[Puppage]

John List, the devout Lutheran who killed his family

Ummm, being a Lutheran myself, I don't think List was very devout. What with offing his family and such.

[wideawake]

What with offing his family and such.

His wife's decision to stop attending Sunday service is what made him snap.

After she told him that she and the children were not going to go to church with him anymore, he went out the next day and got a handgun permit and started planning.

[wideawake]

Also, in his farewell note to his pastor before he skipped town, he wrote that he had killed his family because they were turning away from God and he thought that killing them now would help prevent their further slide into reprobate behavior. He says that he kneeled in prayer over each body as he killed each member of his family, asking God for his guidance.

[cherry]

I know what you mean....."devout".....hardly....more like "perverted" .....

May God have mercy on your soul, Mr. List......not like the mercy you gave your own children and their mother.....

[Brilliant]

Yes.... He seems to have glossed over the part that says “Thou shalt not kill.”