary to our faith as God reveals them to us and replaces them with desires He knows are best for us.
Hopefully this man had some mental illness which lead him to kill himself and that he was not like Jim Jones did so many decades ago encouraging others to accompany him in death.
Christians are not called to martyr themselves on the contrary mature Christians periodically experience the death of desires which are contrary to our faith as God reveals them to us and replaces them with desires He knows are best for us.
Hopefully this man had some mental illness which lead him to kill himself and that he was not like Jim Jones did so many decades ago encouraging others to accompany him in death.
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LTC Stephen F., Yes Sir, I understand that, but a Methodist minister. I'm Methodist, but I'm not setting myself on fire for any cause. I hate it when I get burned, physically or mentally. Lol
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LTC Stephen F.
Keith, one of my most memorable physical burns was by picking up a recently fired M-60 machine gun by the barrel as a young private. Some of my flesh stuck to the barrel and it changed my finger prints on that hand. Some lessons are better learned vicariously. I would have like to have learned that particular lesson vicariously; but, it helped me respect weapons for the rest of my life.
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Steve, I did the same thing while changing out a barrel on my M-60 during an air assault. I was so hyped up I didn't think about using my glove . My fingers and Palm were white and I hurt like hell. Another time, a spent casing landed on my left forearm and it burned me. I have a scar from that incident. I learned to remember what you were trained to do, or you get hurt.
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LTC Stephen F.
Keith, it is both sad that we learned the same general lesson the hard way; but, thankfully we did and hopefully we and those we served with profited from our experiences.
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How about just plain old Stupidity?
Look you want justice, tell your congregation as a minister that you support the carrying of firearms in the congregation, and if some ass hole wants to come shoot up your church, you want him on his way to the pearly stinking gates for judgement day.
You want to set yourself on fire, go ahead but I'm still going to call you stupid.
Look you want justice, tell your congregation as a minister that you support the carrying of firearms in the congregation, and if some ass hole wants to come shoot up your church, you want him on his way to the pearly stinking gates for judgement day.
You want to set yourself on fire, go ahead but I'm still going to call you stupid.
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SrA Jonathan Carbonaro, Texas law prohibits weapons in churches, but I have mine because I think about getting robbed or worse and I want my protection under my belt.
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SrA Jonathan Carbonaro
SGT (Join to see) that doesn't personally stop me either. I refuse to go unarmed almost anywhere I go.
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I do too. I even have it with me when I take out the garbage or if I'm working in my garage. Especially when we go out of town. Never know when some idiot gets road rage.
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I think his ideology drove him insane.
No rational person thinks that becoming a crispy critter solves any problem.
Mother Teresa helped others and moved the needle.
No rational person thinks that becoming a crispy critter solves any problem.
Mother Teresa helped others and moved the needle.
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