I watched two programs last night on television --documentaries--people who are tied together by fate and choice--stories which are imbedded in my mind since I lived through their happening. Their stories have similarities to each other: David Koresh, who thought he was the Messiah and formed a group in Waco, Texas where he and his group were eventually burned to death as the FBI was ordering them to come out and face charges; and Timothy McVeigh, a loner who was out to get the Army and the government over this treatment of Koresh and his own treatment. McVeigh was put to death for blowing up the Federal Building in Oklahoma City and killing 160 innocent people.
Koresh drew people to him and then he mentally and physically abused them, according to most reports, in the name of his being the new Messiah. And there are always those out there who make such claims. And there always will be. The Bible tells us to beware of false prophets!
I watched both stories. The David Koresh attraction was something I had trouble buying into. I could not believe that people in the compound would not have had some major clues along the way but, whatever! McVeigh, to me, had no excuses for his action. Nothing that had happened bad in his life justified what he did.
But false presences remain among us, making promises, preying upon our weaknesses, our ignorance and our wounded. Some of them call themselves Christians!
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