The New York Post also ran its own controversial cover Thursday morning (warning: graphic). But within hours, social media was awash with pushback from gun control advocates calling out those who offer prayers without pushing for tighter gun laws.
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“The most powerful evidence against this backlash toward prayer comes not from the Twitterverse, but from San Bernardino”.
Deutch offered this tweet Wednesday: “So saddened by the mass shooting in #SanBernadino“.
Donald Trump started his Virginia rally with a moment of silence and other GOP candidates tweeted out messages of thoughts and prayers for the victims and their families. Ted Cruz shortly after the massacre was reported.
“They think they will be heard due to their many words”, Jesus said. Chris Murphy, “Your “thoughts” should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your “prayers” should be for forgiveness if you did nothing – again”.
He later added in a statement, “I can not express the profound sadness I feel each time a new community grieves and endures the same pain that brought Newtown to its knees three years ago this month”.
Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., addressed the issue in his podcast, The Briefing, early December 3.
Tragic but no longer surprising in the United States.
“As the situation in San Bernardino continues to unfold, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims of this bad violence, and my gratitude is with the first responders on scene”. Sadly, they have become as commonplace as the platitudes rolled out by the politicians who aren’t acting on gun control, writes John Barron.
“Genuine thoughts and prayers are not political fodder”.
The headline says, “God Isn’t Fixing This”.
“Politicians on both sides pander to those ingrained views to strengthen their credentials on this issue, the effect of which is to discourage them from actually engaging in a meaningful dialogue that could potentially lead to more deliberative public policies”. There is a deep moral longing in all people for the problems of this world to be solved, according to Mohler. Yet, that doesn’t preclude the necessity for Americans to have a meaningful discussion about gun control, Mohler implied.
“We’re not cured of it”, said Obama. As a supporter of stronger gun control, this New York Daily News cover and the related #GodIsn’tFixingThis Twitter storm make me wince. Let’s have that debate.
The shooting of 12 movie-goers in Aurora Colorado in July 2012 didn’t see any national action on gun control.
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Thoughts and prayers, to be clear, are very good things.
