 |
| Century 16 |
One week ago yesterday a gunman
opened fire on a packed movie theater at Century 16 cinema in Aurora, Colorado
leaving 12 people dead and 50 seriously wounded.
I never thought I would live to
recall a shooting worse than Columbine. I was six years old when my father came
home from work with a horrified look on his face. Two teenage boys had opened
fire on their fellow classmates at Columbine High School killing twelve
students and a teacher and wounding dozens more.
Colorado seems to be an unfortunate target for a lot of shooting sprees. There was the gunman at
New Life church in Colorado Springs who shot 6 and killed 2. Six girls at Platte
Canyon high school were sexually assaulted before their assailant shot one of
the girls. These stories are heartbreaking and yet we continue to teach the
youths in our schools that people are basically good.
In our society, evil has become a
“mental disorder”. In other words, evil does not originate from the heart. It’s
a Hollywood invention purposed to give the good guys something to overcome. It’s
what makes a movie exciting, heart-stopping, or horrifying.
