Friends and former colleagues interviewed by AP described Boelter as a devout Christian who attended an evangelical church and went to campaign rallies for President Donald Trump.

  • @Wilco@lemm.ee
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    32 hours ago

    He was so deeply religious and conservative that he donned a fucking breaking bad mask to do some murder and mischief.

  • _AutumnMoon_
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    3013 hours ago

    Ah yes, I believe it’s the 6th commandment “Thou shalt not kill, unless you disagree with the person you’re killing then it’s totally fine”

    • @GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      58 hours ago

      Carlin’s 2 Commandments:

      Always be honest and faithful to the provider of thine nookie.

      Try real fuckin’ hard to not kill anyone unless they worship another invisible man than you.

    • @Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
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      07 hours ago

      Technically the commandment is, “Thou shalt not murder” and I’ve heard some use that as an out. If the commandment was “Thou shalt not kill”, then one would violate it if one were in the military or police and had to kill someone, or even if one had to kill someone in self defense. They see it as a rule against committing unjustified homicide. If the person deserves to die, then it’s okay to kill them.

      Yeah, convoluted logic, but we’re talking about people who believe an invisible sky wizard is watching them all the time and will consign them to eternal torture if they whack off.

  • Jerkface (any/all)
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    38 hours ago

    I’m sure there’s some passage that instructs stoning people for some trivial fucking reason.

  • MushuChupacabra
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    Of course he was deeply religious and conservative.

    That’s in keeping with his conduct.

  • Zier
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    Funny how people who believe in imaginary ‘friends’ tend to be the first to reveal themselves as psychopaths. Was it “god’s plan” for you to be a murderer?

    • @GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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      28 hours ago

      Labeling a religious figure as an imaginary friend is very reductionist. Instead, go to the root issue. Right wing political messaging corrupted and brainwashed this person to be an ultra nationalist using lies to prey on his core beliefs through fear, religion, and superiority complex.

      • @supernight52@lemmy.world
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        Reductive? Maybe. Accurate? Certainly.

        The point is- this person’s brain was primed with indoctrination already. He just swapped gods. Religion is a sickness, and he is a great example of how bad that sickness can get.

        • @GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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          14 hours ago

          Religion is a sickness in YOUR opinion. Rationalism is just as dangerous as any other -ism whether it be Buddhism, Catholicism, Confucianism, Moral Absolutism, or Atheism. Just because you think you’re right doesn’t mean that you are. Instead maybe focus on spreading your moral message constructively instead of destructively. You’re bullhorn-ing exactly what his indoctrinators said the outside world is trying to do–destroy his religion.

          • @supernight52@lemmy.world
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            I’m sorry you feel that way. You’re just wrong, though. Religion is cancer, and should be treated as such. Private spirituality is fine, but once you start saying what others are allowed to do based off of your religious upbringing, it’s literally just fascism with an imaginary friend as the leader.

            • @GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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              13 hours ago

              I see the issue. You’re throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Obviously telling others what they can and can’t do or sowing violence while using your religion as justification is bad. But even the bible says that spirituality should be practiced in private. There’s nuance to the world and just because bad things happen due to corrupted religious teaching doesn’t mean that all religion or spirituality is bad.

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                Obviously telling others what they can and can’t do or sowing violence while using your religion as justification is bad.

                Yet that’s every single religion. So yes, toss the baby with the bathwater.

                But even the bible says that spirituality should be practiced in private.

                It also says the exact opposite.

                “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20)

                • @GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social
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                  03 hours ago

                  You’re conflating missionary messaging with publicly practicing faith and praying. The message there, presumably, is to bring philanthropy to every person on the planet to teach and recruit others to do good in the world. If your sticking point is “teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you” then yes that’s every religion but also every government faction and moral think-tank in totality. People telling people what they can and can’t do.

                  What’s your end goal here? Ban all religion and tell people what they can and can’t believe in? If you and someone share philosophical beliefs you’re not allowed to meet up and talk about them?

    • don
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      It does, however, sound very much like American conservative Christian to me.