Indiana dad arrested for allegedly biting 'ungrateful' newborn after nurses overheard him call baby 'evil'

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[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I think your fedora is on too tight

[–]ActuallyNot 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Paranoid schizophrenia is an unpleasant condition. And maybe if he were an atheist, he might have formed the belief that the government or aliens has swapped his baby for a surveillance device.

But with a Christian world view, the step is shorter and more complete. The baby is evil by some demonic or satanic influence. He now has his justifications for the physical abuse of the infant.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You really think he's schizophrenic? I just figured he was a lazy man-child.

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That would be my first guess. It's likely the case if he genuinely believes that his child is evil, as he was overheard saying.

But even an psychologist wouldn't diagnose someone based on a newspaper article, and my background is mathematics.

It's certainly plausible that he's a lazy man-child.

[–]TaseAFeminist4Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You felt OK diagnosing him as a Christian, though.

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm confident of that.