School teen wanted to kill Jesus after bombing high school

[TithonusSyndrome]

Because apparently he felt that the political right in America wasn't dangerous enough without the appearance of legitimate complaints on their side

FLORENCE, South Carolina (AP) -- A teen accused of plotting to blow up his high school told police that he wanted to die, go to heaven and kill Jesus, federal authorities said Tuesday.

Ryan Schallenberger, 18, is cooperating with the bomb plot investigation, police say.

Prosecutors argued in a federal courtroom that the statements are an indication that 18-year-old Ryan Schallenberger needs a psychological evaluation.

The straight-A Chesterfield High School senior was arrested April 19 and faces several state and federal charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. That charge carries a possible life sentence if he is convicted.

"His conduct is bizarre," prosecutor Buddy Bethea told Judge Thomas Rogers III, who did not immediately issue a ruling. "I think it screams out in his conduct that he be evaluated."

Defense attorney Bill Nettles said the request was premature, and that Schallenberger was competent to help in his defense.

Prosecutors want Schallenberger, currently at Chesterfield County jail, moved to a federal facility because they think he may try to commit suicide. His journal writings have become increasingly violent over the past year, prosecutor Rose Mary Parham said.

An agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives testified that the teen told a sheriff he wanted to die after his arrest.

* Simultaneous attacks were planned
* Suspect faces WMD charge
* Bomb could have been made in minutes
* Student accused of plotting to blow up school

"He said death was better than life," Craig Townsend said. "He told the sheriff he wanted to die and go to heaven and once he got there, he wanted to kill Jesus."

Prosecutors also played a 911 tape of the teen's mother calling police after he smashed his head into a wall two days before his arrest. On the tape, she says her son threatened to shoot police if they came.

"He's not going to do it," Laurie Sittler told the operator. "He's just got a bad temper."

The teen left but his mother was scared he would return, she said in the call. "He's planning to go to college and everything, but I don't know what to do," she said.

Schallenberger was arrested after his parents picked up at the post office a package addressed to the teen containing 20 pounds of ammonium nitrate. They got nervous and looked through his room where they found a cassette tape he wanted played after he died, which they took to the sheriff's office, the agent testified. Authorities found his journal, which lauded the Columbine killers, after searching his room.

The 50-page journal contained notes on more than 10 types of explosives that Schallenberger experimented with and evaluated a year ago, the agent testified. It had a black cover and "Pisces" written on the front, and authorities have said it contained detailed plans to bomb Chesterfield High School.

Schallenberger's parents were at the hearing but would not comment.

Townsend also testified Schallenberger's mother called police to the home in April last year, when the teen was arrested for breach of peace. He said the teen became enraged and knocked over furniture after his mother asked him to walk with his sister to a grandparent's home.

Authorities also seized a computer that shows he searched Web sites for making bombs, a shotgun, carbon dioxide canisters, "hundreds and hundreds" of matchsticks, and more cassette tapes that they have not yet heard, Townsend said.

Seems our cover here at the Atheist Conspiratorial Agenda has been blown, fellas. Destroy the evidence, I'll see you at the rendezvous point in a few weeks.

[Tolya]

Shit. I told you he'll flip!

[Invictus ChiKen]

Damn when I saw Florence I flipped as it is just up the road from me...

Someone needs to tell this kid he is about 2,000 late to kill Jesus...

[Tolya]

Damn when I saw Florence I flipped as it is just up the road from me...

Someone needs to tell this kid he is about 2,000 late to kill Jesus...

There was this thing called ressurection mate...

HOW he planned to kill a deity who was already killed once and didn't even blink an eye rising from the dead...now that's the part of his plan I would like to hear about.

[AMX]

Prosecutors argued in a federal courtroom that the statements are an indication that 18-year-old Ryan Schallenberger needs a psychological evaluation.

This may well be the understatement of the year.

Apart from the obvious insanity, and the aforementioned issue of killing someone who already died once and got better...
Why exactly did this moron think blowing up a school would get him into heaven? If anything, he'd wind up in a rather different place...

[Starglider]

HOW he planned to kill a deity who was already killed once and didn't even blink an eye rising from the dead...now that's the part of his plan I would like to hear about.

Silly. If D&D taught me anything, it's that Jesus can't regenerate fire or acid damage. A decent amount of ANFO should do the job nicely.

[Darth Fanboy]

Two things. First if the kid felt he could die and go to heaven, then he wasn't an atheist. Secondly, if he wants to go to heaven for the sole purpose of "killing Jesus" wouldn't he likely end up being diverted to hell?

St. Peter would be in a very awkward position opening the door of that gate knowing full well what that kid was going to do.

Also, how was he planning on killing Jesus? Did he figure he'd borrow a gun from Charleton Heston?

[Rye]

Two things. First if the kid felt he could die and go to heaven, then he wasn't an atheist. Secondly, if he wants to go to heaven for the sole purpose of "killing Jesus" wouldn't he likely end up being diverted to hell?

Not as per John 3:16. He's apparently a literal antitheist, rather than just one in principle.

[Darth Yoshi]

Silly. If D&D taught me anything, it's that Jesus can't regenerate fire or acid damage. A decent amount of ANFO should do the job nicely.

Speaking of which, wouldn't his holy nature conflict with his undead status? You'd think he'd end up banishing himself or some such thing.

But man, blowing up and throwing furniture just because he was asked to escort his sister? That's definitely more than temper issues, lady.

[Ritterin Sophia]

Silly. If D&D taught me anything, it's that Jesus can't regenerate fire or acid damage. A decent amount of ANFO should do the job nicely.

Speaking of which, wouldn't his holy nature conflict with his undead status? You'd think he'd end up banishing himself or some such thing.

But man, blowing up and throwing furniture just because he was asked to escort his sister? That's definitely more than temper issues, lady.

Six Words: Book of Exalted Deeds, Deathless Subtype.

[Kristoff]

The straight-A Chesterfield High School senior was arrested April 19 and faces several state and federal charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

WMD? WTF?

[The Spartan]

The straight-A Chesterfield High School senior was arrested April 19 and faces several state and federal charges, including attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction.

WMD? WTF?

A bomb (not sure if there's any size criteria) can be classified now as a WMD.

They did that to make it easier to prosecute suspects under terror laws much like they wrote RICO laws to make it easier to prosecute mobsters.

[PeZook]

A bomb (not sure if there's any size criteria) can be classified now as a WMD.

They did that to make it easier to prosecute suspects under terror laws much like they wrote RICO laws to make it easier to prosecute mobsters.

Hey...this means there are WMD's in Iraq!

[Strider]

One word: Disintegrate.

[Coyote]

He's playing the slobbering loon, I wager, so he can go to a padded palace instead of a Federal "pound me in the ass" Penitentiary.

[Rogue 9]

HOW he planned to kill a deity who was already killed once and didn't even blink an eye rising from the dead...now that's the part of his plan I would like to hear about.

Silly. If D&D taught me anything, it's that Jesus can't regenerate fire or acid damage. A decent amount of ANFO should do the job nicely.

You know, troll regeneration isn't the only kind, and there are plenty that deal with fire and acid just fine.

[Starglider]

You know, troll regeneration isn't the only kind, and there are plenty that deal with fire and acid just fine.

That's fine, we'll just have to escalate. All those nuclear bombs the US supposedly decommissioned at the end of the cold war? They weren't really decommissioned; in actual fact Curtis LeMay took them to heaven with him.

[Illuminatus Primus]

@ WMD legal fiction. Jesus, would it be so hard to legislators to make well-defined laws, than giving prosecutors indefinite leeway to broadly associate obviously inappropriate crimes using different statutes?