I looked up 88 as in verse 88 in the bible - psalms 88 showed up:
1[a] [b]
O LORD, the God who saves me,
day and night I cry out before you.
2 May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
3 For my soul is full of trouble
and my life draws near the grave. [c]
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like a man without strength.
5 I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily upon me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
Selah
8 You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
9 my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, O LORD, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do those who are dead rise up and praise you?
Selah
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction [d] ?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 But I cry to you for help, O LORD;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, O LORD, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to death;
I have suffered your terrors and am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken my companions and loved ones from me;
the darkness is my closest friend.
Definitely fits his state of mind.
You know, that may very well be a good description. But, I have a hard time believing that a guy, such as he was, filled with hate and anger against the world — for what they did to him (in his mind, anyway) — would actually read the Bible. That would be a hard one for me to believe.
So, while it may be descriptive, he probably never knew it.
What fits — in context — with his frame of mind, though — is that he would seek out “hate literature” (and the Bible is not that). One kind of hate group is the Neo-Nazis, and so “in context with his hate” and how the culture is to blame — this sounds much like Neo-Nazis.
But, all he’s doing is really picking out symbols and using them for his own purposes. He’s really not able to form and *hold* a *cohesive* idealogy and/or philosophy....
Regards,
Star Traveler
By the way, I wanted to make a comment about that Psalm 88. I had it in mind, but I didn’t say anything before. Several commentators have said that this refers to Christ, so that it may represent a Messianic prophecy of sorts. Others have said it refers to Israel, just before the end days and before Christ comes to set up His Kingdom on earth, for that 1,000 year reign over all the nations on this earth.
I just thought I would point that out. You may already be aware of it...
Regards,
Star Traveler