CHRISTIANS BEHAVING BADLY #22

Rogers, 18

Schaffran, 32

In my attempt to show that religion is not a guarantee of moral behavior, this post is one in a series about the inappropriate behavior of religious people. In no way am I suggesting that most religious people behave badly. Most of the religious people I know are good, moral, and ethical. Most of the non-religious people I know are good, moral, and ethical. I am simply demonstrating that religion does not guarantee moral behavior and that, at times, it might even promote unscrupulous acts unacceptable under standard precepts of ethical behavior. 

PROMOTING CHRIST THROUGH HOME INVASION AND KIDNAPPING

According to the Huff Post crime page, police investigating a home invasion in Mississippi broke up "The Savior Unit" a paramilitary group that trained its members in "hand to hand combat skills, paramilitary training and scriptures."

The Gautier Police department took a call about a home invasion and kidnapping on Dec. 6, 2011.

The group's so-called commander Michael Shaun Schaffran and its captain Cody Jacob Rogers have been accused of breaking into a residence while wearing bullet-proof vests and military clothing, dragging out three victims including a 70-year-old man, and assaulting them.

Apparently, the suspects trained a group of teens in combat skills and religion in a wooded area for the past six weeks.

An operation manual recovered by police describes the group as "a tactical search team that is faith based. Our purpose is to promote Christ. Obtain offenders who are a danger to society, do community service work for churches and halfway houses, and do security for different functions. Our training is a recon and infiltration, apprehension and retrieval. All team members are taught hand to hand combat skills, para military training and scriptures.[sic]"

Mmmmm??? "Obtain offenders who are a danger to society"??? How about "obtaining", or, er, detainiing themselves!