Quote:Medical examiners have ruled that a family of five found dead in their Utah home all died from poisoning, likely because the parents were concerned about a “pending apocalypse.”

Parents Benjamin and Kristi Strack died from self-inflicted poisoning, according to a report by KSTU which cited authorities and documents released on Tuesday.

The deaths of the youngest two children were ruled homicides. The 14-year-old’s death was ruled undetermined.

The Strack’s 18-year-old son found all five bodies in the parents’ bedroom on Sept. 27. The parents and the 14-year-old were found in the bed while the other two children were found on mattresses next to the bed, according to the Springville Police Chief J. Scott Finlayson.

Police said they found medications and cups filled with a “red liquid” next to the bodies. Multiple boxes of cold and flu medication were recovered at the home.

Methadone was also found inside the home.

According to officials, friends and family said the parents were concerned with the “evil in world,” a “pending apocalypse” and wanted to escape the “impending doom.” Friends interpreted the statements to suggest the family would possibly move somewhere to live “off the grid.”

Officials recovered a letter written by the 14-year-old that revealed he knew he was going to die and his intention to leave his possessions to a friend.

In an affidavit, an officer said it is likely the deaths were not accidental, and stated “…with the placement of the bodies, it would appear somebody had to position the bodies after they were deceased.”

http://wtkr.com/2015/01/28/family-poison...ners-find/

Natural selection at work.

AAAaAAAAARRRRGhhGGGHHHH

Why bring your kids with you, acehole?

Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Well, that and they seemed to be batsh!t crazy anyway.

They must read the Spin Room. Maybe we should do a head count?

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Or maybe they were believers that climate change/overpopulation would cause global food shortages and water wars.

You don't have to be religious to believe this stuff.

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

"Often"? If it happened often, it wouldn't be news.

These parents were freaks. I couldn't care less about them. I feel so bad about the kids. This is so sad.

(01-28-2015 02:43 PM)I45owl Wrote:  They must read the Spin Room. Maybe we should do a head count?

Present!

Every day is judgment day. So why and the hell worry that much about it.

Some people can't take reality, and they use a corruption of their religion to rationalize it. Unfortunately that means that crazies off themselves every so often. A shame that these particular crazies took their offspring with them.

Is there a Mormon inspired apocalypse theory that's similar in kind to the rapture stories some fundies believe in?

(01-28-2015 09:59 PM)hawghiggs Wrote:  Every day is judgment day. So why and the hell worry that much about it.

Agreed.

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

(01-28-2015 11:10 PM)miko33 Wrote:  Is there a Mormon inspired apocalypse theory that's similar in kind to the rapture stories some fundies believe in?

Don't know... As for me, I look forward to fighting the evil after the apocalypse.

(01-29-2015 10:27 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

But the word apocalypse has a lot of religious overtones. When I read the story, I concluded that they were a religious family that thought the end of the world was coming. Since we're no longer in a cold war where two superpowers have their fingers inches away from launching thousands of nukes, what other "secular apocalypse" is out there?

No, I don't think a devout religious person automatically makes you to be an unstable wingnut. As it pertains to what we see in the world of Islam, that does appear to be the case.

(01-29-2015 11:05 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 10:27 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

But the word apocalypse has a lot of religious overtones. When I read the story, I concluded that they were a religious family that thought the end of the world was coming. Since we're no longer in a cold war where two superpowers have their fingers inches away from launching thousands of nukes, what other "secular apocalypse" is out there?

No, I don't think a devout religious person automatically makes you to be an unstable wingnut. As it pertains to what we see in the world of Islam, that does appear to be the case.

Most would say a financial crisis that destabilizes the entire service and power infrastructure such that society collapses in to a Mad Max style nightmare.

(01-29-2015 11:08 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 11:05 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 10:27 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

But the word apocalypse has a lot of religious overtones. When I read the story, I concluded that they were a religious family that thought the end of the world was coming. Since we're no longer in a cold war where two superpowers have their fingers inches away from launching thousands of nukes, what other "secular apocalypse" is out there?

No, I don't think a devout religious person automatically makes you to be an unstable wingnut. As it pertains to what we see in the world of Islam, that does appear to be the case.

Most would say a financial crisis that destabilizes the entire service and power infrastructure such that society collapses in to a Mad Max style nightmare.

Good point, that would also be a secular apocalypse.

In the article, the parents reference "evil" in the world. A collapsing currency that would cause an economic armageddon is not "evil", and we know that it couldn't be nuclear holocaust as the reason, and there is not enough news out there to conclude that a pandemic of an incurable disease was going to hit the world. So we key on the word "evil" and must conclude that it was used in relation to a religious understanding.

(01-29-2015 11:24 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 11:08 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 11:05 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 10:27 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

But the word apocalypse has a lot of religious overtones. When I read the story, I concluded that they were a religious family that thought the end of the world was coming. Since we're no longer in a cold war where two superpowers have their fingers inches away from launching thousands of nukes, what other "secular apocalypse" is out there?

No, I don't think a devout religious person automatically makes you to be an unstable wingnut. As it pertains to what we see in the world of Islam, that does appear to be the case.

Most would say a financial crisis that destabilizes the entire service and power infrastructure such that society collapses in to a Mad Max style nightmare.

Good point, that would also be a secular apocalypse.

In the article, the parents reference "evil" in the world. A collapsing currency that would cause an economic armageddon is not "evil", and we know that it couldn't be nuclear holocaust as the reason, and there is not enough news out there to conclude that a pandemic of an incurable disease was going to hit the world. So we key on the word "evil" and must conclude that it was used in relation to a religious understanding.

You could infer that, but there are also secular interpretations of evil as well.

(01-29-2015 11:24 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 11:08 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 11:05 AM)miko33 Wrote:  

(01-29-2015 10:27 AM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(01-28-2015 01:27 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Ah, religion...with their made up 'evil' 'sin' and 'apocalypse'

This is often the end result of that kind of thinking.

Nice work, Sherlock! Not once in the story is religion mentioned.

But the word apocalypse has a lot of religious overtones. When I read the story, I concluded that they were a religious family that thought the end of the world was coming. Since we're no longer in a cold war where two superpowers have their fingers inches away from launching thousands of nukes, what other "secular apocalypse" is out there?

No, I don't think a devout religious person automatically makes you to be an unstable wingnut. As it pertains to what we see in the world of Islam, that does appear to be the case.

Most would say a financial crisis that destabilizes the entire service and power infrastructure such that society collapses in to a Mad Max style nightmare.

Good point, that would also be a secular apocalypse.

In the article, the parents reference "evil" in the world. A collapsing currency that would cause an economic armageddon is not "evil", and we know that it couldn't be nuclear holocaust as the reason, and there is not enough news out there to conclude that a pandemic of an incurable disease was going to hit the world. So we key on the word "evil" and must conclude that it was used in relation to a religious understanding.

They could take too many movies personally. Day After Tomorrow, 2012, The Walking Dead, just to name a few. Nevertheless, solar storms have been getting bigger and bigger. If one hits our power grid, that's a wrap for technology, post 1879.