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I was told by my sister in law that this was a very good site to look into but iam not for sure that this is the one she was speaking of. It was really hard to find.

Two problems with this site.

By far the biggest problem is that I can never find it. It is difficult to navigate. Even when I am on Faithbook, I have to search to get to the faith book links because they are not in the banner (not even on "faithbook" link without the three students.

The other is that apparently there is a problem sending comments because they frequently are sent numerous times. I can live with this. HOwever, the potential blunder may discourage comments.

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This is my OPINION on how the tragedy in Virginia may have been used for good without even realizing it. How many people have been able to hear God's words because of this? How many people have had the chance to minister to the untaught? How many have been brought closer to God? How many have prayed that have never before? Is it worth the price of 100 to reach thousands? Is it worth the price of thousands to reach millions? We have the power to show by example how we can find comfort in destruction. We can use this tragedy as a way of showing others the rewards we are receiving by believing in God. A possible act of Satan can be used for the good of all people and nations. Take this time to pray with all of your heart and soul that God comforts and carries those suffering from this and then praise God that He gave us the chance to spread the message to all who are willing to listen. Is this not our purpose?

There is so much loss in this story that it is a struggle to see what good may come of it in the long run. The loss of so many sparkeling children with futures so bright. These kids and their classmates are the future of the world. The loss of one such is the loss of a world to come from each and every one. When I was a young person in the midwest many years ago, every family had a gun, or two, and yet the level of gun violence, especially of this type, was very, very, low.

It seems to me that we live increasingly isolated from each other now, and the community support and mutual caring seems to be getting lost. Constant pressure for more output by robber barons running our industries to enrich themselves, job losses, families with both parents working sixty-hour weeks, fragmented families, troubled kids who no one helps. Where did we think it would lead?

I believe that the communities of faith in the previous century, for all their imperfections of over control and letting people down because they were not perfect instruments of God at all times, at least cared for the children better than this. Perhaps we have lost track of the fact that each child, whether from Korea, or Virginia is sacred. That means being able to recognize when some of us need help, and to act upon it. This troubled young man showed signs of what was to come, but no one was allowed to intervene in a way that would be effective. He lost because of that. And we lost because of that. But most of all, thirty-one families lost because of that. Our society has to care about these losses, or we are all lost.

To say that I have a faith would be misleading. I am an Atheist and atheism is more of a mindset, not a faith. Nevertheless, I feel the need to respond.

When tragedy occurs in anyones life, it is important to begin putting the pieces together. I feel one of those pieces is why this young man felt isolated in a predominately Christian country. What does this say about Christianity? What does it say about the rest of society (Muslim, Hindu, Atheist and other religions alike)?

What this points to is a lack of tolerance in our society and the only way to change such a society is to relinquish faith. Although it has obvious benefits--some people become more kind, and many churches, mosques, etc. attempt to help others--in general religion divides us. It says, 'be what I am or go to hell.'

How many people, I wonder, looked at this young man and thought him different, and different is bad. I know it is in our nature as humans to want to congregate with people who look like and act like us.

You would think that religion would cause us to move past this, but instead it divides us even deeper by insinuating that eternal life (a long time) will await us and if we don't join this particular faith, we are doomed.

Instead of looking toward faith to guide us in times of tragedy, we should look toward our environment and ask some serious questions. Questions like: how did our society cause this? What types of values are we instilling in our children to make them blossom into killers? And the most important question: How can we create a culture where everyone feels loved, nurtured and respected--regardless of their faith or lack there of?