Jon Krakauer, as he writes of the fundamentalist Mormons and their obsession with carrying out God’s revelation to them personally, describes the tragic murder of a woman and her child as the culmination of an individual’s acceptance of God’s will.
In ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’, Krakauer says that “ …Many people would also argue that virtually everyone who has introduced a new framework of religious beliefs to the world – from Jesus to Muhammad to Joseph Smith to Ron Lafferty – fits the diagnosis for narcissistic personality disorder. In the view of psychiatrists and psychologists, any individual who proclaims to be a prophet or guru – who claims to communicate with God – is almost by default, mentally or emotionally unbalanced to some degree…” P. 309.
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prior to the invasion Iraq there was an analysis circulating on the web about George Bush having NPD. Interesting connection as so much of his speech is religious in nature e.g. "evil do-ers" etc.
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