Replies to post #1325 on Poet's Corner

[CharleyMike]

and, (sotto voce) rudely interrupting,

your point is????

Much of the world's misery can be laid at the door of religious fanaticism.

As well as much of the good. Only one who sees all can judge the balance.

That leaves us out.

[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.