Recently I've been drawn into watching a show on CBS called Criminal Minds. The show follows the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit as they track down criminals by analyzing the details of the crimes (i.e. the victims, the MO, the evidence) and building a "profile" of the criminal. They often analyze the criminals and explain their criminal behavior based on their mind--they are psychologists.
This makes me think a lot on the importance of basing our assumptions for "why" on Biblical grounds as Christians. The psychologists on the show can often base their reasoning for why a criminal acted a certain way on what they call a "stressor", or something that made the criminal "snap" and act violently. They will often use these as explanations for why a criminal acted like he did (not as an excuse, just as a method of reasoning).
I think Biblically, we have a much stronger answer for why a person would act out in a wicked way (like attempting to shoot and kill a Congresswoman). Jeremiah 17:9 says, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?"
Mark 7:21-23 says, "For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person."
These verses seem to be answering the question of "why" by looking into the heart, not into the head. They peer into the core of the person, not just look at the way he's thinking.
This is the real answer to the "Criminal Minds" question--it's because they have "Criminal Hearts".
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