The Atheist Mama

I heard about the death of Tom Fox yesterday, but I really haven’t had a chance to read anything about him or the situation until today. While reading the an article on The Washington Post online about the discovery of his body, I learned that he was formerly an assistant manager at the Whole Foods in Springfield, Virginia.
I’m from Fairfax, VA and I was a frequent shopper at that Whole Foods. I was also an employee of Whole Foods once upon a time. I remember Tom well (although I can’t say that he knew me). He was a very nice man and I saw him just about every time I went into that store.
I know that a few of my highschool friends that were also employees there knew him well. Very well infact, and I’m so sorry for their loss. I can’t imagine what they must be feeling.

Tom was a Christian peace activist, but he wasn’t in Iraq with the sole intention of spreading the word of God. He was in Iraq on a mission of peace. Regardless of his beliefs, I’m so sorry that he suffered the way that he did.

I found a link to his blog somewhere (don’t remember where). Of course, it hasn’t been posted to since November of 2005, but he was abducted that month, so that would make sense.

I also found this today:

>The body of American Tom Fox, who was among four Christian peace activists kidnapped last year, was found near a west Baghdad railway line with gunshot wounds to his head and chest and his body bore signs of torture, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said Saturday:

>I must ask you why tom had to die, yes he was in a army GODS ARMY:

>No weapons only a bible you searched him you knew this,so why, he was there to help

>you and your people.

>You had 60% of the world trying to stop the war tom was one of them but now you have now got a holy war and god will have no mercy on your souls.

>you prove once again your cowards and sick there is nothing in the koran about killing

>christians.

>And to think we where forced to pass your places of worship knowing your so called holy men were hidding guns and criminals.

>But i will say this some of the mighty leaders of the world will be in church to-day

>saying a prayer for tom and maybe end there easy going with you lot.

>I did feel that the war should be over, but im not sure now.

>And please no moslems crying on here use your energy to write on the moslem blogs

>and ask for the release of the other christian peace activists.

>THE REAL GOD IS WATCHING YOU; SO IS THE WORLD

(emphasis mine, although I should have bolded the whole damn thing)

I don’t even know where to begin with this one. How is this (above) any different than anything going on “over there”. All I know is that I’m scared.