Friday, October 20, 2006

This is what I was talking about

A couple of weeks ago someone asked me some of the details of the cult in Ohio I was talking about when I was referring to home churches. Here it is:

Lundgren was convicted of shooting Dennis and Cheryl Avery and their three daughters while they stood in a pit dug inside his barn in northeast Ohio.

Lundgren formed a cult after he was dismissed in 1987 as a lay minister of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now known as the Community of Christ.

Several people had moved with him to a rented farm house 23 miles east of Cleveland, where they called him "Dad" and contributed money for group expenses.

The Averys had moved from Missouri in 1987 to follow Lundgren's teachings. Lundgren said passages in the Bible told him to kill the family.


There are other details which are even more graphic which I will spare you from. But this is what I was referring to when I meant "inventing scripture." I might not be Billy Graham, but I'm pretty sure the Bible says not to kill anybody. Oh yeah, now I remember. It's one of those commandment thingys.

Now Lundgren is fighting his execution because he is at even greater risk of experiencing pain and suffering during injection than other inmates because he is overweight and diabetic. Awwwww. Poor baby. I'll be the Avery's didn't suffer as much as you.

Here's the full story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,222664,00.html

UPDATE: Lundgren was executed this morning (10/24/06). Here's the story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,224359,00.html

1 Comments:

Blogger leisa said...

Oh man, I had this great response typed up, and then it didn't go through. I hate it when that happens. I gotta go put the girls down for a nap now. I'll have to redo it later.

10/20/2006 9:02 AM  

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