Vision America’s Rick Scarborough explained today that the movie theatre massacre in Aurora, Colorado, was a result of God lowering His hand of protection, adding that the shooter “only killed 12 because of God’s intervention.” “The fact is that, as a culture, we have sown the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind,” Scarborough explained, “If people of good will and conscience do not stand up and demand that God be acknowledged once again in the public square, we are destined to continue our slide toward Gomorrah.”

“Many in our society, and especially many liberals, refuse to recognize the existence of evil,” Scarborough explained. “Since they believe individuals aren’t responsible for their actions — that everything is determined by heredity or environment — they flail about for explanations to mass murder, like ‘easy access to firearms, or impoverished environment, including lack of education or access to opportunity.’ But in Aurora, like Columbine more than a decade ago, the shooter had every opportunity and was well-educated. Still, he chose to shoot innocent men, women and children, and only killed 12 because of God’s intervention. A fact no one seems willing to acknowledge.”

Scarborough continued: “Rick Warren stated the obvious when he tweeted within hours of the tragedy, ‘When students are taught they are no different from animals, they act like it.’ Congressman Louie Gohmert essentially agreed when he stated: ‘People say… where was God in all of this? We’ve threatened high school graduation participations, if they use God’s name, they’re going to be jailed… I mean that kind of stuff. Where was God? What have we done with God? We don’t want him around. I kind of like his protective hand being present.'”

“How did the mainstream media react to such truth?,” Scarborough asked. “Both men are being maligned and lesser men are refusing to speak up. The fact is that, as a culture, we have sown the wind and are now reaping the whirlwind. If people of good will and conscience do not stand up and demand that God be acknowledged once again in the public square, we are destined to continue our slide toward Gomorrah.”

Scarborough disclosed: “We know the man in custody for these horrendous crimes was, until quite recently, a student in the prestigious neuroscience doctoral program at the University of Colorado. But intelligence isn’t a safeguard against evil. Some of the brightest men in Germany conceived and carried out the Holocaust.”

“Christians understand that there is evil in the world, and that — as society turns its back on God — His hedge of protection is lowered and evil grows stronger,” Scarborough explained.

“As our society has become more corrupt — as Americans have rejected Biblical truth — evil has flourished. The spate of these seemingly senseless mass murders — Columbine, Fort Hood, Virginia Tech, and Tucson — are committed against a backdrop of 1.2 million abortions a year, 40% of all children in this country born out-of-wedlock and the ongoing war against our Judeo-Christian heritage.”