Mass shooting in a school? Need God. Mass shooting in a church?....

[Cyberman]

"The battle between science and religion was won the day churches began putting up lightning conductors."
--Asimov (I think)

[AFTT47]

I was at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi Mississippi for technical training in September of 1985 when Hurricane Elena came calling. There were 10 tornadoes accompanying the storm which did a lot of the the damage. We had no power or running water. Our food was MREs (military rations designed to be used in the field and called Meals Ready to Eat. We used to joke that the acronym was really Meal Rejected by Ethiopia). Fortunately, there was a Domino's Pizza joint just outside the main gate that was fully operational almost immediately after the storm. It hadn't suffered a scratch during the storm. We joked that it was hallowed ground.

[Chad32]

Mass shootings are horrible. When it happens in a school, theists want to talk about how we need god in the classrooms. But mass shootings happen at churches too. So what's the solution there? Obviously being a place of prayer, where the people worship god, does not prevent psychos from busting in and gunning people down. This is how you know the whole "get god back in the classroom" is just a political stunt, right? Because buildings where prayers and praise take the forefront are not magically protected, any more than any other building.

In the early days of America, churches were actually preferred targets for lightening strikes because of their steeples. They eschewed Franklin's lightning rod as heretical for controlling the "artillery of the heavens." They came around eventually.

That was always funny. Put a building on a hill, with a steeple reaching to the sky, and wonder why churches keep getting struck by lightning. Problem solved with a bit of metal.

[ignoramus]

Mass shooting in a school? Need God. Mass shooting in a church?....

It's surely clear by now that Country music followers are also the cause of mass shootings ...

[downbeatplumb]

Mass shooting in a school? Need God. Mass shooting in a church?....

It's surely clear by now that Country music followers are also the cause of mass shootings ...

And rightfully so.
Country music is an abomination.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I dont think having "God in schools" (whatever that means) would have changed anything.

The difference between school shootings and church shootings though, is that school shootings are usually done by one of the school's current students. For church shootings, it's usually an outsider.

"Putting God back in the schools" means compulsory prayer, "Christian" education and curriculum. But you knew that.

[LadyForCamus]

I dont think having "God in schools" (whatever that means) would have changed anything.

The difference between school shootings and church shootings though, is that school shootings are usually done by one of the school's current students. For church shootings, it's usually an outsider.

Do you find it annoying the way some people assume you're being disingenuous simply because you're a Theist?  I swear, there isn't a thing you could say around here that at least one person wouldn't jump all over.  

[Little Rik]

Mass shootings are horrible. When it happens in a school, theists want to talk about how we need god in the classrooms. But mass shootings happen at churches too. So what's the solution there? Obviously being a place of prayer, where the people worship god, does not prevent psychos from busting in and gunning people down. This is how you know the whole "get god back in the classroom" is just a political stunt, right? Because buildings where prayers and praise take the forefront are not magically protected, any more than any other building.

If you don't mind I do an important correction in your OP.  

Here we are...........When it happens in a school, SOME theists want to talk about how we need god in the classrooms..........blah, blah, blah...........

Got it?

[Chad32]

Mass shootings are horrible. When it happens in a school, theists want to talk about how we need god in the classrooms. But mass shootings happen at churches too. So what's the solution there? Obviously being a place of prayer, where the people worship god, does not prevent psychos from busting in and gunning people down. This is how you know the whole "get god back in the classroom" is just a political stunt, right? Because buildings where prayers and praise take the forefront are not magically protected, any more than any other building.

If you don't mind I do an important correction in your OP.  

Here we are...........When it happens in a school, SOME theists want to talk about how we need god in the classrooms..........blah, blah, blah...........

Got it?  

Yes, apparently I still need practice not throwing absolutes out there. I know every single theist doesn't think like this. But people who do, tend to be theists.

[vorlon13]

I dont think having "God in schools" (whatever that means) would have changed anything.

The difference between school shootings and church shootings though, is that school shootings are usually done by one of the school's current students. For church shootings, it's usually an outsider.

"Putting God back in the schools" means compulsory prayer, "Christian" education and curriculum. But you knew that.

Putting God back in schools will also eliminate homosexuality, liberalism, uppity negroes and Catholicism.