What Hasn’t Been Considered in the JFK Assassination

The horrific and tragic assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, remains one of the most debated events in modern history. It is a subject filled with intrigue, mystery—especially now that documents are being declassified. There are countless interesting documentaries and even major movies that have spawned a countless amount of theories as to whom it was that took his life.

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was fatally shot while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The president and first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, were seated in an open-top 1961 Lincoln Continental, accompanied by Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie.

“John Fitzgerald Kennedy was rich, politically powerful, extremely popular, and strikingly handsome. But what mattered the second that speeding bullet took him into eternity wasn’t his riches, his political power, his good looks, or his fame. What mattered was, were his sins forgiven?”

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At 12:30 p.m., as the motorcade passed the Texas School Book Depository, three gunshots rang out. Kennedy was struck twice—once in the upper back, exiting through his throat, and a fatal shot to the head. Governor Connally was also injured but survived. The motorcade sped to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where Kennedy was pronounced dead at 1:00 p.m.

Shortly after the shooting, a rifle was discovered on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository. Within hours, Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old employee of the building, was arrested for the murder of Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit and subsequently charged with Kennedy’s assassination.

President Lyndon B. Johnson quickly established the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination. In its 888-page report released in September 1964, the Commission concluded the following:

1. Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President Kennedy.
2. Oswald fired three shots from the sixth-floor window of the Texas School Book Depository.
3. The “Single Bullet Theory” posited that one bullet struck both Kennedy and Connally.

Despite the Warren Commission’s conclusions, alternative theories have persisted:

1. The CIA theory: Critics argue that Kennedy’s strained relationship with the CIA over issues like the Bay of Pigs Invasion and Vietnam policy led to a covert operation against him. Some suggest that rogue elements within the agency orchestrated the assassination.
2. The Mafia theory: Organized crime figures may have sought revenge against Kennedy for his brother Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy’s aggressive prosecution of the Mafia.
3. The Soviet or Cuban connection: Some speculate that Fidel Castro or the Soviet Union orchestrated the assassination as retaliation for US attempts to overthrow or destabilize communist regimes.
4. The “grassy knoll” and second shooter theory: Eyewitness accounts and photographic evidence have led many to believe in the presence of a second shooter on the “grassy knoll.”

Many point to inconsistencies in witness testimonies and apparent flaws in the ballistic evidence—leading to questions as to whether there were multiple shooters…or if Oswald had actually possessed the necessary shooting skills.

If Russia was involved—or even accused of being involved—could it have sparked a third world war? It made sense for Oswald to be pointed to as the assassin so that couldn’t happen. However, Oswald’s murder before he could stand trial only fueled the conspiracy theories.

Unless there is something dramatic—further evidence pointing to other gunmen, the CIA, or the mafia—we will never know for certain who was involved up in the assassination. But one thing is certain: the truth will come out on Judgment Day:

For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:14)

Here now is what no one has officially told you. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was rich, politically powerful, extremely popular, and strikingly handsome. But what mattered the second that speeding bullet took him into eternity wasn’t his riches, his political power, his good looks, or his fame. What mattered was, were his sins forgiven?