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It Started With Bible Trivia. It Ended in a Fatal Stabbing
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/07/16/it-started-with-bible-trivia-it-ended-in-a-fatal-stabbing/
It Started With Bible Trivia. It Ended in a Fatal Stabbing
July 16, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
Timothy Parsons, a prisoner from West Virginia, has been charged with killing fellow prisoner Eugene Anderson by stabbing him with a makeshift knife 20 times. It was in response to Anderson allegedly trying to get another prisoner to harm Parsons — kill or be killed, I guess.
But what set this all in motion? The Bible, naturally.
Prosecutors say Parsons defeated Anderson in a game of Bible knowledge at the Mount Olive Correctional Institute.
After the game, authorities say Anderson tried to set up a prison hit on Parsons. But prosecutors say Parsons stabbed Anderson 20 times.
I guess they replaced “Love thy neighbor” with “You killed my Father. Prepare to die.”