Preventing violence with the Ten Commandments

Mrs. James Dobson, I think her name is Shirley. Thinks that the Virginia Tech Gunman Cho Seung could have been prevented from murdering 33 people if he had only been exposed to the ten commandments. Apparently prolonged exposure to Commandment #6 must be a miracle cure for mental illness, because it sure has done little to stop murder.

1. You shall have no other gods before me
2. You shall not make yourself an idol
3. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God
4. Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy
5. Honor your parents
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery
8. You shall not steal
9. You shall not bear false witness
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. You shall not covet your neighbor's house

To quote Mrs. Dobson:

“We can’t post the Ten Commandments any more, we can’t pray in school, Bible reading isn’t allowed by the teachers and then we expect our students, you know, to have this moral discipline and I just wonder if this young man (Virginia Tech gunman Cho) had been looking up every day in his classroom to the Ten Commandments, Thou Shalt Not Kill, if it would have made a difference in his life.”

Besides the obvious stupidity of her words. She is simply misinformed. Cho was a Christian. His own pastor has said he understood the bible (and presumably the Ten Commandments too, because I'm pretty sure the are in the bible.)

According to a pastor at Centreville Korean Presbyterian Church, Cho was an intelligent student who understood the Bible

Of course, James Dobson could have classified Cho as a non-Christian. It is something he likes to do.

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