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A journalist and advocate who rose from homelessness and addiction to serve as a spokesperson for Philadelphia’s most vulnerable was shot and killed at his home early Monday, police said.

Josh Kruger, 39, was shot seven times at about 1:30 a.m. and collapsed in the street after seeking help, police said. He was pronounced dead at a hospital a short time later. Police believe the door to his Point Breeze home was unlocked or the shooter knew how to get in, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. No arrests have been made and no weapons have been recovered, they said.

Authorities haven’t spoken publicly about the circumstances surrounding the killing.

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[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Talk is cheap. Excommunicate Christians who vote religion into government and spend every single tithe on restoring Roe v. Wade.

Or you can call me a bigot again for not respecting your skydaddy and Jesus. Just so you are aware: Jesus never even existed.

[-] Nahvi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Jesus never even existed.

Please do a little research before making such ridiculous statements. You do not have to believe in a god to believe a man named Jesus existed. There is likely more evidence for the existence of a man named Jesus than there is for the existence of your own great-great-grandmother.

Virtually all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed. The contrary perspective, that Jesus was mythical, is regarded as a fringe theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity_of_Jesus

Excommunicate Christians who vote religion into government and spend every single tithe on restoring Roe v. Wade.

If this is where you set the bar for treating Christians like anyone should treat another human then there really isn't anywhere to go in this conversation.

Not that it really matters but I am not a Christian. I am just someone that believes all humans should be treated with a bit of respect until they prove they are not worthy of it by their own personal words and actions.

[-] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Please do a little research before making such ridiculous statements. You do not have to believe in a god to believe a man named Jesus existed. There is likely more evidence for the existence of a man named Jesus than there is for the existence of your own great-great-grandmother.

Zero. Zero. Zero. Contemporary evidence the man existed. All we have is hearsay by known liars decades later. As for my great-great grandmother I have seen her Elis Island file and my grandmother had a photo of her from turn of last century. In case you are curious one of my great great grandfather was a dean at an certain major university.

I am sure if I made an effort I could also get her marriage certificate and census record.

Yet your Jesus left nothing behind, pretty sus.

Virtually all scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed.

Ding ding ding argument from authority! Gotcha. Basic logical fallacy. Ding ding ding ding. Guess they don't teach basic logic and research methods in your weekly pretend time.

Not that it really matters but I am not a Christian.

What type of sky-daddyism do you follow? Let me know so I can point out how wrong it is. Is it cliche agnostic but not really or mall yoga Hinduism or Buddha was a pot smoker?

[-] SuddenlyBlowGreen@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I am just someone that believes all humans should be treated with a bit of respect until they prove they are not worthy of it by their own personal words and actions.

That's what afraid_of_zombies has been saying all this time.

[-] Nahvi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That’s what afraid_of_zombies has been saying all this time.

Then they have a funny way of expressing it. It sounds a lot more like they were defending a bigoted statement by saying someone can't be bigoted against people from religions they find disgusting.

There is a difference between attacking someone who chooses a disgusting belief system and bigotry.

https://lemmy.world/comment/4026429

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