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When a man stormed into a Mormon Church in Michigan and unleashed chaos, the headlines followed a script we’ve all grown numb to.
The attack wasn’t framed around the evil done to innocent worshippers. It wasn’t about the families now grieving or the children traumatized for life.
No—the focus quickly shifted to the attacker himself. His struggles. His supposed psychological state. His “mental disorder.”
The victims? Reduced to footnotes.
This is the world we live in now: where every violent crime is framed not as the choice of an evil man but as the outburst of a sick patient.
The murderer becomes the “real victim.” The rapist becomes the “misunderstood.” The terrorist becomes the “troubled.”
And the true victims—the ones who were shot, stabbed, raped, beaten, or blown up—are forgotten, their humanity stripped away by the excuse machine of modern culture.
It’s grotesque. And it has to stop.
The Michigan Example: A Calculated Act of Evil
Let’s be clear about what happened in Michigan.
This wasn’t the act of a confused child fumbling in the dark. It wasn’t the spontaneous rage of someone who “snapped.” It was a sophisticated attack plotted against a house of worship.
The man, who is said to have PTSD, knew where he was going. He knew what he was doing. He knew the human cost of the bloodshed he was about to unleash.
And if he was intelligent enough to plan and carry out such a sophisticated assault, then he was intelligent enough to know it was evil.
That’s the part we’re not supposed to say. Because to admit it would mean holding criminals fully accountable for their actions.
It would mean stripping away the veil of sympathy that the media and the courts so desperately want us to extend. It would mean admitting the truth: evil exists.
From “The Devil Made Me Do It” to “I’m Just Sick”
Not long ago, the common excuse for sin was, “The Devil made me do it.” As Christians, we know that’s true in one sense. Evil is real. Satan prowls like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
But look at how the excuse has evolved. Now, the Devil is gone from the story, replaced by an army of psychologists, social workers, and sympathetic journalists.
The line might as well be straight out of West Side Story:
“Gee, Officer Krupke, we’re down on our knees.
We’re all misunderstood, with deep psychological problems and social diseases!”
It’s a Broadway joke. Only this time the chorus isn’t kids on a stage—it’s the criminal justice system.
A Narrative with an Agenda
This trend isn’t accidental. It’s not just sloppy reporting or misguided empathy. It’s a politically strategic narrative.
Every time an atrocity is blamed on “mental health,” three things happen:
Sentences get lighter. “Treatment” replaces punishment. The attacker becomes a patient to cure, not a criminal to punish.
Victims are erased. Sympathy shifts from the wounded and the grieving to the one who caused their pain.
Violence is normalized. When every killer is “sick,” violence becomes a tragic inevitability, not a moral outrage. And other would-be attackers see the blueprint: commit evil, then hide behind the psychiatric defense.
This narrative devalues the lives lost, excuses the perpetrators, and enables the next crime. It’s not compassion. It’s cultural suicide.
Remember the Cases
Think back to the Boston Marathon bombers. Were they called evil terrorists? No. Stories poured out about their “struggles adjusting to life in America,” their “alienation,” their “troubled minds.”
As if alienation excuses blowing off legs and killing spectators.
Or the Nashville school shooter in 2023. Within hours, the headlines weren’t about the six innocent lives lost, including three children. They were about the shooter’s identity, struggles, and alleged dysphoria. The media bent over backward to humanize the killer.
Or the countless mass shooters whose faces we now recognize, plastered across headlines with stories about their depression, their isolation, their “mental illness.”
Meanwhile, the faces of their victims barely appear. Their names are forgotten within days.
This is not journalism. It is indoctrination.
Evil Isn’t a Diagnosis
Here’s the truth nobody wants to say: murder is not a medical condition. Rape is not a psychological disorder. Terrorism is not therapy.
Evil exists. It is real. And when a man plots and executes violence against the innocent, he has chosen evil. He may have been influenced. He may have been tempted. But he chose. And choice demands accountability.
The minute we turn crime into a diagnosis, we blur the line between right and wrong. We invite chaos into our courts and our culture.
And we tell every potential killer in waiting: Don’t worry. You’re not responsible. Society will excuse you.
The Real Victims
What makes this narrative most obscene is how it erases the people who truly suffer. The parents burying their children. The spouses sitting alone in pews that used to be filled. The communities ripped apart by acts of violence they will never forget.
They are the real victims. Yet our media, our courts, and our political class practically force us to shift our tears from them to the man or woman who caused their pain.
That’s not justice. That’s betrayal.
Why This Matters Now
This matters because we’re at a breaking point. Crime is rising. Violence is spreading. The old barriers of shame and accountability are collapsing.
And into the void rushes a chorus of voices saying: Don’t worry, it’s not evil, it’s illness.
If we accept this lie, we will lose the very foundation of justice. Courts will no longer punish evil. Communities will no longer feel outrage. And killers will no longer feel fear.
Because in a society where every crime is a disorder, every punishment feels cruel.
Martin Mawyer is the President of Christian Action Network, host of the “Shout Out Patriots” podcast and author of When Evil Stops Hiding [ [link removed] ]. Subscribe [ [link removed] ] for more action alerts, cultural commentary, and real-world campaigns defending faith, family, and freedom.

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