Originally posted by wolfgang59 Correct. Serial killers are sociopaths.
The 2011 UN study does not give any information on sociopathy, however the
breakdowns suggest that sociopaths are not the majority of killers.
For instance page 11 shows that worldwide 70% of females are killed by their spouse, exspouse, relative or acquaintance. The figure is 50% for males. Clearly these are ...[text shortened]... w.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/statistics/Homicide/Globa_study_on_homicide_2011_web.pdf
Originally posted by Suzianne That's true. I'm also guessing that most murderers aren't exactly "salt of the earth"/"heart of gold" types. By murdering someone, one is, almost by definition, putting one's needs ahead of society's.
Originally posted by divegeester I'm sorry Grampy bobby but I don't believe you.
If you really believed this you would never speak of scripture again from fear of being wrong...or you are so arrogant that you KNOW you are correct on all points of your religious construct and can therefore speak confidently.
If you were in Jerusalem in 30AD you would probably call Jesus arrogant for exactly the same reason.
Faith is not (or shouldn't be ) wishy-washy. Woe to those that don't know what they believe.
Originally posted by wolfgang59 Not being a psychologist I get information from reliable sources.
Where do you get yours?
I had to give that post a rec., whether you intended it or not, your post implies that psychologists obtain their information from unreliable sources - and I suspect you may be right.