Dwight Longenecker: Why So Much Murder and Mayhem?

Dwight Longenecker is a Catholic priest working in South Carolina. His new book is Immortal Combat: Confronting the Heart of Darkness.

The recent shooting at a supermarket in Colorado forces us to ask again, “Why is America such a violent society? Why so much murder and mayhem?”

We should remember the old saying, “The amount of love in a person’s life is rooted in the love they were shown as a child.” While a person with a good and loving childhood may still turn into a mass murderer, it does not negate the fact that we learn about love and respect for human life from the love and respect we receive (or don’t receive) in our formative years. …

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