On May 18, 1993 the quiet calm of Kingwood, a suburb of Houston, was shattered by gunshots. When the smoke cleared, a 15-year-old eighth grader would be charged with killing his own mother. What makes this story so unbelievable is the reason why he did it: Satan told him to do it.
Yes, you read it right, the Devil made him do it. It was revealed that Andrew Merritt was listening to a Megadeth song "Go To Hell" when he claims, "the message was from the Devil as he rode a red fireball out of a blackhole enveloping me in black smoke." The boy's attorney would later state that, "Heavy Metal music was to blame for the boy's actions." We all know that music has never made anybody kill anyone, so what made him do it? I think the answer lies in his family life.
Friends of Andrew have stated Arlette Merritt, his mother, was a religious nut of sorts. They told how she would call Andrew ugly and dumb and tell him the devil was in him. Also told how she burned his entire heavy metal tapes and CD's, and tore up his t-shirts with skulls or metal bands on them. For punishment, Andrew was forced to listen to Christian music played at high volume.
If this was the core of his troubles, I fail to see where the music, metal that is, was responsible. In my eyes the real reason for the crime was not the music, nor was the devil. Maybe the stress of his home life was to blame, and no one ever looks.
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this was an one example of punshments that drove hate between mother and son. the son was "sinning" and the mother corrected him, quite forcefully.
You may bring up storys of spare the rod spoil the child, but there is the story of the prodical son. the son left his parents to find his own path. and without the guidence of his parents came back.
and also jesus says judge not lest ye be judged, witch i think applies to famly life too.