Poet's Corner

[Poet]

Hi ola,

About the Yates murders:


5 children killed because of a stupid belief in hell.
Essentially a "God told me to do it" type incident.

No. This was an act done in the throes of a psychotic episode, a paranoid psychotic episode. It's axiomatic that the command hallucinations (the voices one hears saying that they must do something) come from a God-like or Satan-like figure. This occurs whether or not the person is a Christian or believes in God at all.