An old chestnut of a question for sure. Are some people just born evil or do their

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experiences in life? (alcoholic and abusive parents for example) guide them onto that path? There was a young man(15 at the time) whose father was a Mormon bishop and seemed to come from a loving and stable family environment. His sister was a miss everything cheerleader in college and high school., yet one day he went to his high school and opened fired on his fellow students and staff. Oh, he killed his parents too. Kip Kinkel, Thurston High School, Springfield, Oregon.(I had to Google it) One child was miss perfect and the other is serving a life sentence without parole. Nature or nurture?
 
I could not tell you for certain until the autopsy. My research continues and I hope to develop the definitive test which would determine the genetic proclivity to socio or psychopath disorder. They may be protected by the very family who helped create them. The world is a hostile environment and no law or government is going to change that.
 
It looks like Kip also suffered from a mix of learning difficulties and mental instability. Apparently these existed when he was quite young.

Also, do you have references for him being LDS and his dad being a bishop? I couldn't find that info.
 
I don't believe it's an either/or type of answer for this.
I think it's a mixture of both,nature and nurture.

People can be born with genetic problems that cause certain mental disorders,that will drive them to do some terrible things.
And,some people who are completely stable,mentally,can be pushed beyond their breaking point by other people,or situations,and end up doing those same terrible things.

As for that family...
He "seemed" to come from a loving and stable environment,but we don't really know what went on behind closed doors.
You never really know what people,and families,are like until you live with them,really.
The outward appearance,shown to the public,could have been all for show,and internally,it could have been filled with abuse,pressure,and neglect.
 
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