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Originally Posted by Zeke
Wasn't Timothy McVeigh a Christian?
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This gets said a lot but it's probably not accurate to say that McVeigh was motivated by whatever religious beliefs he held. Rather, the OKC bombing was a political act, intended to provoke an overreaction from government which in turn would cause insurrection.
His inspiration for this was "The Turner Diaries", a white supremacist novel which basically contained the blueprint for this rebellion, including the bombing. He was also motivated by the siege at the Branch Davidian complex near Waco but his concern wasn't one of religious freedom but government repression and gun rights. For the same reason the Ruby Ridge incident figured in his justifications for his actions.
John