Lead Us Not Into Temptation......Deliver Us From Evil

"Guns and knives and bricks and explosives don't cause harm unless they're in the hands of the weak, the immature, the irresponsible, the ignorant, the unbalanced. It's not the evil lurking in the shadows we were taught to ask for protection from, it's the temptation of the dark side, the evil from within, that represents the greatest threat to us all."

"We've all been given the capacity to choose between good and evil.
How could you not understand the simplicity of the Commandment
'Thou Shalt Not Kill'?
Could it be that no one ever taught you that?
How can that be? How can that be?"

Angry at others? Want to get even? GET OVER IT. You can't just hit "rewind" and start the game over. Teacher, friends, parents, police, all saw warning signs. Did nothing.

One year old Baylee Almon, whose tiny body is cradled in the arms of Firefighter Chris Fields, was one of hundreds wounded, and 168 who died on April 19, 1995, when a truck bomb ripped away the north side of the Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. The baby? She died.

Thinking about violence?
Think about people who care about you instead.
They're out there, whether you know it or not.
Don't hurt anybody. Not even yourself.
We care.
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