How to build a bomb in the public school system
How could they shoot and kill their fellow students? That was the question asked following the shooting deaths of 15 people at Columbine High School in Colorado, USA, on 20 April 1999. Why would young people kill, destroy and bomb in a suicide attack?
Their clothes may give a clue to the thinking of these teenage murderers. The autopsy report for one of the killers documents that on the day of the tragedy he was wearing black combat boots, a black glove on his right hand, and a white T-shirt with the inscription ‘Natural Selection’ on the front.1
What was meant by ‘Natural Selection’? One newspaper reporter has linked the T-shirt’s inscription to a video game of the same name, which is promoted as ‘a place where survival of the fittest takes a very literal meaning … it’s the natural way, it’s Natural Selection.’1 Since the Columbine massacre, it has become widely known that the killers were obsessed with blood-drenched video games and violent death. They were also fascinated by the German Nazi belief, fueled by ideas of Darwinian struggle, in a ‘master race.’2
In groping for answers to this and other tragedies, more and more people are expressing surprise and concern at the increasing glee with which many teenagers approach depictions of violence. However, this fixation with death is hardly surprising given that most public schools in Western nations now teach that violence and death are ‘natural’ evolutionary mechanisms that have operated with chance processes to produce man over millions of years.
Having been told since childhood that man is just an animal, that death and violence are a natural part of evolution, and that ‘only the fittest survive,’ it is no wonder that this generation of young people are wallowing in utter hopelessness. Even when they hear ‘Jesus loves you,’ many either do not understand what this can possibly mean in a ‘world of death and randomness,’ or it makes them more angry and bitter that such a beautiful possibility seems denied by the ‘facts’ of science. Many of these people are ‘walking time-bombs,’ without fear of any judgment after death, and primed to explode in anger and hatred at any time.
How can we Christians help defuse these ‘bombs’? Christ is indeed the answer, but in our ‘evolutionized’ society, reaching these young people requires that the church understands and utilizes the truth about our origins.
The true and accurate Genesis account of history enables young and old to understand why this is a groaning and violence-filled world—that death, bloodshed, disease, and suffering are a consequence of sin—but that God so loved the world that He provided His Son as a sacrifice for our sin. Our young people need to know that they are made in the image of God, are sinners separated from their Creator, but can be saved for eternity, and know purpose and meaning in life, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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References and notes
- Denver Rocky Mountain News, pp. 4A, 14A, 25 June 1999. Return to text.
- Bergman J., Darwinism and the Nazi race Holocaust, J. Creation 13(2):101–111, 1999. Return to text.
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Readers’ comments
Yep another religion that worships death, again death is seen as the driving mechanism that spurs life on to evolve, those that are less worthy die out. Indeed death becomes a “good” thing as it can be used with “proper” application to “improve” humanity. But by what standard do you judge one life superior to another? What is the best method for improving humanity? Some of Evolution's most dedicated disciples were Adolf Hitler, Chairman Mao, Pal Pot and Joseph Stalin, all who were willing to sacrifice millions to the death god of evolution for the eventual “good” of the human race. Some people might try to say that these were just some aberrations of humanity, but what are all the abortions, assisted suicides and euthanasia cases (all approved by society) but human sacrifices to the god of evolution for the “good” of humanity? But just like all the other cultures that have had human sacrifice their god demands more and more, surely leading to the total destruction of that society, and since evolution is worldwide, it will lead to the destruction of mankind as there is no one worthy enough, fit enough to survive.
And let us not forget that wonderful organisation in the US, NAMBLA - North American Man Boy Love Association - which advocated, well, does it really require further explanation?!
Thanks.
David Catchpoole
How dare you suggest that understanding a scientific theory will lead one towards mass-murder, suicide etc. I have never met a single person who understands and believes evolution or that lacks a belief in a god, to even think about committing such heinous acts. It reminds me of a senator who resigned from the Australian parliament recently, suggesting that homosexuality leads to permitting bestiality and polygamy.
I am disgusted at the people who actually fall for this nonsense without even understanding what a scientific theory is, let alone understanding the theory of evolution itself. The writer of this article has failed to produce any solid evidence that atheism and evolution (which are NOT synonymous) cause people to commit such evil acts, yet this goes completely overlooked by the reader. The study of evolution has actually given my life plenty of meaning and purpose, unlike the false purpose that your religion instills. Relating Darwinism to Nazism, a joke that is appalling, considering the fact that Hitler was a firm foot-soldier for Christ.
Shame on you for this article.
You say, "Hitler was a firm foot-soldier for Christ." Graham, are you really aware of what Hitler and his government actually said and did? Jesus said (Matthew 7:16), "By their fruit you will know them." Graham, evidently such 'horticulture' is not your strong point. So, for your edification, see Nazis planned to exterminate Christianity and The Christian Nazi myth refuted.
It's important to get one's facts right. The senator you refer to most certainly did not resign from the Australian parliament. Rather, Senator Cory Bernardi stepped down as shadow parliamentary secretary to the Leader of the Opposition in the parliament. Making the case against the pro-homosexuality 'Marriage Equality' bill, here's a part of Senator Bernardi's speech—rather lengthy but sufficient for readers here to see the context and adjudge his exact words for themselves:
A country in Shock
33 have been killed,
by a madman, a sickman
young lives unfullfilled
Why worry? Don't grieve
no need for correction
it's the Darwinian way
of natural selection
thinning the herd to
make room for the better,
they must have been weak
put that in your letter
to the mothers and fathers
of those lost today,
A Godless society
from Truth we have strayed
Blame his parents, the school
or a video game
Say what you will
just call it by name
evil's been with us
throughout all of time
turning thoughts into action
a very fine line
You can't say it's wrong
when God is dismissed
as fairy tale, fable
or even a myth.
As the evolution scientific dream story is pushed under the guise of science into schools more and more we are starting to see the real fruits of this worldview, especially in the so-called Christian countries where Jesus is expelled from schools, governments and judicial courts.
Yet the constraint that is imposed on free schools is that they can only teach nothing-to-moral-people evolution worldview and not the creation worldview.
It is sadly no surprise that they reap what they sow.
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