Secular Café: Superstition Creates Killers?

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Superstition Creates Killers? Dec 17th 2012, 12:08 I realize I might be singing to the choir here. Is it possible that that is what drove Adam Lanza to do what he did? Could he have thought that he was sparing his mother and those children of something more horrific had they lived? We'll probably never know. What is common among those who are labeled with Asperger's is that they act on their instincts first. With that in mind, would it not be prudent as a society to make sure that fictional superstitious stories are recognized for exactly what they are rather than real life events? Isn't it better to raise our children in a society where reason and logic are more important than myth? Theology may have a place in society, but it's got to be rational and not overdone. Quote: BEIJING -- Officials say a man who went into a school in central China and stabbed 23 children last week was "psychologically affected" by doomsday predictions. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2313876.html

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