Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt was part of a 'Christian survivalist group!!!'

[LongTomH]

Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt was part of Christian survivalist group that discussed 'dangerous' chemicals

The Austin bomber was involved in a teenage Christian “survivalist” group that discussed weapons and dangerous chemicals, according to a childhood friend.

Mark Anthony Conditt reportedly took part in a conservative outdoors club called Righteous Invasion of Truth (RIOT), in which home-schooled young people studied the Bible and were taught gun skills.

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‘A lot of us were very into science; we would discuss chemicals and how to mix them and which ones were dangerous,’ Ms Schultz told BuzzFeed News. ‘We were into weapons and stuff. A lot of us did role-playing, and RPG [role-playing games]; we’d have foam weapons and act out a battle.’

Ms Schultz said many young people involved in RIOT carried knives and learned to shoot firearms at gun ranges… The group’s events, which also included archery and water balloon fights…

[hatrack]

1. But not a "terrorist" group - how fortunate!

[blake2012]

2. Terrorist training camps

[Aristus]

3. But he was worried he wouldn't survive arrest and incarceration?

Some survivalist...

[Sophia4]

4. And they claimed to be "Christian"???????????

[FiveGoodMen]

5. Nearly EVERYONE in the US who does something awful claims to be Christian

[Hoyt]

6. In a serious disaster these are the armed cretins who think they are entitled to run things,

including murdering anyone they feel threatened by, like dying people trying to get across the bridge into Gretna in aftermath of Katrina.

[ProudLib72]

7. That explains the bombs. What about the racism?

Did they teach that in church, too?

[spanone]

8. taliban? ISIS? no?, guess it's okay if it's a christian group

[LeftInTX]

9. Shades of Eric Rudolph.....

1996 Olympic's bomber

[oswaldactedalone]

10. Completely predictable

Why aren't Christians all across the country apologizing for this terrorist's actions? Only fair when you consider that Christians expect all Muslims to apologize for the actions of their nutjobs.

[malaise]

11. What I find amazing is that this murderer and his family

and neighbors are getting more coverage than the relatives of those killed.

That said reading the bible and learning to shoot firearms is so fugging Xtian that it burns.