ratbastid

I think it's unfair to attempt to score points on Christians by this one man's actions. Obviously killing isn't consistent with the teachings of Christ, and obviously this man was unstable. Beyond the obvious tragedy of it, I'm not sure why this is even a thing.

Similarly, I guess it's the natural defensive reaction of a Christian to try to distance themselves from this man by branding him some sort of bogus Christian. If you're going to be a church of inclusion, an ecumenical church, for sure an evangelical church, then you've got to own your nutcases along with your saints. Christians would do a lot better to admit that Hitler was actually a Christian (he was, and a devout one) than to try to brand him a false Christian or to claim his piety was just for show.

The problem is that the church (any church, really) tries to be The Answer For A Perfect Life. First, there IS no such thing, and SECOND, you've got a REAL problem if one of your Perfect People goes and kills somebody (or a few million somebodies).