Senseless Part Deux

So, our bat-shit-crazy person of the day is:

Terry Ratzmann, a buttoned-down churchgoer known for sharing homegrown vegetables with his neighbors, walked into the room and police said he shot 22 bullets from a 9 mm handgun within a minute.

First off, this is yet another senseless tragedy. Seven people dead, and other's critical in the hospital.

That said, I wonder if those killed were rapture ready?

The Charlotte, N.C.-based Living Church of God is a denomination that grew out of a schism in the Worldwide Church of God, formed in 1933, and focuses on "end-time" prophecies.

This year, the group's leader, Dr. Roderick C. Meredith, wrote that events prophesied in the Bible are "beginning to occur with increasing frequency." The church has an estimated 6,300 members in 40 countries.

I wouldn't be surprised if this psycho's actions are not interpreted as yet another sign of the apocalypse, rather than the horrific acts of some deranged lunatic with a gun.

A practical matter to consider:

Dorothy Hodzinski hit the floor and Gerald Miller, a delivery truck driver, threw his arm over her as they lay together, she told WISN-TV in Milwaukee.

"He tried to protect me," she said. "I said, 'Gerry, I think you better start to pray.'"

Praying isn't going to stop a bullet. Praying isn't going to make a damn bit of difference when you're being shot at.

Apparently there were some 50 people attending. I wonder why they cower and wait to get shot? All it would take is a couple of people to rush him, or even one from behind. Certainly taking your chances that way is better than waiting to get shot.

Finally.. this quote:

Ratzmann was not known to have threatened anyone and had no criminal record, police said. Waukesha County supervisor Andrew Kallin, who led the vigil, could only offer a prayer.

"The Lord works in mysterious ways."

If she thinks The Lord had anything to do with yet another middle aged white guy going on a shooting rampage, she's crazier than I thought.

John Lennon really was right. Imagine.. if we did away with all religion, there would be nothing to kill or die for. Would God get pissed? Somehow, I highly doubt it.