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Two gunmen have been killed and a security guard injured during what appeared to be an attack on a contest for cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad in a Dallas suburb.
The gunmen drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland shortly before 7pm on Sunday where the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) were hosting the exhibition and contest.
According to city authorities an unarmed guard at the event was shot at before the men were engaged and killed by police.
Further...
A bomb squad was called in after reports of a possible incendiary device at the scene of the incident. Police said a "bomb container trailer" had also been deployed in which to place any suspect device.
A police spokesman said two males had been killed and their bodies were still lying outside their car hours later.
"Because of the situation of what was going on today and the history of what we've been told has happened at other events like this, we are considering their car (is) possibly containing a bomb," Officer Joe Harn, a spokesman for the Garland Police Department, said.
(Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Monday May 04 2015, @09:06PM
I don't know about Christopher Hitchens, but I do know that Jesus said he came to bring **life**, not death. Is this a significant misunderstanding or is it just semantics?
Obviously this comment (and the preceding one) is quite ridiculously OT. Please feel free to down-mod.
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 04 2015, @10:41PM
As with all extremists, those so-called christians who are big into things like the rapture pick and chose the parts of the bible that validate their own biases. Hitchens is talking about extremists, but you are not alone in thinking he's talking about mainstream religionists. Some of the more obnoxious atheists find that it validates their own beliefs and goals to encourage that confusion.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday May 05 2015, @01:54PM
I specifically quoted the sentences where Christianity is mentioned, because A) Hitchens is replying to a chrisitan and B) I wanted to show the similarity between Muslims and Christians - something that Hitchens is actually talking about. It is same with all the religions, otherwise they won't be popular. (You should see the video.)
But make no mistake - all Messianic Monotheistic religions are, at the core, about celebrating death. Jesus died. Final judgement will come only after every one is dead. There is heaven and hell - after death. You behave as per christian values or you will get punished - after death. Jesus brought life - and saved everyone from death for the last time! Everything about Christianity literally revolves around death.
Islam, when it was introduced, had more things to say about life than what bible says. But Europe has been through so many phases and revolutions, and due to a very complicated history Islamic world is just not there yet. There is a Islamic problem in the world. But one cannot argue away the fact that everyone knew some people are going to die that day. It was premeditated. If not on the ground then someplace else. And it were the christian fools who participated in that event who are to be held responsible because they thought the government will provide them security. The government provided security all right - to the organizers. They were the real enemy. But they got a bunch of people to focus on Muslims and get mileage from it too.