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Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Emu4life(m): 4:12pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
thier is notin spiritual about the bble, dey just keep calling spirituality as if its thier names, if dey claim we dont have Holy spirit dey dat have Holy spirit, why do dey keep commiting greveous offence? Abi na Holy spirit dey make pple SIN....Spirituality and Holy spirit is d greatest scam in christianity. Dey end up saying " U dont have Holy spirit wen dey ar pushed to d wall( if not so defend all dz contradictions and say dey ar false. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by annibro(f): 4:13pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
hamzeiy: Yes some people are predestined & chosen. It depens on ur heart if u're broken & willing. I wouldn't know if we're serving D same God. Mine is D Almighty, Creator of D heavens & d earth & has a Son Jesus Christ. If yours doesn't have a Son, den am sorry we're not serving d same God. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by neocortex: 4:14pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
kristisking: Don't you find it weird to ask someone to embrace what you yourself don't understand ? That is the height of selfishness. Now tell me what makes you think you are better than the "pagans" , your bible say so I guess. The same bible that is full of inconsistencies , contradictions and divisions ? Anyone with an iota of humanity who had read the bible will cringe and feel ashamed of the widespread killing and destruction that were sanctioned by Yahweh. I implore you to enlighten yourself and be set free. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by femi4: 4:15pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Weah96:You lack basic knowledge. "My people perish cos of lack of knowledge." The word of God is not like "things fall apart" you can just pick up , read and understand. Unless you are save, you and the OP will always be in confusion Read Act 8:26-35 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a] eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.” 30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked. 31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.” 34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus. |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by folafola(m): 4:15pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
efilefun:These people see anyone who do not belif sura9:29 as kafir wether you are in a mosque or not since you are not carrying out same belif they got from mohammed in sura 9:29 then you stand a chance to be bombed as well. I am not ashamed of the gospel of christ it is the power of God unto salvation 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by vapid: 4:16pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Do you know the part of the Bible that says do not add or remove bla bla bla or the part that says Heaven and earth will surely pass away before one word does not come to pass. If you say the Bible is not to be taken literally then you must mean the whole of it, not choosing the nonsensical part as the ones not to be taken literally. Even the existence of God is also literal. Agree? sukkot: |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by kritikali(m): 4:19pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
SuperSuave: Don't u know it will only the intervention of the holy spirit for us christians to understand that we are commanded to kill at will, but we chose not to cos we are blind? And don't u know also it will take same spirit to let us know jesus is a fagit,and we shld emulate him. |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by folafola(m): 4:22pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
neocortex: HOW MANY OF THE TERRORIST GROUP YOU KNOW QUOTE FROM THE SO CALLED VERSES IN THE BIBLE? BUT THEY HAVE GOT THEIR BOOK AND THEY QUOTE FREELY FROM IT WHILE KILLING UNBELIEVERS .......SURA 9:29 SEE YOUTUBE FOR THE VIDEOS AND HOW THEY QUOTE IT SHOUTING ALLAHU AKBAR 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by damilareoye: 4:23pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Coldfeet:God bless you sis... a person can't just pick out a bible verse and begins to make wrong analyses without taking time to understand the the bible verses that comes before the verse in question. 2 Likes |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by mildflame: 4:24pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
hamzeiy: U dis INFINITE PRESUMPTUOUS BASTARD go 4K Urself n ur GOD....who give a 4K about ur UTTER USELESS GOD |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by farouzy: 4:26pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
elijah2u:young man how else do you want him to understand it..we are seeing verses contradicting each other clearly.it gives a diferent number here,a diferent number there and u are stil decieving ursef with the concept of holy spirit leadin people to understand wat they read. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by folafola(m): 4:27pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
plaetton:the bible was never directly from the mout of God but were written by men as they were inspired all these trash does not affect the THEME and SUBJECT MATTER of the scripter 2 TIM 3:16, BUT dont be surprised if i tell you that quran was revised by jubril, and collated by uthman who burnt the other manuscripts, thanks to the scripture for in it i have found salvation |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Bankitee(m): 4:27pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
ShakurM:this is divine sense 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by kristisking(m): 4:27pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
[quote author=neocortex post=35781224] Don't you find it weird to ask someone to embrace what you yourself don't understand ? That is the height of selfishness. Now tell me what makes you think you are better than the "pagans" , your bible say so I guess. The same bible that is full of inconsistencies , contradictions and divisions ? Anyone with an iota of humanity who had read the bible will cringe and feel ashamed of the widespread killing and destruction that were sanctioned by Yahweh. I implore you to enlighten yourself and be set free.[/quoteAlthough I may not know the religion you practise,but I want you to know that christianity is a peaceful religion.You might have been brainwashed to believe what you are saying but the bottomline is that any religion where there is bloodshed,there is a question in it.Christians do not kill fellow humans to appease God.It is satanic.I pray God deliver you.You need help. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by dblaisepascal(m): 4:28pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
mactoni91:Ur write up is TRASH' u Had better go on research on How to make it up in life than to contradict d word of GOD'' amongst d creature of d most high God, u aren't upto d least of sand; ur opinion isn't relevant ... Go fetch a life 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by neocortex: 4:28pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
folafola: I am interested in addressing the root cause of problems. The same idea of a "chosen people" as sanctioned which israelites used to wreak havoc on innocent people whose only crime is inhabiting their forefathers land at that point in time is being used bynISIS/Boko haram as a license to kill. I am aware that terrorists quote verses from Quran, but you will agree with me that those verses won't have been in the Quran if they were not in the bible. |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by kritikali(m): 4:29pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
sambisa5: Good news like the one in mark 4:11-12 and 6:11 or the one in Luke 10:10-15 , and mind you he hasn't the slightest objection to the cruelties of the Old Testament according to Mathew 5:17 |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Awesomeking: 4:33pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Now that he has ironed ad outlined the faults in your bible,yall are saying he took the verses out of context thereby eliminating the true meaning of the verse when you were scrutinizing quran verses u didnt know it was out of context #CHANGE your ways 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by muba25(m): 4:35pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
That's the beauty of Islam there is contradiction in it! Because its Allah's words. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Ahmed4002(m): 4:36pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
folafola: I totally understand you when you say that this verse promotes violence on a cursory glance. But if you read it carefully you’ll find that it doesn’t. I hope you will be patient enough to be with me throughout the end of this article. The verse says “Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth” . My question to you brother. Does this verse stop here? No it doesnt. It continues and gives the actual reason as to the fighting. This is the continuation: – “until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued”. 1. PAYING JIZYA IS THE CONDITION FOR FIGHTING. THIS STATEMENT IS TOTALLY IGNORED OR OVERLOOKED WHEN LEVYING THIS ALLEGATION OF VIOLENCE ON MUSLIMS. This verse doesn’t ask the Muslims to do mindless slaughter as the media portrays or deceives. It gives the Muslims the permission to fight only those non-Muslims who do not pay jizya – the state tax. And we all know that jizya is applicable only in an Islamic state. Neither India, nor US or Britain are Islamic states. So to put this verse as an excuse for what happened there only shows how biased, unknowledgable and unfair the media is and it hurts us deeply. I can show whole verses from other scriptures that are truly inhuman, yet no one questions them. Do you want a sample? Ill give it to you at the end. I promise. 2 Likes |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by neocortex: 4:37pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
[quote author=kristisking post=35781655][/quote] The word "brainwash" is synonymous with people of "faith" who lazily accepts everything they are told without questioning. You are the one who accept the bible as the " unquestionable word of god " without evidence I think a description of "brainwash fellow" is apt for you. When you say "any religion" do you mean the religious book or the people practicing it ? As to religious killings, every proselytizing religion was strengthened and expanded through killing and destructions. I will repeat again , seek the truth and be set free. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by hollypagan: 4:37pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
Your contradicting your self not bible ,try to read read the verses From one to end of chapters you claim to be contradictory 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by LordaGuru: 4:38pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
EternalBeing: Hmmm... this is very deep! 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by plaetton: 4:41pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
folafola: My point is that if one is already directly interfaced with the holy spiri spiri, then would reading the mere written words , revised, redacted and edited by men, not be redundant and superfluous ? |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by hamzeiy: 4:42pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
annibro:yeah....bear witness that i said mine dosnt have a son,He is the one ,the only , the eternal.... He begeth not nor is He begotten and there is none like unto Him...master of all.... soon you shall come to know who is right from who is not... 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by architez: 4:43pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
cococandy: Thanks, cococandy. To be honest our Christianity is very different from any other religion on earth. It is on a totally different level all together. Judaism is very much like Islam, etc. Christianity is the only religion where all u have to do to go to heaven (or paradise or navirna) is open your heart and let Someone come in. THAT'S ALL. You don't have to follow any book, or obey any laws, or follow any rituals or repeat/recite any words or meditate, or anything. Here is a paste of what I wrote someone earlier: No, to be honest, there really r contradictions. But our Christianity is not based on following a book or rituals or laws. It is based on following a Person, a Spirit, and having that Spirit alive in us. This is a living, present, tangible Spirit. And in that Spirit there are no contradictions. |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Ahmed4002(m): 4:43pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
folafola: There you go my friend, verse 9:29 doesn’t encourage the muslims to do terrorism. It is a perfectly fair and just verse. Just throw this article on the face of anybody who tries to misrepresent islam to you in the future. EVERY AUTHENTIC TRANSLATION OF THE QURAN HAS THE WORD “UNTIL” OR “TILL” IN THE VERSE 9:29 I could lay my hands on 7 different english translations of the quran and ALL OF THEM HAVE THE CONDITION:- 1. “[And] fight against those who – despite having been vouchsafed revelation [aforetime] – do not [truly] believe either in God or the last Day, and do not consider forbidden that which God and His Apostle have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of truth [which God has enjoined upon the], till they [agree to] pay the exemption tax with a willing hand , after having been humbled [in war]” 9:29 Asad’s Translation FIGHTING NEED NOT ALWAYS BE PHYSICAL, IT CAN ALSO BE INTELLECTUAL Finally, people might now say well isn’t Islam violent because Muslims are commanded to fight those who do not believe in God and so on etc etc. Not really, because fighting in this verse does not explicitly mean physical violence. Observe the words in the above verses like “ willingly” , “willing submission” , “readily” etc. Here it is spoken about bringing a change from within the hearts of people which is brought about intellectually . There are many ways in which you fight against somebody that does not involve a physical aspect. You can fight someone with the tongue, using your wisdom and telling him about the truth, you are fighting against the lies that person is propagating and eventually with your tongue you will speak the truth and crush his lies leading him to the truth. So fighting does not have to only be physical. But alas! We totally over look these things when we mindlessly base allegations on the Quran. I never comment on any religion until I have read and understood ALL their scriptures. I don’t just google out some anti-religious sites to come up with instant allegations. This is so unfair. 1 Like |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by batista181(m): 4:47pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
NICE ONE MAN KEEP IT UP |
Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by Boyoboy9(m): 4:49pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
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Re: List: 30 Pairs Of Bible Verses That Contradict One Another by mactoni91(m): 4:50pm On Jul 12, 2015 |
folafola:1. Wisconsin Sikh Temple massacre, Aug. 5, 2012. The virulent, neocon- fueled Islamophobia that has plagued post-9/11 America has not only posed a threat to Muslims, it has had deadly consequences for people of other faiths, including Sikhs. Sikhs are not Muslims; the traditional Sikh attire, including their turbans, is different from traditional Sunni, Shiite or Sufi attire. But to a racist, a bearded Sikh looks like a Muslim. Only four days after 9/11, Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh immigrant from India who owned a gas station in Mesa, Arizona, was murdered by Frank Silva Roque, a racist who obviously mistook him for a Muslim. But Sodhi’s murder was not the last example of anti-Sikh violence in post-9/11 America. On Aug. 5, 2012, white supremacist Wade Michael Page used a semiautomatic weapon to murder six people during an attack on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Page’s connection to the white supremacist movement was well- documented: he had been a member of the neo-Nazi rock bands End Empathy and Definite Hate. Attorney General Eric Holder described the attack as “an act of terrorism, an act of hatred.” It was good to see the nation’s top cop acknowledge that terrorist acts can, in fact, involve white males murdering people of color. 2. The murder of Dr. George Tiller, May 31, 2009. Imagine that a physician had been the victim of an attempted assassination by an Islamic jihadist in 1993, and received numerous death threats from al-Qaeda after that, before being murdered by an al-Qaeda member. Neocons, Fox News and the Christian Right would have had a field day. A physician was the victim of a terrorist killing that day, but neither the terrorist nor the people who inflamed the terrorist were Muslims. Dr. George Tiller, who was shot and killed by anti-abortion terrorist Scott Roeder on May 31, 2009, was a victim of Christian Right terrorism, not al-Qaeda. Tiller had a long history of being targeted for violence by Christian Right terrorists. In 1986, his clinic was firebombed. Then, in 1993, Tiller was shot five times by female Christian Right terrorist Shelly Shannon (now serving time in a federal prison) but survived that attack. Given that Tiller had been the victim of an attempted murder and received countless death threats after that, Fox News would have done well to avoid fanning the flames of unrest. Instead, Bill O’Reilly repeatedly referred to him as “Tiller the baby killer." When Roeder murdered Tiller, O’Reilly condemned the attack but did so in a way that was lukewarm at best. Keith Olbermann called O’Reilly out and denounced him as a “facilitator for domestic terrorism” and a “blindly irresponsible man.” And Crazy for Godauthor Frank Schaffer, who was formerly a figure on the Christian Right but has since become critical of that movement, asserted that the Christian Right’s extreme anti-abortion rhetoric “helped create the climate that made this murder likely to happen.” Neocon Ann Coulter, meanwhile, viewed Tiller’s murder as a source of comic relief, telling O’Reilly, “I don't really like to think of it as a murder. It was terminating Tiller in the 203rd trimester.” The Republican/neocon double standard when it comes to terrorism is obvious. At Fox News and AM neocon talk radio, Islamic terrorism is a source of nonstop fear- mongering, while Christian Right terrorism gets a pass. 3. Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church shooting, July 27, 2008. On July 27, 2008, Christian Right sympathizer Jim David Adkisson walked into the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee during a children’s play and began shooting people at random. Two were killed, while seven others were injured but survived. Adkisson said he was motivated by a hatred of liberals, Democrats and gays, and he considered neocon Bernard Goldberg’s book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, his political manifesto. Adkisson (who pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and is now serving life in prison without parole) was vehemently anti-abortion, but apparently committing an act of terrorism during a children’s play was good ol’ Republican family values. While Adkisson’s act of terrorism was reported on Fox News, it didn't get the round-the-clock coverage an act of Islamic terrorism would have garnered. 4. The murder of Dr. John Britton, July 29, 1994. To hear the Christian Right tell it, there is no such thing as Christian terrorism. Tell that to the victims of the Army of God, a loose network of radical Christianists with a long history of terrorist attacks on abortion providers. One Christian Right terrorist with ties to the Army of God was Paul Jennings Hill, who was executed by lethal injection on Sept. 3, 2003 for the murders of abortion doctor John Britton and his bodyguard James Barrett. Hill shot both of them in cold blood and expressed no remorse whatsoever; he insisted he was doing’s God’s work and has been exalted as a martyr by the Army of God. 5. The Centennial Olympic Park bombing, July 27, 1996. Paul Jennings Hill is hardly the only Christian terrorist who has been praised by the Army of God; that organization has also praised Eric Rudolph, who is serving life without parole for a long list of terrorist attacks committed in the name of Christianity. Rudolph is best known for carrying out the Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics—a blast that killed spectator Alice Hawthorne and wounded 111 others. Hawthorne wasn’t the only person Rudolph murdered: his bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama in 1998 caused the death of Robert Sanderson (a Birmingham police officer and part- time security guard) and caused nurse Emily Lyons to lose an eye. Rudolph’s other acts of Christian terrorism include bombing the Otherwise Lounge (a lesbian bar in Atlanta) in 1997 and an abortion clinic in an Atlanta suburb in 1997. Rudolph was no lone wolf: he was part of a terrorist movement that encouraged his violence. And the Army of God continues to exalt Rudolph as a brave Christian who is doing God’s work. 6. The murder of Barnett Slepian byJames Charles Kopp, Oct. 23, 1998. Like Paul Jennings Hill, Eric Rudolph and Scott Roeder, James Charles Kopp is a radical Christian terrorist who has been exalted as a hero by the Army of God. On Oct. 23, 1998 Kopp fired a single shot into the Amherst, NY home of Barnett Slepian (a doctor who performed abortions), mortally wounding him. Slepian died an hour later. Kopp later claimed he only meant to wound Slepian, not kill him. But Judge Michael D'Amico of Erin County, NY said that the killing was clearly premeditated and sentenced Kopp to 25 years to life. Kopp is a suspect in other anti-abortion terrorist attacks, including the non-fatal shootings of three doctors in Canada, though it appears unlikely that Kopp will be extradited to Canada to face any charges. 7. Planned Parenthood bombing, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1994. Seldom has the term “Christian terrorist” been used in connection with John C. Salvi on AM talk radio or at Fox News, but it’s a term that easily applies to him. In 1994, the radical anti-abortionist and Army of God member attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Brookline, Massachusetts, shooting and killing receptionists Shannon Lowney and Lee Ann Nichols and wounding several others. Salvi was found dead in his prison cell in 1996, and his death was ruled a suicide. The Army of God has exalted Salvi as a Christian martyr and described Lowney and Nichols not as victims of domestic terrorism, but as infidels who got what they deserved. The Rev. Donald Spitz, a Christianist and Army of God supporter who is so extreme that even the radical anti-abortion group Operation Rescue disassociated itself from him, has praised Salvi as well. 8. Suicide attack on IRS building in Austin, Texas, Feb. 18, 2010. When Joseph Stack flew a plane into the Echelon office complex (where an IRS office was located), Fox News’ coverage of the incident was calm and matter-of-fact. Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa seemed to find the attack amusing and joked that it could have been avoided if the federal government had followed his advice and abolished the IRS. Nonetheless, there were two fatalities: Stack and IRS employee Vernon Hunter. Stack left behind a rambling suicide note outlining his reasons for the attack, which included a disdain for the IRS as well as total disgust with health insurance companies and bank bailouts. Some of the most insightful coverage of the incident came from Noam Chomsky, who said that while Stack had some legitimate grievances —millions of Americans shared his outrage over bank bailouts and the practices of health insurance companies—the way he expressed them was absolutely wrong. 9. The murder of Alan Berg, June 18, 1984. One of the most absurd claims some Republicans have made about white supremacists is that they are liberals and progressives. That claim is especially ludicrous in light of the terrorist killing of liberal Denver-based talk show host Alan Berg, a critic of white supremacists who was killed with an automatic weapon on June 18, 1984. The killing was linked to members of the Order, a white supremacist group that had marked Berg for death. Order members David Lane (a former Ku Klux Klan member who had also been active in the Aryan Nations) and Bruce Pierce were both convicted in federal court on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and violating Berg’s civil rights and given what amounted to life sentences. Robert Matthews, who founded the Order, got that name from a fictional group in white supremacist William Luther Pierce’s anti-Semitic 1978 novel, The Turner Diaries—a book Timothy McVeigh was quite fond of. The novel’s fictional account of the destruction of a government building has been described as the inspiration for the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995. 10. Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City bombing, April 19, 1995. Neocons and Republicans grow angry and uncomfortable whenever Timothy McVeigh is cited as an example of a non-Islamic terrorist. Pointing out that a non-Muslim white male carried out an attack as vicious and deadly as the Oklahoma City bombing doesn’t fit into their narrative that only Muslims and people of color are capable of carrying out terrorist attacks. Neocons will claim that bringing up McVeigh’s name during a discussion of terrorism is a “red herring” that distracts us from fighting radical Islamists, but that downplays the cruel, destructive nature of the attack. Prior to the al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing McVeigh orchestrated was the most deadly terrorist attack in U.S. history: 168 people were killed and more than 600 were injured. When McVeigh used a rented truck filled with explosives to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, his goal was to kill as many people as possible. McVeigh was motivated by an extreme hatred for the U.S. government and saw the attack as revenge for the Ruby Ridge incident of 1992 and the Waco Siege in 1993. He had white supremacist leanings as well (when he was in the U.S. Army, McVeigh was reprimanded for wearing a “white power” T-shirt he had bought at a KKK demonstration). McVeigh was executed on June 11, 2001. He should have served life without parole instead, as a living reminder of the type of viciousness the extreme right is capable of. 1 Like |
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