To what extent are the Christian Pastors and churches responsible for this disturbed young mans final actions on earth?
It would be difficult to speculate in either direction without something evidential to go by.
Who is to blame? The overly strict parents? The Christian culture itself?
Who knows... He could have secretly been harboring feelings unbeknownst to every one else. He could have been beaten when he was a child. He could have possessed a disorder that accounted for a severe hormonal imbalance. He could have been living a duplicitous life and the anger and animosity became too much. There's so many factors that could have compounded other one's, leading to his horrific deed.
I hesitate to blame all christians, yet admit that this is our problem. If we are supposed to reach out to the needy and the hurting, where did we fail with this young man?
Sometimes the failure comes within the community. Sometimes the person has been given every opportunity in love. There is no single answer, I'm guessing. Let God judge the situation, be it good or bad.
“This life’s dim windows of the soul, distorts the heavens from pole to pole, and goads you to believe a lie, when you see with and not through the eye.” -William Blake
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