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This is an intriguing case and I hesitate to suggest the only one who really knew what went on, and more importantly why?, hung himself on his own weight gym.

Steroids are rife in WWE circles but the sinister side of the Benoits case, gleaned by the media care of the County Coroner, indicate he was injecting doses to his 7 year old, son who he considered ‘too small’.

This alone points to a man out of touch with reality.

Another indicator to a man in need of attention from a mental health professional is the placing of bibles by the bodies his wife & son.

Surely that was a tragic and feeble attempt at appeasement?

By all accounts Benoit was a strong Christian and as such you’d have to think his belief in ‘Gods’ power to forgive formed a part in the morbid ritual of placing the bibles beside the corpses.

Moving from this theme perhaps his twisted belief his wife & son were now in ‘Gods hands’ and they would all soon be meeting in heaven?

May be to placate ‘God’ from being angry at his morally reprehensive deed?

A very troubled mind.

Expect a documentary & ‘life story’ shortly.

There’s still money to be made!

Vince McMahon will have the rights.

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Varven Veteran member

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Ok, it says he killed his wife on fri and his son on late sat or sun, surely that is not rage, that is pre meditated ?

Also, they speculate he did actually use a choke hold on his son, so for the morbid irony of the previous posters, yes a wrestling move :(

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Mike Zero Veteran member

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gleaned by the media care of the County Coroner, indicate he was injecting doses to his 7 year old, son who he considered ‘too small’.

was his son ripped?

If that was a serious question, check the latest article I posted.

Oh and ectomorph, Vince and the WWE are trying to cut off all ties with Benoit. I geuss it makes the company look bad when one of their workers commits a double homicide-suicide... At a recent taping (after the tribute show), WWE staff confiscated all Benoit signs/banners from the audience. And I'm pretty sure a Benoit DVD was released within the past year or so. Maybe when it's forgivin/forgotting by the general public, eh?

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The U.S Media attention in this case has focused on the role steroids played and downplayed the prevalent religious overtones to the tragedy.

Christianity paradoxically wants people to be good and then gives parishioners bad reasons to do so – namely to avoid the anger and wrath of ‘God’.

In Benoits twisted mind the consequences of his heinous actions would displease his ‘God’.

He therefore goes about this bizarre ritual with the bibles seeking ‘forgiveness’- a basic tenant of Christianity.

They would all be reunited eternally in heaven and life would be rosey.

This religious overtone does not make good press in a country where 90% of the population believe in the theist concept of a interventionalist God. Steroids make a much more palatable press in The Bible Belt rather than some ‘mixed up Christian wrestler killing in the name and then seeking redemption’.

That’s my spin on it and the more I read on the tragedy the more I believe I’m on the money.

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This Fragile X Syndrome his son had sounds terrible! :shock:

Anyway, here's a strange article. If you are intimidated by the size of it I'll sum it up for you, his wife's death was posted on wikipedia 14 hours before the cops found them.

Investigators are looking into who altered pro wrestler Chris Benoit’s Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’s death hours before authorities discovered the bodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.

Benoit’s Wikipedia entry was altered early Monday to say that the wrestler had missed a match two days earlier because of his wife’s death.

A Wikipedia official, Cary Bass, said Thursday that the entry was made by someone using an Internet protocol address registered in Stamford, Conn., where World Wrestling Entertainment is based.

An IP address, a unique series of numbers carried by every machine connected to the Internet, does not necessarily have to be broadcast from where it is registered. The bodies were found in Benoit’s home in suburban Atlanta, and it’s not known where the posting was sent from, Bass said.

Benoit strangled his wife and son during the weekend, placing Bibles next to their bodies, before hanging himself on the cable of a weight-machine in his home, authorities said. No motive was offered for the killings, which were discovered Monday.

Also Thursday, federal drug agents said they had raided the west Georgia office of a doctor who prescribed testosterone to Benoit.

The raid at Dr. Phil Astin’s office in Carrollton began Wednesday night and concluded early Thursday, said agent Chuvalo Truesdell, a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration. No arrests were made.

Hours before the raid, Astin told The Associated Press he had treated Benoit for low testosterone levels, which he said likely originated from previous steroid use.

Among other things, investigators were looking for Benoit’s medical records to see whether he had been prescribed steroids and, if so, whether that prescription was appropriate, according to a law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity because records in the case remain sealed.

Astin prescribed testosterone for Benoit, a longtime friend, in the past but would not say what, if any, medications he prescribed when Benoit visited his office Friday.

State medical records show that Astin’s privileges were suspended for three months in 2001 at a Georgia hospital for “reasons related to competence or character.”

Astin did not return calls to his cell phone from the AP on Thursday.

Anabolic steroids were found in Benoit’s home, leading officials to wonder whether the drugs played a role in the killings. Some experts believe steroids cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts known as “roid rage.”

Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard said in a statement Thursday that he could not immediately comment on the raid.

Benoit’s page on Wikipedia, a reference site that allows users to add and edit information, was updated at 12:01 a.m. Monday, about 14 hours before authorities say the bodies were found. The reason he missed a match Saturday night was “stemming from the death of his wife Nancy,” it said.

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The U.S Media attention in this case has focused on the role steroids played and downplayed the prevalent religious overtones to the tragedy.

Christianity paradoxically wants people to be good and then gives parishioners bad reasons to do so – namely to avoid the anger and wrath of ‘God’.

In Benoits twisted mind the consequences of his heinous actions would displease his ‘God’.

He therefore goes about this bizarre ritual with the bibles seeking ‘forgiveness’- a basic tenant of Christianity.

They would all be reunited eternally in heaven and life would be rosey.

This religious overtone does not make good press in a country where 90% of the population believe in the theist concept of a interventionalist God. Steroids make a much more palatable press in The Bible Belt rather than some ‘mixed up Christian wrestler killing in the name and then seeking redemption’.

That’s my spin on it and the more I read on the tragedy the more I believe I’m on the money.

Are you kidding me? Strong Christian? If he called himself a Christian then he's as big a hypocrite as a guy who murders people and claims he did it because 'God told him to do it'.

Having a Bible in the room next to the guy does not make him a Christian. At best it would say he highly valued the Bible, which really means nothing. A Mormon, Christian Scientist, New Ager or Jehovahs Witness could do the same thing; hence a Bible means nothing in this case apart from that he was perhaps 'spiritual'.

Don't draw conclusions with your imaginary psychiatry degree about a religion you clearly know very little about. The guy was clearly not well upstairs, but anyone who had bothered to even read the Bible would know his little ploy would by no means appease God.

Last thing. You claim, "Christianity paradoxically wants people to be good,"

Nothing could be further from the truth. If you're talking about Catholicism, then you've got an arguement. I read the Bible and I know I'm not a good person, nor does it ever say I will be a good person. If you think the message of Jesus Christ is that people can be scared into being good people, then you've watched too much early morning televangelism. His message was that we're bad people as we've broken God's perfect law (check out the 10 commandments) and therefore require a saviour as God cannot forgive people and remain just. Salvation comes by repenting from sin and believing in the person and works of the Lord Jesus Christ. Those believers will still never be 'good' people in this life. Different, yes, but good? Definitely not.

Someone who kills his family and commits suicide? Unfortunately very much unlikely to be a Christian except by an empty confession.

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Good post, Big Mac. You explained that point well. :)

Thanks Pseudonym. I know I come off as being harsh, but that's a misrepresentation of Christianity.

I'm going to guess that if Benoit had been a Satanist, they'd still be blaming roids. The media can't help themselves.

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Well said Big Mac :nod:

Oooh... I dunno. Satanism versus Steroids... When it comes to attention-grabbing headline power, that's a tough call. :pfft:

It seems to be the uneduacated paris hilton-following vultures that're blaming Steroids, not the WWE or any sort of medical professional body.

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