Could the reason simply be problem resolution? We, as a society, SUCK at it. And, its growing worse every day.
I read the article posted above and the scripture quoted reminded me that certain personality disordered people aren't diagnosed properly nor treated for the most part. When the scripture spoke about other aspects that could be acquired if there was love I started thinking of the missing piece to so many crimes. It continued on with no love nothing is attainable etc. Not necessarily that someone didn't love this person or that person but that the person didn't feel love ever.
That link that makes us compassionate/caring seems to be broken with some people. This is what needs to be addressed in youth not in adulthood as it is too late then.
It sure seems to me that this boy's family could have seen some signs and gotten him some psychological help. (I wonder if they didn't believe in it; only believed in pastoral care)
So now authorities are saying he DIDN'T threaten the missionary center prior to the shootings.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/14858399/detail.html
Gee, you sure can't believe half of what comes out in the news after a crime.
This boy, who appeared to have a good family, seems just the opposite of the boy who killed in the Omaha Mall. That boy was virtually "homeless", had little, and never was able to form close connections to loved ones in formative years.
It sure seems to me that this boy's family could have seen some signs and gotten him some psychological help. (I wonder if they didn't believe in it; only believed in pastoral care)
In Arvada, Tiffany Johnson, 26, was killed at a Youth With a Mission dormitory when she declined to provide shelter to a man in his 20s seeking a place to sleep. As Johnson started to offer him alternatives, the man opened fire, killing her and Philip Crouse, 24. Two other staffers waiting up for stragglers to return from a youth bowling trip were wounded before the man ran away through the snow.
Shortly after 1 p.m. at a large evangelical church 70 miles away, a heavily armed man roughly matching the same description as the Arvada gunman opened fire on a van in the New Life Church parking lot.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_7678737
And Jeanne Assam did not kill Matthew Murray either - he killed himself http://cbs4denver.com/crime/matthew.murray.gunman.2.608821.html
This is a tragic story all the way around ... young, mentally ill man from an apparently loving, caring family goes out and buys several guns (including an AK47) in the last few weeks and no "discovers" it or questions why this young man who has never been hunting or has never even owned a gun in the past goes out and suddenly starts "collecting".