carlsonjok
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| Quote (midwifetoad @ Oct. 08 2009,12:21) | | Quote | Murray also wore an orange cord necklace with a pair of earplugs and a black cord necklace that featured two pentagrams and a medallion showing the Eye of Ra, an ancient Egyptian symbol.
In the right front pocket of his pants he carried a red paperback book called "The Book of the Law" by Aleister Crowley, a British occultist that Murray referred to in some of his web writings.
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http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news....himself
| Quote | | On December 10, the gunman in both the YWAM Arvada and New Life Church shootings was identified as Matthew J. Murray, age 24, one of two sons of a prominent Colorado neurologist. Reportedly, Murray was homeschooled in a deeply religious Christian household, and he attended, but did not complete, a missionary training program at the YWAM Arvada facility in 2002.[5] Early on in the investigation, law enforcement officials stated that Murray had been sending "hate mail" to the program and that he "hated Christians",[14] the religion in which he had been raised.[15][16][17] Murray had previously attended the same YWAM Missionary Center where he began his shooting spree. Court records indicated that Murray was bitter over his expulsion from the 12-week missionary training program.[18][19] His expulsion from the school was confirmed by Cheryl Morrison, whose husband, George Morrison, is pastor of the Faith Bible Chapel adjacent to YWAM Denver. She didn't know specifics of the conflict. "I don't think that ‘run-in’ is the word, but they did have to dismiss him. It had to be something of significance, because they go the nth degree with people." Murray was expelled from the school due to "strange behavior," which included playing frightening rock music and claiming to hear voices.[20][21] Before the second shooting, Murray left several violent and threatening messages on several religious websites, espousing his hatred for Christianity and his intentions on killing as many Christians as possible. |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_J._Murray |
This article indicates that a Bible, a Youth With a Mission certificatde, and a picture of Ted Haggard were also found among his possession.
EDIT: I think Murray was severely mentally ill and neither Dawkins, Dennett, Haggard, or the Bible/church was a cause of what he did.
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