MARCH 16 "DELUSIONAL RELATIONSHIP"

On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. set out to win actress Jodie Foster's heart. As "the greatest love offering in the history of the world," the 25-year-old attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan outside the Washington Hilton hotel. The bullet malfunctioned and failed to explode on impact, seriously wounding but not killing Reagan. The youngest of three children, Hinckley was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, on May 29, 1955. The family moved several times, first to Texas, then to Colorado. Like Reagan's mother, Hinckley's mother also belonged to the Disciples of Christ; his father became a born-again Christian in 1977. A well-adjusted, privileged child, as a teenager Hinckley became withdrawn and obsessed with public figures, including John Lennon. In 1976 Hinckley left home for Hollywood, hoping to become a famous songwriter. In Hollywood, Hinckley saw Martin Scorsese's film "Taxi Driver" at least 15 times. A confirmed loner, he apparently identified strongly with the Robert DeNiro character Travis Bickle. In May 1980, after reading that Foster was enrolled at Yale University, Hinckley began to crisscross the country regularly to be near her. Establishing contact with her twice, he believed the relationship would go nowhere unless he could catch Foster's attention with a grand gesture. So, on March 30, 1981, in broad daylight, among a crowd of supporters and onlookers, Hinckley fired six bullets at Reagan in the space of three seconds, hitting Reagan, a police officer and a Secret Service agent, and seriously wounding Press Secretary James Brady. When asked why he did this he said he did it for Jodie. Jodie who? Jodie Foster, he said. She will know I did if for her. When news was brought back to him that Jodie Foster had no idea who Hinckley was, he went into complete denial. We know each other, we're in Love, Jodie is just trying to hide the truth of our relationship. He began to tell them everything there was to know about Jodie Foster but yet she did not know who he was. Imagine being under the delusion that you know someone when you really don’t?! There will be many John Hinckley’s, so to speak, on the judgment day. People who will find out that they were completely delusional, in thinking that they “knew God” when God turns to them and says, “depart from me, for I never knew you!” Matthew 7:21

Richard P Swift

 

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