{"id":32448,"date":"2020-06-16T07:13:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=32448"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:52:21","slug":"toying-with-death-learning-to-love-evil-and-crave-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/toying-with-death-learning-to-love-evil-and-crave-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Toying with Death\u2014Learning to Love Evil and Crave Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LTRP Note<\/strong>: The following article was written by veteran discernment researcher and author, Berit Kjos, several years ago. The children she speaks of in this article who were growing up in environments that exalted violence and evil . . . are grown!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/fb-ancient-ruins-rome.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32449\" width=\"368\" height=\"362\"\/><figcaption>Ancient ruins in Rome<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Vile \u201centertaining\u201d images mold the minds of children and youth around the world! Do you wonder what will happen to our nation and culture when these conditioned youth reach adulthood? Might the civilized world be following a path to corruption and chaos that makes the decadence in ancient Rome seem mild by comparison?\u2014Kjos<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Toying with Death\u2014Learning to Love Evil and Crave Violence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Berit Kjos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Police investigating the Virginia Tech killings are looking at whether Cho Seung-Hui was copying parts of a violent film when he murdered 32 people. Officers believe he repeatedly watched Oldboy as part of his preparation for the killing spree\u2026. It contains stylized scenes of killings and an attempted suicide, and is filled with what one critic called \u2018punishing emotional violence\u2019\u2026. The video, which Cho posted to an American TV network while carrying out his murderous rampage, appears to include photographs of Cho re-enacting scenes from the film.\u201d[1]<\/p><p>After the Jonesboro shootings, one of the high-school teachers told me how her students reacted when she told them about the shootings at the middle school. \u2018They laughed,\u2019 she told me with dismay. A similar reaction happens all the time in movie theaters when there is bloody violence. The young people laugh and cheer and keep right on eating popcorn and drinking pop. We have raised a generation of barbarians who have learned to associate violence with pleasure, like the Romans cheering and snacking as the Christians were slaughtered in the Coliseum.[2]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAre we training our children to kill?\u201d asked Lieutenant Colonel David Grossman, an expert in the field of killology. For many years, he has \u201ctraveled the world training medical, law enforcement, and U.S. military personnel about the realities of warfare.\u201d He contends that point-and-shoot video games actually train young players to accurately shoot and kill human targets in spite of their natural, God-given resistance. His statistics validate his frightening conclusions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe per capita murder rate doubled in this country between 1957\u2026 and 1992. A fuller picture of the problem, however, is indicated by the rate people are attempting to kill one another\u2014the aggravated assault rate. That rate in America has gone from around 60 per 100,000 in 1957 to over 440 per 100,000 by the middle of this decade.<\/p><p>\u201cViolence is rising in many nations with draconian gun laws. \u2026 There is only one new variable present in each of these countries, bearing the exact same fruit: media violence presented as entertainment for children.<\/p><p>\u201cChildren don\u2019t naturally kill. It is a learned skill. And they learn it\u2026 most pervasively, from violence as entertainment in television, the movies, and interactive video games.<\/p><p>\u201cKilling requires training because there is a built-in aversion to killing one\u2019s own kind\u2026 Within the midbrain there is a powerful, God-given resistance to killing your own kind\u2026. When we human beings are overwhelmed with anger and fear, we slam head-on into that midbrain resistance that generally prevents us from killing. 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