R.S. Helms Commentary

Saturday brought senseless tragedy to Tucson Arizona; it would do us well to think about all of those that this carnage brought such suffering.   Not just one, because she was a well loved member of congress but her staff member, a federal Judge, a couple of regular everyday ladies out to speak to their representative, a little girl of nine, there to see her champion. Christina Taylor Green --- Dorothy Morris --- Phyllis Schneck --- Gabriel Zimmerman --- John Roll --- Dorwan Stoddard, the six who died in the impersonal Safeway Parking lot or at the nearby hospital.   The fourteen others who were wounded and the rest who were left traumatized because of what transpired in only a few seconds.   It only took a few seconds for a deranged lunatic to wreak havoc and commit carnage, which to most people, is unimaginable.   As to that young man, I do not hate him for what he did, justice will be served, if we are sure to cross all the T’s and dot the I’s, and he has one of the best attorneys t

The Pastor of Westboro Baptist Church is a poor excuse for a ambassador for Christ! From the looks of the signs his congregation carries to these despicable protests are from the pits of hell and have nothing to do with the God of the Bible.  It is a disgrace to Christianity and the Baptist denomination for his church to be called the Westboro Baptist Church.  I am a retired Baptist Pastor, and this pastor’s teaching is not of the Bible, but from the texts of Satan.  The hate and hate incitement that he creates is one of the reasons that the world hates Christians. This is not the view of any Baptist teaching I have ever had the displeasure to witness.  He and his disciples should be tried for hate crimes against the United States, and sent to jail, just after they all were given the proper public flogging they deserve. Jesus never taught or suggested that His followers do other than love everyone, even our enemies, love of the people and not the sin, or false doctrines.  The Bible