Friday, August 22, 2014

COLUMBINE VICTIM’S FATHER

                        
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COLUMBINE VICTIM’S FATHER 12 YEARS LATER


Guess our national leaders didn’t expect this.

On Thursday, Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado, was invited to address the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee. What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.

"Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air. You’ve stripped away our heritage, You’ve outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere, And ask the question “Why?” You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need!"
They were not prepared for what he was to say, nor was it received well. It needs to be heard by every parent, every teacher, every politician, every sociologist, every psychologist, and every so-called expert! These courageous words spoken by Darrell Scott are powerful, penetrating, and deeply personal. There is no doubt that God sent this man as a voice crying in the wilderness.. The following is a portion of the transcript:

“Since the dawn of creation there has been both good & evil in the hearts of men and women. We all contain the seeds of kindness or the seeds of violence. The death of my wonderful daughter, Rachel Joy Scott, and the deaths of that heroic teacher, and the other eleven children who died must not be in vain. Their blood cries out for answers.

“The first recorded act of violence was when Cain slew his brother Abel out in the field. The villain was not the club he used.. Neither was it the NCA, the National Club Association. The true killer was Cain, and the reason for the murder could only be found in Cain’s heart.

“In the days that followed the Columbine tragedy, I was amazed at how quickly fingers began to be pointed at groups such as the NRA. I am not a member of the NRA. I am not a hunter. I do not even own a gun. I am not here to represent or defend the NRA - because I don’t believe that they are responsible for my daughter’s death. Therefore I do not believe that they need to be defended. If I believed they had anything to do with Rachel’s murder I would be their strongest opponent

I am here today to declare that Columbine was not just a tragedy — it was a spiritual event that should be forcing us to look at where the real blame lies! Much of the blame lies here in this room. Much of the blame lies behind the pointing fingers of the accusers themselves. I wrote a poem just four nights ago that expresses my feelings best.

Your laws ignore our deepest needs, Your words are empty air. You’ve stripped away our heritage, You’ve outlawed simple prayer. Now gunshots fill our classrooms, And precious children die. You seek for answers everywhere, And ask the question “Why?” You regulate restrictive laws, Through legislative creed. And yet you fail to understand, That God is what we need!

“Men and women are three-part beings. We all consist of body, mind, and spirit. When we refuse to acknowledge a third part of our make-up, we create a void that allows evil, prejudice, and hatred to rush in and wreak havoc. Spiritual presences were present within our educational systems for most of our nation’s history. Many of our major colleges began as theological seminaries. This is a historical fact. What has happened to us as a nation? We have refused to honor God, and in so doing, we open the doors to hatred and violence. And when something as terrible as Columbine’s tragedy occurs —politicians immediately look for a scapegoat such as the NRA. They immediately seek to pass more restrictive laws that contribute to erode away our personal and private liberties. We do not need more restrictive laws. Eric and Dylan would not have been stopped by metal detectors. No amount of gun laws can stop someone who spends months planning this type of massacre. The real villain lies within our own hearts.

“As my son Craig lay under that table in the school library and saw his two friends murdered before his very eyes, he did not hesitate to pray in school. I defy any law or politician to deny him that right! I challenge every young person in America , and around the world, to realize that on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School prayer was brought back to our schools. Do not let the many prayers offered by those students be in vain. Dare to move into the new millennium with a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him. To those of you who would point your finger at the NRA — I give to you a sincere challenge.. Dare to examine your own heart before casting the first stone! My daughter’s death will not be in vain! The young people of this country will not allow that to happen!” - Darrell Scott


Unless you happened to be watching C-Span,  you never heard peep-one about this, because its message was, and is, anathema to today's public chroniclers.  The video above was produced by a young man who states, "I had never heard of this (Columbine) ..."  Yikes.  It seems like yesterday that the likes of Bill Clinton and Michael Moore used it to make political hay. 

MoSup

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Will those House Judiciary members pay any attention to what this man said? Not only No, but hell no! The House will likely pass another law banning this kind of testimony before their "holy" assembly.

If anyone out there thinks I am being cynical bout Congress, either House, they would be absolutely right.

I've said it before and I will say it again: President Reagan (the last great President this country will have for a good many generations) used to say, "Trust but verify". Today, with what we have in the White House and in Congress, that adage should be altered to say, "Do not trust, and be damned sure to verify."

Scottiebill

Anonymous said...

He has done quite a bit with the Memory of his daughter, His anti-bullying program does quite a bit and is pretty successful.

http://www.rachelschallenge.org/big-picture/about-rachels-challenge/

thoR~!

Murphy(AZ) said...

It is terribly sad that after all this time, it takes the still-suffering heart of a grieving father to remind us as to how bad we screwed-up by trying to make the World safer for nut-jobs. We don't isolate them from the rest of society because it might damage some sensibility or other of theirs. Instead, we wait until after they maim and murder, then we blame the people or organizations that had nothing at all to do with what happened!

Liberal judges, Liberal lawyers, unthinking Liberal voters keep returning us to the same place. It doesn't matter that we leave "head-cases" out on the street, no matter how screwed-up they might be. All that matters is that, at the end of the day, Liberals can say to themselves: "Look at how kind we were to this poor looser; we didn't lock him away because that would have been mean! Republicans would have done that! We want him to express himself, no matter the body count!"

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