What attracts serial killers to church?

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Originally Posted by Flint

This is a manifestation (one of) of my problem(s) with western church.

They will do it again. Because it's human nature that is driving their behavior--not arbitrary intervention by supernatural forces.

Once you separate our actions from internal causation, you give us ALL excuse to do ANYTHING with no personal lability.

There is a flip side to this, though. As an illustration, I know a really shitty little kid whose mom thinks that giving candy equals discipline. His teacher set up a reward system whereby if he got a "green day" all week, he got some prize on Friday. But the kid is smart and figured out that if he screws up on Monday, the rest of the week is irrelevant, so he stops trying as soon as he gets one "red day."

Many bad people on this planet think they've already got their red day and are beyond redemption. The only chance of getting them to even try being good is to convince them they can start over at any time. Does this also allow your average mid-level jerk to feel like they can keep cutting people off in traffic and always be forgiven? Maybe, but I don't think the mid-level guys are going to cut MORE people off because of this. They're rationalizing after the fact, not justifying before they decide to do it.