After Friday's movie theater shooting, believers in Aurora held vigils to remember the 12 dead and attended worship services on Sunday.
"People are saying that if there's a day to go to church, this is it," Allie McNider, a pastor at Mississippi Avenue Baptist Church, told USA Today. "They're looking for a sense of something bigger than themselves."
At Colorado Community Church, where a member was among the 12 killed, they also prayed for suspected gunman James Holmes.
The Holmes' family pastor in San Diego remembers James as shy and academically driven.
President Obama visted the victims' families in Aurora, and cited the Book of Revelation, "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more. Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
There's been some talk of his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, citing the Book of Mormon in his speech on Friday after the shooting.
In the shooting's aftermath, some religious leaders have called for stricter gun control laws.
The Rev. James Martin says gun control is "as much a pro-life issue" as abortion, euthanasia and the death penalty.
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In other news, does Obama have a higher approval rating than organized religion?
Despite facing fierce criticism for her previous round of accusations, Rep. Michele Bachmann now accuses fellow Minnesotan, Rep. Keith Ellison, of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Ramadan is expected to be "the toughest in decades" for Arabs, according to the NYT.
For the second time in recent days, a federal court tossed out a religious lawsuit against Obama's contraception mandate.
An Air Force chaplain whom an AP story said "approvingly" witnessed a same-sex civil union is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention.
African-American Jews are moving into the mainstream, the Forward reports.
A Gingko tree in New Jersey is drawing thousands of Latino pilgrims who think a knot in trunk looks like the Virgin of Guadalupe.
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Daniel Burke
Nobodhi | Jul 23, 2012 | 11:29am
Of possible newsworthiness, the latest chapter in the on-going story of Eido Shimano Roshi at Zen Studies Institute, with backgrounders :
http://newbuddhist.com/discussion/16042/eido-shimano-roshi
Please keep up the good work. Thank you.
Rev. Paul T. McCain | Jul 23, 2012 | 8:41pm
If this wasn’t so serious, it would be amusing reading liberal pundits now appeal to abortion to make their case against guns. Let’s just say this, the minute any of them actually decry the murder of unborn children, we will begin to take their other remarks somewhat more seriously.
As for gun control….dragging out the old canards on this subject is not helpful.
In an evil world, evil people do evil things. I am thankful that in this nation I’m permitted to keep and bear arms to defend myself, my family and others. As a Lutheran Christian I view this as a way of being faithful to the commandments that tell me I am to help my neighbor to improve and protect his body and life and all that is his. Here is how Luther explains our duties according to the commandment, “You shall not murder” “We should fear and love God that we may not hurt nor harm our neighbor in his body, but help and befriend him in every bodily need [in every need and danger of life and body].” And here is how Luther explains our duty according to the seventh commandment, “You shall not steal.” “We should fear and love God that we may not take our neighbor’s money or property, nor get them by false ware or dealing, but help him to improve and protect his property and business [that his means are preserved and his condition is improved].” From The Small Catechism by Dr. Martin Luther.
I welcome a conversation about gun control. My favorite form of gun control is learning how to shoot competently and accurately, by frequent visits to my gun club.