Comments on: freeSpeech: Brian Rohrbough

Dad Of A Columbine Victim Asks “Why Did This Happen?”

[jcgssg]

It is interesting that when the phrase "free speech" is applied to a conservative view point it appears some find the comments uneducated and backwards. However, if the free speech is from a more liberal viewpoint, the person it touted as being educated and enlightened. Some of the most educated individuals i am aquainted with are very devout in their belief in God and His Word. If nothing else, a person who his deeply devoted to God and educated has a greater understanding of the world around them. I find it small and petty of people to belittle those who search for deeper reasons for why our current event take place. This gentleman lost a son whom he loved very much and has search to understand the reason why people are behaving the way they are in our current society. He feels deeply that it is because of a decrease in our societies adherence to moral values. I believe he exercized his "free speech" well and if you disagree, you are entitled to your opinion, however, don't belittle his opinion.

[bobby6weddin]

Katie, she makes me ill, but how can this be considering she's one of the beautiful people. She is a repugnant fraud, taking the easy path along the liberal establishment's rose path to fame and fortune. Yes, this country is headed for trouble. It has turned its back on God. Read GK Chesterton's "Whats Wrong with the World" a compilation of predictions made 60 years ago that are all coming to fruition.

[chilao84]

I desperately want my son to grow up in a kinder America where the spirit of caring, respect and courtesy toward one another guides our daily lives and our dialogue. I don't care what religion you are. Why should I? No offense meant, but none of you know me well enough to make my or my family's religious beliefs your business. Its simply rude. Your relationship with your God - my relationship with mine - may well be the same, but its a private matter. When - what date - did my religion become anyone's business but my family's? There was a time not too long ago, when polite people didn't meddle in other peoples' lives that way. These days, the worst offenders (and there are plenty from every race, creed, class, religion and political affiliation) are somehow oddly proud of their loud, red-faced meddling. There are too many people all too willing to spend too much time talking way too much about things that simply aren't - and shouldn't be - up to them. Give it a rest.

[jeffinwi1]

Amen to what Mr. Rohrbough said. In this ever-increasing wicked world we live in, many people laugh at his comments because they don't want to answer to a Higher Being.Like Jesus said 'Wide is the path to destruction and narrow is the path to heaven' More and more people choose to ignore and/or dismiss the Bible.The more people that dismiss God's Word, the wider that path becomes. Is it it any wonder why our kids are toting guns to school,having wanton ***, killing their unborn babies? It's a lack of proper upbringing in a God-fearing home. Yes,I realize even some kids brought up that way will do horrible things (although much more unlikely) This is because Satan tempts Christians much more than he tempts the secular world because he already has the non-Christian in his grasp.There's no need to tempt somebody who has little regard for what's morally right or wrong.
One last thought, I find it interesting that people who believe in evolution(EVILution) can find it much easier to believe we all evolved from soup/rocks than being created by God. Also,seashells have been found on Mount Everest.Unless they somehow grew wings, the ONLY way they could have gotten there was from a worldwide flood 4000 years ago.

Keep looking up, Jesus is coming back and with today's newspapers looking like the Book of Daniel, it looks to be very soon.

[fredomearned]

Sorry couldn't leave this one alone-

"...The theory of evolution had about as much to do with the shootings as the theory of gravity had to do with the collapse of the World Trade Center.Posted by jerry753 at 06:42 PM : Oct 05, 2006"

C'mon Jerry, without gravity, the Twin Towers wouldn't have fallen, poor analogy.

[gunderode1]

All those "christians" commenting on Rohrbough's diatribe and vilifying Katie Couric demonstrate once again their ignorance, their fears of the modern world, their lack of education (they might, first of all, learn to use a spell checker or learn to use the English language correctly. They intolerantly invoke their own god and quote liberally their interpretation of the bible. How foolish! There is no go and the bible is a nice collection of myths and stories complied by men who were delusional from who knows what. I'd prefer the Greek gods over this nonsense but, better yet, no gods. How I wish Rohrbough and his ilk would use the Amish as a positive example off how to accept and deal with a tragedy without getting on a fundamentalist soapbox or TV. The rest of the world is laughing and shaking its colelctive head at so much stupidity and ignroace in this country.

[fbs72]

It's not that God is not in our schools, it's that too many people find violence an exceptable way of dealing with their problems. It doesn't matter what religion you are if you believe the only way to get heard is through destruction and anger. The reponse of the Amish community to this horrific trajedy has moved me more than words can say. Instead of lashing out in understandable pain and hatred, they are choosing to forgive, not seek revenge. It takes courage and dignity to react this way. We should learn from their behavior and seek to find the courage to forgive within our hearts as well, no matter what our religion might be.

[jerry753-2009]

I'm sorry for his loss, but Mr. Rohrbough should be ashamed for exploiting this tragedy in order to advace his own right-wing agenda. The theory of evolution had about as much to do with the shootings as the theory of gravity had to do with the collapse of the World Trade Center.

[maimyte]

Mr. Rohrbough is exactly wrong. The shooter was a homeschooled man taught by his christian parents and he killed children in a religious, Christ fearing community. How would teaching religion in school have changed that?

It is our conservative friends who have diminished the value of children, not abortion. They have decimated the child care program, decimated funding for poor children's health care, decimated funding for disabled children's care, and money needed for all poor people's programs. What would Jesus say?

And by the way, children CAN pray in school, they just cannot be lead by their teacher or any other school official. They can even pray out loud in groups. I pray in school all the time.

many comments are about Mr. Rohrbough's speech, yet the fact is his son and now other children are dead. Why? What has happened to America and the society our forefather established? Like it or not God and religious choice were the reason people came here. One other glaring fact is that when I was in school, the Ten Commandments were taught; now they are forbidden.

[dewjam12]

Finaly someone is telling the whole story! I completely agree with Brian Rohrbough. We as a nation have asked God our Protector to leave our schools and told our children that they cannot bring Him to school with them. We have asked The Only One Who can protect us and help us and defend us from evil, to leave. The Bible is full of wisdom that if we would just do what God says we should do as a people and a nation, then His Covering would be on us. The seed that has been planted of no prayer or GOd in school is now showing us the harvest. Why when things are terrible in our lives and nation, do we ask people to pray? Let's be politically correct and say we as a nation have responsibility in what we see happening. Ms. Courik's comments about this are not only wrong, but demand an apology to the Christians. God is real and He will help us, if we'd only ask Him back. Thank you.

[talsian]

But seriously, (I was kidding just a second ago) I don't see the big deal. They were afraid of putting Maher on to speak about religion and now they put on the opposite side and he stirred up controversy which leaves the network feeling unsettled. I don't think they are really taking a stand one way or another. Infact, I think the very idea scares them. Corporations are usually terrified of such devisive issues.

[borntwice-2009]

The evidence for the resurection of Jesus is overwhelming. The tombs of Mohammed, Buddha, and Confucius are occupied, but the tomb of Jesus is empty. Many people do not make the connection between the Church and the resurection, but all scholars have.

[talsian]

You want a country where you can have religion in public schools? Then move to England or better yet Iran. This country was built on a separation of church and state. Love it or leave it! (It's interesting to hear these arguements turned around, isn't it?)

[gtospeeder]

Hillary's bud called this man repugnante. Katie is repugnante. She lives in a fantasy world like Rosie O. They live in their gun guarded secure homes and have their armed body-guards by their side when they go to the corner drugstore or out to eat. I see where cbs news ratings have fallen since kc took over and they had to reduce advertising fees to obtain or keep sponsors. Everything this poor man said in his piece was on the money.

[uspres2024]

I agree with Mr. Rohrbough's thoughts and want to add that the moral issue is not the only thing that is decaying this country. Political correctness is also chipping away at our society. Favored rights for this group and that group--- also chipping away. We're a nation that is forgetting it's own while focusing on the outside more than the inside and it MUST STOP NOW!!! I call on President Bush to finally admit we're not going to win the war in Iraq, bring home our troops and let's get working on fixing our nation's many problems. I don't want to see this nation tearing itself down and destroying each other more and more. This nation is in a state of an emergency.

Much outrage is being proclaimed over Ms Couric calling Brian's comments repugnant. I find that amusing. He steps into a situation he should understand, parents grieving their loss and instead of just offering faith and commiseration he attacks the USA and makes a wholly baseless charge against prochoice people.

What, you say? America is NOT built on the Bible, as some hear say. It was built on the rule of law, the Constitution. That law says the Jew is equal to the Christian, who is equal to the pagan Indian, to the Buddhist, etc. There are no second class religions in AMERICA. When he says it was because God is out of the classroom, I have to ask ... Whose God do you want to put in charge? Who made you the Grand Ayatollah to make that choice. If my kids don't share their neighbors' faith that is tough, God didn't listen to majority rule when Jesus walked and he doesn't now. Faith is in your heart, not in the rules of your government. Move to Suaudi Arabia if you want the government to tell you who to worship.

Second. The shooter was a home schooled Christian. If he supported abortion rights then I'm going to switch parties and vote for that Republican child molester from Florida.

Attacking America's real values and making false charges (bearing false witness?) is repugnant.

[sunflower968]

Give Katie a break. Hey, now, Katie is the ONE who put the "Free Speech" segment on the air. I think it's encouraging. It's also a reason I started watching her broadcast. I think "repugnant" was an overstatement" and a sign of leaning to one particular side in order to appease them and maybe an attempt to extinguish the fire, but she IS the one allowing these opinions to be heard and I think it's a great thing. I followed Katie from The Today Show here and I still love her.

[mkdarby5]

It's amazing to me that the liberal media have no problem heralding comments from the far left, but when it comes to common sense and what might be differing opinions, they typically flake out. Oh sure, they will give time to these "extreme fundamental" opinions, but these views are always previewed with comments that discredit the "free speaker". It's all about who's in control of that particulare media outlet and what they WANT us to know. So, in a nutshell, we simply cannot trust our news media, especially Katie, as far as we can throw them!

[forgiven5-2009]

219 people have died violent deaths in our country's public schools just since Columbine. I just wonder how that picture would have changed if since 1963 our children had still been allowed to pray; if the 10 Commandments were still allowed to be posted, let alone taught, in our public schools; if the "theory" of creation were allowed to be taught alongside the THEORY of evolution. Hummmm, I wonder. Do any of you wonder, too??