My first thought, too! Although in the linked article...there were TWO children who found her! I wonder...can traumas be ''softened'' or even removed from the memory through hypnosis?

@Donotbelieve That's giving the Catholics and Mormons (as well as other religions that preach you chould have as many kids as you possibly can) a run for their money!

By my observation, religious fanaticism and mental illness are indistinguishable.

@BitFlipper Either you are stuck in the 1900s or earlier, or thinking of the religion of Islam... Evan modern Xtians don't behead people for indiscretions. At least try to be realistic...
Edit: When I say 'You', I mean the Xtian zealot that killed the girlfriend... not you, GreatNani... Sorry for the confusion..

@Captain_Feelgood either you didn't read the article or are being foolish, the killer is described as a zealot in the article because he claimed that god told him to do it, so BitFlipper is absolutely correct in her observation, religious fanatism and mental illness are indistinguishable. Who is unrealistic then?

@Mofo1953 Yes, I phrased that wrong.. apologies. I made an edit..

He got 20 years and 4 months. He is young enough to get out and do it again, or start a church.

@Beowulfsfriend Exactly. He should be ended, immediately.

I am against the death penalty. However, in this case, I would not try to make an argument for why he should be kept alive.

Religious fanaticism is a kind of mental illness. As logn as the prison system focuses on punishment instead of rehabilitation, and treatment for the mentally ill, such persons should at the very least be locked up for life, as under the current system they are likely to come out worse than when they went in.

@snytiger6 I'm so done with making allowances for the deliberately delusional. I'm also done with them using their delusions to harm others.
I don't care anymore. I am done. There are already far too many people on this rock as it is.
Taking out some of the more dangerous ones is completely reasonable to me.

I have many mixed feelings about state-sanctioned murder. However, when you have someone like this guy, removing them from existence is not a "bad" thing.
The older I get, the more misanthropic I become.
I sincerely detest most people.
I think humans really suck.

Nah, he belongs at the bottom of a really deep hole, covered in cement.

@KKGator LOL. Well yes, but perhaps a psych hospital for life will work. I mean clearly he is deranged.

@GreatNani Clearly. So put him down like a rabid animal. He's not going to "get better".

@KKGator I am curious about what his diagnosis is.

@GreatNani Truthfully, I don't care.

@KKGator He wasnt born with illogical thoughts. This behavior was learned from a very sick society.

You wanting him dead is just an extension of the sickness that led him to do what he did.

I find your statement only slightly less sick than his actions.

@BryanLV What you think doesn't bother me. I stand by what I said.

He'll also find another Xian girlfriend who will see fit to forgive him for his past sins. This will seem like a good idea to her until the night she finds him strangling her for some other messed up religious reason.

They cannot be "avoided". They're everywhere.
Which is precisely why all religion must be eliminated from influencing
public policy.

At the very least it is on my list of reasons why I don't date the religious. I don't see any way to totally avoid them.

@KKGator, @snytiger6 You're right. I should have been more specific. They are everywhere and what I should have said is it's difficult to have a meaningful relationship with the religious.

So true! Reminds me of the scene in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, in which the accused witch is brought out in the town square and weighed against a duck to prove whether she is truly a witch or not....What passed for medivial science back then.....

@TomMcGiverin Just so people will know what you are talking about....