Casey Anthony: The Psychology of a Liar

We have had continuous coverage of the Casey Anthony trial, and I must admit that it is both incredibly facinating and disturbing.

It is almost impossible to hear the testimonies of the detectives, the recordings of her lie fillied statements, and to see the completely detatched and almost uninterested look on her face without thinking she must be mentally ill.

While there is certainly the possibility that she might have some psychotic disorder, I cannot believe it, even though it takes a conscious effort not to.  I think Scripture gives us a much better explanation.

Romans 1:21-25 explains how God will give a person over to futility of mind and darkness of heart when the glory of His power and Deity as displayed in the creation are continually denied and rebelled against.  Essentially it describes a deeper and more complete level of depravity due to sin as He removes some of His common or restraining grace from an individual.

I beleive this is what we are seeing as we watch a woman who has alledgedly emmersed herself in a fully fabricated life, and for some undisclosed motive has possibly murdered her own daughter.  At the very least has covered up her death to protect herself.

Make no mistake, this is a clear display of the devestating effect of sin as it masters a persons life.

It is so important as Believers that we maintain a biblical framework as we percieve what goes on in this world.  As easy as it would be to see this woman and label her with some type of "mental disorder" we must not do it.

Should we allow ourselves to begin to percieve her in this way we have taken the first step towards removing her from the responsibility of her actions thereby removing, to some degree, her guilt.  That is the danger of percieving our world through the glasses of a secular worldview as opposed to a biblical one.