[markomalley]

If the data in this article is true, the theory that this was some sort of retribution for Prop 8 is out the window.

[Vendome]

Prop 8?

[Ripliancum]

Not necessarily. There are plenty of ex mormons who are gay, who didn't fit in and hold animosity toward the church and it's strict teachings on morality.

If this guy felt his Bishop 30 years ago as condemning him to hell (which is not what Bishops do, they try to get people to forsake their sins, and embrace the Atonement) then he was likely involved in serious morality issues. This is just my opinion of course, but the article says he was mentally ill. A lifetime of guilt from a horrible habit of repeated sin just might do that to someone.

JMHO

[Saundra Duffy]

“shunned to hell”

There is no such thing in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. There are other churches that “shun” people but not the LDS. When someone screws up, we are taught to love that person even more until they come back to full fellowship.

[SeaHawkFan]

Why did the repoter not ask the brother why he felt shunned?

It seems to me to be the obvious follow-up question.

[kcvl]

Kenneth James Ward

the shooter's brother Mike Ward said that Kenneth had been a member of the LDS faith in the 1980s, but felt 'shunned to hell' by a bishop. Mike Ward said thier family was raised LDS, and that they used to attend church in the same building where the shooting took place.

Mike Ward, a brother of the shooter, told reporters that Kenneth Ward was mentally ill and believed the Mormon church was "out to get him."

Bishop Clay Sannar

Sannar was called by the church to be bishop just four months ago. He was a man of faith, and a father of six.

Jordan said, “Just a few months ago he had his sixth baby boy”.

[Tennessee Nana]

he believed he had been “shunned to hell” by another bishop in 1988.
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Poor man...

thats awful...

[ansel12]

There is nothing anyone can do to stop all of these nut cases, and getting God and religion mixed all up in their heads is common. We may as well look into which brand of frozen pizza he buys as to which church he has some tenuous connection with. That hearing of God telling them to murder all the kids and so on is their own little trip.