This event was so tragic. I am a Christian. I always knew that a day would come when someone went into a church and started killing people for their religious beliefs, or for whatever reason. You cannot blame this act on mental illness. This man knew what he was doing and this was motivated by pure evil. There are many of us that suffer mental illness that most people would not know suffer the disorder. We are your neighbors and coworkers. Some of the people I have known who suffer mental illness are the most beautiful and kind hearted people in the world. Some are also very intelligent. Beethoven suffered from depression. All the world's ills cannot be blamed on "mental illness." This man was just bent on doing evil.