And yet another mass murderer terrorizes the public. The demon possessed are growing in number.
This time in Santa Barbara, Ca.
A 22 year old, incensed maniac named Elliot Rodger.
I'm surprised YouTube has not taken down all of this man's videos to date.
YouTube has taken down videos with less controversial subject matter in the past.
But watching his now famous video, the first reaction on this guy is ... "Is this guy for real"?
He seems like either a real maniac or a very bad actor playing the part of "Dr. Evil".
His sinister laugh is unreal. And his issue over women and being a virgin is almost laughable if it weren't real.
He also displays feminine mannerisms in his way of speaking.
He's not a bad-looking dude. He rides around in a souped-up BMW, well dressed, and comes from a wealthy family
But it has been said that he was once diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome which is sometimes characterized by some obsessive behavior.
But the main question is was this guy sick (as in mentally ill) or evil?
He wrote a 140 plus page "manifesto" describing details of his life and from there, I understand people have said that his parents divorced, he didn't have much relationship with his dad, etc.
A lot of people will point to this as causation for things that can lead to this type of frustration in a person's life. But most people won't excuse murderous behavior because of a person's environmental consequences either and agree he needs to be locked up ....forever! Kinda inconsistent if it's not the guy's fault wouldn't you think?
The mental health community will still say that he's not mentally ill because he was able to use enough judgment to execute premeditation of his crimes. But that does not stop everyone from accusing him of being "insane" whenever they describe him and his actions.
But the other thing is that watching the video, you also can't rule out all the bottled up hatred and bad intentions towards his victims.
Bottom line, this man might have been EVIL and he also might have been mentally ill but it was his depravity that drove him to be "criminally" insane, and not the other way around.
The Bible teaches us that we are sinners at birth. So if a person is also mentally ill, they are depraved before their act of violence. Indeed, most mentally ill people are not violent but when they are, it's the sin within undisturbed and unhindered that develops into an act of depraved violence. Unless of coarse, the person is suffering from a form of psychosis which in most cases statistically, doesn't lead the mentally ill to commit violence. A psychotic state in which a person doesn't know what's going on around them is usually what the psychiatrists and the courts will deem a person who has "diminished capacity" or unable to stand trial. But that type of psychosis in crime activities is seen more as a result of people under the influence of extreme drugs not mental illness.
But when a person is filled with hate and happens to be mentally ill, you've got a person who's criminally insane.
And yet, it's not always the case that a mass murderer is deemed "sick" or mentally ill.
More and more, these extreme manifestations of hate and evil are emerging in our society. Led by extreme selfishness and high pride, anger, frustration, and usually by people who have rejected the concept of a sovereign God that judges evil. The more a people moves away from God, the more evil is entrenched in the hearts and minds of them.
Don't reject God in your life. We must teach the future generation to fear The Lord, God.
Amen.
