And I am by no means suggesting that there are not “cults” practicing in the name of religion that are only a camouflage for evil and perversion, such as the recent raid of the sect that promotes child marriages to these so-called “church leaders,” (sex slaves). Equally sick are the “churches” wherein homosexual “priests” molest boys.

Unfortunately, these “cults” categorize themselves as “churches,” thus further giving Christianity a bad rap.

Peggy “got humble” when she realized she was completely dependent on others for something as minor as a back-scratch.

Dad might have lowered over flat-on-his-back Daniel and seen this as his chance to break the kid’s will, Dad’s chance to say You’ll Move When I Tell You To Move.

Fundamentalist Christians are all about breaking the will.

I see a struggle over Mom. Dad doesn’t want Mom to raise a sissy, Mom prefers to dote on her son rather than have a physical relationship with Dad, Dad thinks he should exert his Biblical status as head of the household and holder of the correcting rod, and they displace it onto a struggle over a video game. “I’ll show you who’s boss.”

It could also be brain injury or a reaction to the staph infection or the medication used to treat it. An aggressive defense should have made use of this, and if they didn’t, it may be irrelevant.

One of the Clutter (In Cold Blood) murderers, Richard Hickok, received head injuries in a car wreck that led to remarked behavioral changes in the years before he plotted with Perry Smith to rob and murder the family.

Head injuries both cause and can mimic clinical depression–but giving a person the current cocktail of “antidepressants” can lead to the exact same behavior that was so murderous here.