No respect for Life
This last week has made me wonder shat has happen to the younger generation. Is it television and violent video games that has people killing each other. Do they really think they can rack up points and walk away with no consequences? Are these people going to pop up after the game is over? Is there no feeling of self survival? Do they not understand or care that they can loose their lives or spend time in jail? Are they at such a tender age already thinking life is not worth living?
You would think that getting up on Sunday, dressing in your finest and going to church to worship, would give you a shield of protection. This did not happen at First Baptist Church in Maryvilles, Ill. Rev Fred Winters was gunned down. Several shots were deflected by his bible before he was mortally wounded. It is now being said that the shooter, a man named Terry Sedlacek, had suffered from Lymes disease and his mental status had deteriorated. One doctor said he never knew Lymes’ to cause that level of violence.
A mass killing of 19 people in Germany came to light this week also. The Europeans have often called us a “gun happy nation” but it looks like they are now imitating us. What a pity. A 19 year old ex student returned to carry out the deed in Stuttgart, Germany.
Not to be outdone, a young man travelled through two small towns in Alabama killing his own mother grandmother and others before being killed in a shootout. Michael McLendon was thought of as quiet and polite.
These are just three examples of the violence around us. Growing up, I think we knew that death was final. We also knew that whatever we did right or wrong would come back to visit us. Has a world of so much murder and killing, fed to our children at early ages, desensitized them to the point where life has no value?
I can’t answer this but neither can people on the scientific level. They can’t even decide just what violence is. Whatever the reason, we must try to find an answer quickly. These incidents have happened far too often to ignore!