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Related: About this forumGoodyear man kills, burns family dog in smoker; says "The devil made me do it"
He made her bring the shirt to the barbeque smoker where he burned the shirt. He also said that, "he needed to sacrifice a male, either himself, his son (6 years old) or the family dog."
Police say the family grabbed the dog, a poodle, and tried to flee, but Thompson reportedly grabbed the daughter. The family pleaded with him until he released the girl and promised not to harm the dog, but instead he strangled and killed the dog.
When police arrived, they found Thompson lying on the sidewalk with a self-inflicted cut to his arm. He reportedly made "erratic comments that he had to 'do it for the God' and, the 'devil made him do it' and he put the dog in the smoker." They found the partially burnt small, white dog in the smoker.
http://www.abc15.com/news/crime/goodyear-man-kills-burns-family-dog-in-smoker-says-the-devil-made-me-do-it-
Investigators spoke with Thompson's family, including his daughter and wife. When Thompson went back into the house, they say he got more erratic and told his family, in front of his four minor children, that he needed to make a sacrifice of a male.
According to the victims, Thompson stated it had to be either himself, his firstborn 6-year-old son or the family dog -- a small, white poodle weighing about 15 pounds. That's when the family tried to escape the home but Thompson was able to grab hold of the dog. Investigators say the family pleaded with Thompson not to hurt the dog.
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He allegedly later told officers that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and began to have an "episode." Police say Thompson said that he had a vision that something bad was going to happen to his family and that the "Lord was going to kill him for what he had done." The court paperwork adds that Thompson stated his readings in the Bible required a male sacrifice in this situation and that it wasn't going to be him or his firstborn son. So, the paperwork says, he chose the family dog.
http://www.azfamily.com/story/31984967/father-upset-with-daughters-t-shirt-sacrifices-family-dog-in-smoker
If only people weren't still talking about 'sacrifice' a couple of thousand years after their culture had stopped making them. If only there weren't influential books that rabbit on about 'sacrifice' ...
trotsky
(49,533 posts)Well there you go.
packman
(16,296 posts)making sane people insane.
rug
(82,333 posts)Thompson grabbed the dog as the children and his wife pleaded with him to stop, but he broke the dog's neck, police said. The family fled and called police.
Officers found the dog dead in the smoker. Thompson told officers he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and began to have an "episode," according to court documents.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)The only thing it will effect is the content of your delusions.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)and run by hucksters telling you The Devil is real and out to get you and your 17 year old daughter via her T shirt, there's a better chance you'll be a violent psychopath when you lose control. If your religion is based on believing people get sent visions from God, your hallucinations are going to be a lot more influential on you.
As suggested further down, if someone felt inspired by Elvis when mentally ill, they'd just be All Shook Up and Lonesome Tonight.
rug
(82,333 posts)Newspapers?
Or are you just venting?
Or are you asserting the ludicrous claim that religion causes psychotic delusions?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,295 posts)I never said that all delusions spring from religion. I said a violent religion makes violent delusions more likely. This guy didn't invent 'lake of fire' on his own.
Of course I'm venting too. A religious psychopath tortured his family dog to death. It's normal to vent over things like that.
rug
(82,333 posts)The answer is nothing would change. Maybe people would post about robots telling them to kill dogs. Then you could vent about robots.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)I'm getting tired of that lame excuse. How come no one ever kills someone and says, "Elvis made me do it."? It's always a religious figure.
rug
(82,333 posts)Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)I've read your lame deflection.
rug
(82,333 posts)It's nonsense.
Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)You know I can cull at least four instances of religicide just from this group in the last year.
rug
(82,333 posts)You made the claim of "nonsense". Even with the OP staring you in the face. The burden is on you to provide examples.
Box Score:
Cartoonist: Line drive single (the OP)
Rug: Whiff!
rug
(82,333 posts)Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)Whhhhiiiffff!
rug
(82,333 posts)You have yet to provide an example.
rug
(82,333 posts)None anywhere near the strike zone.
Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)I said I could, not would.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1218227667
Box Score:
Cartoonist delivers another line drive single. Runner advances to third on rug's fielding error.
rug still hitless.
rug
(82,333 posts)Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)You couldn't bunt your way on.
rug
(82,333 posts)Nyah, nyah.
Brettongarcia
(2,262 posts): )