Gunman kills ten after Lunar New Year celebration: A reflection on tragedy and hope
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 23 January 2023
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A gunman killed ten people and wounded ten others at a California ballroom dance club Saturday night following a Lunar New Year celebration. The gunman has since taken his own life and authorities are still searching for a motive. Such tragedies often turn many to God in their pain and need, but, as time passes, they return to the “real” world in which religion is outdated and irrelevant. Why is that?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:57.3 | Today is Monday, January the 23rd, 2023, and this is the Daily Article podcast. |
| 1:03.8 | I'm Chris Elkins narrating today's article written by Denison Forum CEO and co-founder, Dr. Jim |
| 1:10.2 | Denison. |
| 1:12.6 | The Lunar New Year has begun. Celebrated by Asian cultures around the world, |
| 1:15.6 | the holiday marks the first new moon of the year |
| 1:18.6 | and continues around 15 days until the first full moon of the year. |
| 1:22.6 | As National Geographic reports, |
| 1:24.6 | the holiday focuses on themes of reunion and hope and is a time for family reunions, plenty of food, and some very loud celebrations. |
| 1:34.7 | It was therefore especially horrific that a gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others at a California ballroom dance club Saturday night following a lunar New Year celebration. |
| 1:46.1 | Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna identified the shooter as 72-year-old Hukon-Tron and said |
| 1:53.5 | he took his own life last night in a van after law enforcement officer surrounded the vehicle |
| 1:59.2 | in a parking lot. Authorities are still searching |
| 2:02.2 | for a motive at this writing. Aristotle noted, at his best, man is the noblest of all animals. |
| 2:09.4 | Separated from law and justice, he is the worst. Tragedies like this should convince us all that we |
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