Prof Murdered By Autistic Child

Seconded.
What a terrible, awful tale, though. Sounds like the local cops and DA are trying their best to find some kind of justice.

 

OMG, I got it! Wade Phillips!

 

UPDATE (And no surprise, here, based on the information about this story when it first came out in Feb.) -- Son unable to assist in his defense due to his condition, a condition which a supposedly loving God gave him.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/03/20/news/doc49c387b0eca96246122044.txt

 

Where does the 'loving God' element figure into this?

 

Not wishing to have to state the obvious here, 21, and I am sure you and I know what I was saying, that if a loving God can do this to a person to make him so unable to communicate that he can't defend himself, why do people bother worshipping God in the first place? *That* is where *I* was going with that comment.

 

I think God was awfully gracious to give me life and a soul, so that might be a legit reason for worship.

 

So having an autistic son disqualifies me from leading Torah study this week-end? Damn, I'd better get an e-mail out telling people not to come.

 

Folks, BN was making a comment about his own religious beliefs (or non-belief in God). Do we really need to try and "convert" him?

 

Thank you, AlleyAllen. Apparently, not everybody understood what I was trying to convey. But I am glad you, and perhaps some others, did. Again, thanks.

 

Then *go* there instead of being *obtuse*.

 

yeah ... my sister has some learning disabilities and competes in special olympics. I'd probably better stop that whole church-goin thing on sundays.

good grief.

 

I have no interest in converting him, AA. Nobody's required to agree with me.

If he'd slagged my favorite band, no one on this board would question my firing back.

Instead he combined the topics of autism and faith in a way I found offensive. He's entitled to know the reactions his comments provoke in people.