A Mormon Father Stabbed His 11-Month Old As a Test of Faith. His "Treatment" Lasted 3 Years. Then He Came Home

A Mormon Father Stabbed His 11-Month Old As a Test of Faith. His "Treatment" Lasted 3 Years. Then He Came Home

On November 23, 1981, Rodney Lundberg placed his 11-month-old son on a table, gripped a butcher knife, and waited for God to intervene the way God intervened for Abraham. God didn't stop him.

This is not a story about one man's mental breakdown. It's a story about how an entire religious culture enabled, validated, and then returned a child killer to society in three years. The Abraham and Isaac narrative is not fringe theology — official LDS curriculum asks students what they would sacrifice if God demanded it.

Doctrine & Covenants 42:48 teaches the sick shall be healed through priesthood blessings with sufficient faith, which is why four adults watched Justin Lundberg bleed for two hours and didn't call 911. The insanity plea meant no jury ever heard testimony about LDS doctrine. The psychiatrist who declared Lundberg cured after three years shared his patient's theological worldview. Lundberg's neighbor Brent Allen — who performed priesthood blessings while the child died — went on to teach Mormon youth in seminary. Full primary source documentation on Patreon.

In this episode: the November 1981 stabbing of Justin Lundberg and the two hours before anyone called for help; Doctrine and Covenants 42:48 and faith healing doctrine in LDS theology; the Abraham and Isaac narrative in official church curriculum; the insanity defense and why LDS doctrine was never examined at trial; the psychiatric evaluation, the timeline, and the "cured" determination; Brent Allen's continued role in LDS youth education after the incident; why this case is a story about institutional theology, not individual mental illness.

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