I feel it's wrong for people who commit crimes to try to shift the blame onto
somebody else, onto their parents, or onto their upbringing or living
circumstances.
I think that's just a cop-out.
And my parents, my relatives, had no knowledge of what I was doing.
They're absolutely not responsible for any of it in any way.
And I take full responsibility.
But you understand that what you did would lead your father to ask himself all kinds
of questions.
That's true.
I understand that.
Where did I go wrong?
Was there something I could have said or done to have prevented this?
Right.
Did I in some way create or contribute to the terrible acts my son committed?
I understand that.
I just get angry with other people who think that they have a right to somehow
try to blame my parents for what happened.
That's not right at all.
No one has a right to do that because they're totally innocent.
They had no knowledge of it.
And that angers me.
But parents just naturally, I mean any parent that really cares, they just first
of all say, I feel guilty.
They're just feelings of guilt.
What happened?
What did I do?
What could I have done?
So that's a normal parental reaction.
Your dad has wondered about all kinds of things, from the medication that your mom
was on during her pregnancy, to the fact that you were exposed to violent arguments
in the home from an early age and continuing, to the possibility that he
might have passed on some genetic propensity for obsession or violent
behavior.
Does any of that ring true to you?
I can see why he'd wonder about those things, but as far as I'm concerned,
they're all excuses.
Because I didn't feel accountable to anybody.
I didn't feel that I had to face what I had done ever.
And so there comes a point where a person has to be accountable for what he's done.
Can't go around making excuses, blaming other people, or other things.
So I alone am the one who's responsible for what's happened.
Let me ask, when did you first feel that everyone is accountable for their actions?
Well, thanks to you for sending that creation science material.
Because I always believed the lie that evolution is truth, the theory of
evolution is truth, that we all just came from the slime, and when we died,
that was it.
There was nothing.
So the whole theory cheapens life, and I started reading books that show how
evolution is just a complete lie.
There's no basis in science to uphold it.
And I've since come to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the true creator of
the heavens and the earth.
It just didn't just happen, and I have accepted him as my Lord and Savior,
and I believe that I, as well as everyone else, will be accountable to him.
Growing up, did you feel that you were accountable to your dad or to your mom as
the authority figure in the house?
Yes, I did.
I mean, they didn't let me run wild.
They disciplined me.
And so I felt accountable to them, but afterwards, after I left the home,
that's when I started wanting to sort of create my own little world where I could
be the one who had the complete control, where I didn't have to bow to anyone
else's demands, and I just took it way too far.
At that period of time, I had drifted away from a belief in a supreme being,
and I never, as a result, passed along the feeling that we are all accountable in the
end.
He owns us, and that basic concept is very fundamental to all of us.
You feel that the absence, at least for a while, of a strong religious faith and
belief...
Yes, for some years.
...may have prevented you from instilling some of that in Jeff.
That's right.
Is that how you feel?
Yes, I think I had a big part to do with it.
I mean, if a person doesn't think that there is a God to be accountable to,
then what's the point of trying to modify your behavior to keep it within acceptable
ranges?
That's how I thought, anyway.
And I've since come to believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is truly God,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
They're the only true God.
All the effects of evolution that I know of are evil and wicked.
We teach the kids they're an animal.
We teach them there's no moral standard, there's no absolute.
What do you expect?
This theory has led directly to the rise of Communism, Humanism, Marxism,
Nazism, Socialism, and the coming New World Order.
The dangers of this evolution theory.
Folks, it's not just dumb, it's dangerous.
You're going to be shocked to see how many people have died because of this theory.
Why did we fight the Vietnam War?
Why did we fight World War II?
Why was World War I fought?
Why are we fighting against Communism?
How many people did Hitler kill?
How many did Stalin kill?
We'll cover all that tomorrow night.