Religion
In reply to the discussion: Georgia teen who shot parents wanted to read bible, not to do chores. [View all]Phillip McCleod
(1,837 posts)i think this georgia teen saw the hypocrisy of the way of life he was immersed in. i've seen it with teen boys smothered by religious guilt.. a real obsession with guns and god that doesn't go away when they get older and have kids and beat it into them, too.
i've seen the reality of those kinds of families and those mores, which i don't project onto anybody around here.. in fact, that's why i'm here.. and it's terribly common in some places in the u.s. a real good old testament boy bloodlust that just gives you the shivers. the cold hatred.. it pops up later when you least expect it. some people get defensive.
some people fight back.
and when you're young and stupid and mad and you think your parents are hypocrites?
i speculate, but teens hate nothing more than hypocrites. just ask one.