Ethics

"If You're Not A Christian You're Going To Die"

By Ed Brayton

A frightening story:

A 24-year-old ski lift operator who fatally shot the general manager of the Eldora ski area was determined to kill co-workers who weren't Christian, according to court records obtained Thursday.

The documents, filed Wednesday in Boulder District Court, said witnesses told authorities that Derik Bonestroo walked into a building at work, fired a gun into the ceiling and said: "If you're not Christian, you're going to die."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).