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HT Christians Against the Tea Party on Facebook<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve commented several times on what prominent would-be spokespeople for Christianity have had to say about the tragic shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Initially I added additional links I came across to those posts. But there continue to be so many that I thought I should share some of the beautiful and horrific<\/a> things that have come to my attention.<\/p>\n

The Lead<\/a> has had a steady stream of reporting on sermons and prayers connected with the tragedy, as well as other<\/a> religious perspectives<\/a> and reflections.<\/p>\n

Fred Clark<\/a>,\u00a0Bob Cargill<\/a>, Red Letter Christians<\/a>\u00a0and Hemant Mehta<\/a>\u00a0all responded to James Dobson\u2019s interpretation of the shooting.<\/p>\n

Stephen Prothero<\/a> made a list of things he doesn\u2019t want to hear after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Boteach says<\/a> that America is the most religious country on Earth, and so explanations of the shooting in terms of lack of religion are nonsense.<\/p>\n

Think Progress reports on a conservative source<\/a> which said that if there had been more men in the school<\/a>, things might have turned out differently.<\/p>\n

Max Lucado and Bernie Goetz<\/a>\u00a0make an interesting combination.<\/p>\n

\"\"A wall of considerate police, firefighters and other people formed to keep\u00a0Westboro \u201cBaptist\u201d \u201cChurch\u201d<\/a> demonstrators away from mourning families in Newtown.<\/p>\n

Jerry Coyne<\/a> had a negative reaction to William Lane Craig\u2019s comments<\/a> about the shooting. P. Z. Myers offered<\/a> another atheist reaction to many more conservative and allegedly Christian comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Beatles prove stronger than Terry Jones<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tom Bartley<\/a> has had enough of guns making the damage inflicted by human beings so much worse.<\/p>\n

Kim Fabricius<\/a> reflects on the gun as American idol, and Richard Hall<\/a> discusses the combination of weaponry, fundamentalism, and mental illness.<\/p>\n

See also posts by Carson T. Clark<\/a>,\u00a0Jim Burklo<\/a>,\u00a0Joe Hoffmann<\/a>, Frankie Schaffer<\/a>, David Henson<\/a>,\u00a0Joel Watts<\/a>,\u00a0Amanda Mac<\/a>, Tom Verenna<\/a>, Bob Patterson<\/a>,\u00a0Libby Anne<\/a>, and of course many others.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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