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In a recent column discussing the Atlanta spa shooter, Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse asserted that “some faiths have historically taught such horrifying messages of misogyny and female subservience that ‘he went to church’ is as much of an explanation as an expression of dumbfoundedness.” She added, more aggressively: “What kind of church? Is it a place where non-heterosexual people are viewed as sinful?”Thus, in just one paragraph, we can see how the terrible events in Georgia will be exploited by enterprising journalists to malign traditional teachings on human sexuality — and the Christian institutions that uphold such doctrines.Hesse’s histrionics are unsurprising, although they are increasingly common, despite their fallacious absurdity. Time claimed that evangelical culture and its strong condemnations of pornography are to blame for creating the kind of moral anxiety and self-hatred evident in the shooter.“The rhetoric of addiction obscures more than it helps because a lot of what these men are struggling with is shame and guilt… there is another level of self-flagellation and self-condemnation and negatively defining one’s own identity as a porn addict that doesn’t help these men,” the author argued.“With motive still disputed, some point to shooting suspect’s religion, shame,” was the title of another article at NBC News.
How about we blame the shooter for being an evil person who acted on the evilness in his heart?
