A Shining Moment for Mankind

On October 2nd, Pennsylvania man Charles Roberts broke into an Amish schoolhouse and killed 5 schoolgirls before committing suicide. Since then, the Amish community have shown nothing short of an astounding amount of grace and mercy to the killer's family.

In a world where violence like this has become commonplace, the compassion that the Amish people, especially the family of the murdered girls, is what is unique and wonderful. The widow has expressed her gratitude to the community for their kindness and understanding.

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Yeah...that's some good stuff right there. Say what you want about them being "different"...but damn if they aren't a good example of showing compassion towards your fellow man.

There was an editorial in the local paper about this a few days ago. It was beautiful. I know I could never muster up forgiveness like that. It's really quite inspiring.

there's hope for us yet.

I love it when you hear the good tings that come from the bad. We need to see more of this.

i say send in harrison ford

It's nice to know that at least some people have some idea of what Jesus was about.

It's really great to see religious fundamentalists who are not assholes. More people need to folloe their example (except for maybe the whole no electricity thing.)

i'd have done the same and would expect anyone else to. It IS nice to see people actually doing what they should.

That really is beautiful.

Aye.

Wonderful.