Female shooter dead, child wounded at Lakewood megachurch in Houston

[Sig365CCW]

I never attend any large public gathering without a firearm, a reload and a flashlight. Fortunately, this person could not shoot very well and was quickly neutralized by an alert armed person.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

Muslim?

ANTIFA (Trench coat), or Alphabet Mafia?

 

[trekrok]

Joel Olsteen didn't have anything positive to say when interviewed. He made a statement and walked away.

I don't know how positive it was, but this is Olsteens statement from the Fox story.

During the press conference, senior pastor Joel Osteen thanked law enforcement and said that he was "devastated" by the shooting.

"We don't understand why all these things happened, but we know God's in control," Osteen said.

"We're going to continue to to move forward. There are forces of evil, but the forces that are for us, the forces of God, are stronger than that," he continued. "So we're going to keep going strong and just, you know, doing what God's called us to do, lift people up and give hope to the world again."

Personally, I don't find statements like 'we know God is in control' very comforting in these situations. Shooter bursts in to shoot random people, 4 year old critically injured - and God is in control? Hmm. I know, it's not for us to understand why.

I'm pretty sure that Olsteen is currently working on next Sunday's sermon, which will teach us that God doesn't want these traumatic situations to impact our tithing decisions. Or even better, to prevent these things from happening, we need to dig deeper into the pocket book.

Thoughts with everyone down there dealing with this, most of all, the cops that had to shoot a kid. Talk about a shite sandwich.

 

[TedKennedy]

I don't know how positive it was, but this is Olsteens statement from the Fox story.



Personally, I don't find statements like 'we know God is in control' very comforting in these situations. Shooter bursts in to shoot random people, 4 year old critically injured - and God is in control? Hmm. I know, it's not for us to understand why.

Just trust and obey, for there's no other way....

 

[Sig365CCW]

We will never understand God's plan or those who feel the need to make derogatory posts about it. One day we will all understand it. Like I have said before, faith is a choice, you either have it or you don't. It is available for all.

 

[TedKennedy]

We will never understand God's plan or those who feel the need to make derogatory posts about it. One day we will all understand it. Like I have said before, faith is a choice, you either have it or you don't. It is available for all.

Yep. Farther along, we'll understand it. Farther along we'll understand why.

 

[Rooster1971]

We will never understand God's plan or those who feel the need to make derogatory posts about it. One day we will all understand it. Like I have said before, faith is a choice, you either have it or you don't. It is available for all.

Hell, why be armed. If you die it’s God’s plan. Why doubt him?

 

[Sig365CCW]

Hell, why be armed. If you die it’s God’s plan. Why doubt him?

Because be gave us a brain and his plan could include eliminating this threat before she hurt others. Using that logic, why work or do anything within your ability to do?

 

[Rooster1971]

Because be gave us a brain and his plan could include eliminating this threat before she hurt others. Using that logic, why work or do anything within your ability to do?

If he can flood the earth, destroy cities, cause famine. Why can’t he thwart this nonsense? I have a brain to work and make money. Nobody gives me 10%

 

[RockHopper]

Lashing out (verbally) at those of faith...after an event like this, is like getting angry at kids after a school shooting. It isn't the pastor, or anyone else's fault that "person" did what they did. The blame lies squarely on the perpetrators shoulders.