The Nightmare of Christianity: How Religious Indoctrination Led to Murder

AlterNet by Max Blumenthal | Sep. 15, 2009 (Opinion)
The authoritarian culture of the Christian right pushed a deeply disturbed young man named Matthew Murray over the edge.

Murray's parents were not neglectful of their son, nor were they intentionally abusive. By all accounts, they raised him in faithful accordance with the teachings of the Christian right's leading self-help gurus. In their cloistered world, where home-schooling is viewed as an ideal alternative to "government schools," and where the rod is rarely spared, they were model parents. Murray's killing spree thus reflected less on his parents than on the ... Full Story »

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Subjects: Politics, Religion
Topics: Republicans
Member Tags: religious addiction, Religion and Mental Health
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Sep 15, 2009 - 2:55 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Lezlie (review), Tanya J. Maurer (review), Jim Lang (review)
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Sep 15, 2009 - 2:55 AM PDT

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Sep. 15, 2009

This is an obviously biased examanination of a deeply disturbed individual who ultimately killed. It paints the authoritarian Christian right as the culprit but I have a hard time determining where fact or expert opinion end and the authors opinions begin.

While I have my misgivings about authoritarian and dictatorial religious cultures, I don't believe that truth is well served by a hatchet job.

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 15, 2009

The story of Matthew Murray and his dehumanized upbringing in an environment of religious addiction makes interesting reading.

That these extreme right purveyors of religiosity have so much influence on a political party is disturbing.

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Tanya J. Maurer
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 by Tanya J. Maurer - Sep. 15, 2009

The case story is interesting on many levels.

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