"And Cassie Bernall’s martyrdom was showing the most legs. ‘Millions have been touched by a martyr,’ Pastor Kirsten proclaimed to his congregation. He shared a vision his youth pastor had received while ministering to the Bernalls: ‘I saw Cassie, and I saw Jesus, hand in hand. And they had just gotten married. They had just celebrated their marriage ceremony. And Cassie kind of winked over at me, like, ‘I’d like to talk but I’m so much in love.’ Her greatest prayer was to find the right guy. Don’t you think she did?’"
— Columbine by Dave Cullen. I’m reading Dave Cullen’s incredibly well researched account of the Columbine shootings and their aftermath right now, an event which fascinated me at the time. What I’m finding more unsettling than the killers is the Columbine community’s vehemently evangelical fervor afterwards + their opportunistic, twisted conclusions about what happened to their children.
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