The Colorado Church Shootings and the Clueless Media

Matthew Murray, the 24 year-old who murdered four people last Sunday and injured many more before being shot by a church member carrying a legal, concealed weapon, was homeschooled under Bill Gothard's curriculum. He also was a big fan of the notoriously anti-Christian Marilyn Manson. So obviously when wondering what influenced him to shoot Christians, the clueless MSM blame Gothard, not Manson.

His parents homeschooled him and his brother, but not one media source I could find bothered to elaborate how many years they were homeschooled. Was it 1 year, 2 years, 3 years or their whole primary and secondary education. Just as the old (and still used) racist belief that one drop of Black blood makes one Black, the Media seem to assume one day of homeschooling means you've been homeschooled, and no amount of government schooling, then matters. Funny how the media didn't seem to think the fact that the Columbine shooters were government schooled was a factor.

That Murray was raised Pentecostal is seen as, also, a significant factor, yet the vitriolic and often violent talk of the kind of former "Pentecostals/Fundamentalists" found on the internet, site Murray is known to have frequented, is dismissed.

Matthew Murray has been tracked to the screen name "Chrstnghtmr". Here's some of his comments on an anti-Christian site...

alcohol is the greatest thing, and so is marilyn manson and slayer weed, oh, and God owes me an apology for this bulls*** life he gave me

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the wonderful thing is that even though there is only one way of entering this world.....there are many wonderful ways of leaving it.......

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...only in the darkness of Christ have I realized that God hates us all....

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I discovered all about cutting as a teenager in Bill Gothard's and the pentecostal/charismatic Christian system, and it's a lot of fun

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some of us want to be abused.... [repeated several times]

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I know, it's been VERY hard getting girlfriends, I would say that gothard's system/teaching and the christian system are at least mostly to blame

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Alester Crowley was raised a sheltered abused fundamentalist christian boy

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The Key of Joy is disobedience

It certainly looks to me that we have a kid, disillusioned by Christianity, who was then encouraged into bitterness and violence by others, claiming to "understand" him. On one site I saw adults using psychological techniques to encourage the kids angry at their parents, to rebel even more. What I found really disturbing is that these adults would frequently attempt to contact these kids offline. One made such an attempt with Matthew Murray but he declined.

Here's a link to the posts Murray made between the killings.

Here's a very eerie post by Matthew Murray, made just under a month ago...

My Secret Drug Addiction

I have a powerful addiction to a powerful drug that most people in my life don't know about. Really, it is somewhat my fault. It started in part due to pressures in my life, with family, Christians abusing me, church and religion, loneliness and pain. I was hurting and angry and wanted an escape. This fun and enjoyable activity, this powerful substance grew into an addiction and a powerful force in my life that now controls every part of myself. I have found this drug to truly be a force to be reckoned with. This drug can completely alter blood pressure, heart rate, brainwave patterns and other bodily functions. This drugs influence, however, goes much deeper than physiological function, for it's effects penetrate into the deepest parts of one's soul. This drug will completely control a person's mind, what thought's they think and their emotions and how they feel. I found that this drug has the power to completely alter a person's religious beliefs, their morality, and their values and their entire lifestyle

I didn't realize I was addicted until about 2 years after starting. I have to admit, I am addicted. I'm an addict and completely powerless over this drug. I had fun with it at first, but now it controls me. It used to be a small thing in my life, but now takes up on average at least 5 hours each day getting high. Most of my friends and family don't have any real clue though, because I'm able to get high on this stuff without them realizing what I'm doing. My usage doesn't conflict with, but rather controls all the plans in my life. I've found that I am completely dominated and controlled by this addiction. This drug is the most powerful drug that I know of. I have found the high and it's ability to control a person and that's person's belief's and lifestyle is unparalleled. This drug has the same effects as meth, in that it's a powerful stimulant, the addictive properties of heroin, and it has the abiltiy [sic] of hallucinogens to cause one to trip and trance out into other “realities.” This drug is far more dangerous and addicting than marijuana and even harder drugs.

I have found myself in deep trances and other worlds through the usage of this drug and have found my life radically altered and changed and by it. I found this drug to be a powerful driving force and easy gateway into a world of sex, other drugs, rebellion, homosexuality, alcoholism and many other dark things. I have found such an incredible power in this drug that will completely carry one's mind away into a very real spiritual realm. My mind is completely controlled by this drug and there is no way at all for me to break free.

What is this mind altering life changing drug that has such an incredible power?
Well, one of the main persons who has helped make this drug a powerful force in my life has been Marilyn Manson…….

The drug that I use and am addicted to is commonly known in our culture as… Rock Music.

I sold my soul to rock and roll mind control......

But the MSM blame homeschooling and Bill Gothard.

Posted by Danny Carlton at December 13, 2007 8:10 AM