Amanda Knox, Christian? Times Online claims murder suspect embraces religion
Why is it that every time someone winds up in the can, they find God?Is it that being caged in a cell day in and day out clears the mind, allowing one to truly understand the nature of their existence? Is it because no one is willing to accept their role as little more than a pawn in the Lord's kingdom until they've hit rock bottom? Or is it just that giving yourself up to a higher power allows you to push your individual responsibility as a living/breathing/thinking entity, capable of rationality, into the hands of an unidentifiable being in the sky?
I can't say myself...but maybe someone should ask Amanda Knox, who The Times Online is reporting has joined the throngs and "turned to religion."
This article's got some great quotes.
Prison officials in Perugia said that Ms Knox — who is reported to have "turned to religion" and has a copy of the Gospel of St Mark by her bed with passages underlined — spent "minutes at a time" motionless at the window with her eyes closed. She always wore the same outfit of jeans and trainers, and smoked cigarettes.The Gospel of St Mark, for those unfamiliar with the Christian faith, is one of the better-known books of the Bible, focusing largely on the death and ascension of Jesus Christ.
What could this mean? Is Amanda feeling drawn to this particular book because she is at a major turning point in her own existence, facing an unpredictable but surely turbulent future that could have dramatic consequences on life as she knows it?
I don't know. But one thing is for sure: it sounds like all the time spent at a Jesuit high school has taught this suspect how to manage her time. She's even got a steady routine down, The Times Online reports.
She gets up at 7.30, cleans her cell, writes her diary and "talks non-stop" to visitors such as the prison psychologist and the prison chaplain. She eats all prison meals, "finishing everything", and pays for extra chocolate to be brought to her cell from the prison shop.One last gripe: can somebody please explain to me why the cannabis issue keeps coming up?
She repeatedly professes her innocence and tells visitors that if she is freed she will "turn over a new leaf" and avoid drugs. Both she and Mr Sollecito have admitted smoking cannabis "all afternoon" on the day of the murder.
In my life, I've known people who've smoked the plant. Come on...I grew up in California and spent four years on a college campus in Seattle, two environments where it's damn hard to avoid running into pot smokers.
But I can't say that a single one of these folks would be driven to rape or murder just from smoking dope. Either they've got some super potent, Reefer Madness-like strains of ganja in Italy (which I find highly unlikely), or the drug angle is one that is being thrown in to further demonize this suspect in a world where the slightest mention of narcotics creates pandemonium and fear.
I could go further. But a rant about the drug war? That's a discussion better left to the experts...
