Arizona dad kills dog to please God.

An Arizona father is in jail after sacrificing the family dog to atone for his daughter’s Satanic T-shirt.

Patrick Zane Thompson, 42, was arrested last weekend on suspicion of animal cruelty after being accused of breaking the family dog’s neck and placing him in a smoker.

Thompson now faces two felony and four misdemeanor counts related to the death of the family’s white poodle.

The Republic reports Thompson was angry about a T-shirt that belonged to his 17-year-old daughter, saying he didn’t like the shirt because he believed it had to do with the devil.

After burning the offensive T-shirt in the industrial-size smoker in his yard, family members told police Thompson began to act erratically, saying that he had to make a sacrifice of a male, either himself, his 6-year-old son, or the family dog – a small, white poodle weighing about 15 pounds.

Thompson eventually decided on the family dog, and as his four children and his wife pleaded with him to stop, he broke the dog’s neck, and placed it in the lit smoker, later telling police that he had to put the dog in a “lake of fire.”

According to reports, after killing the dog Thompson went to the front of his house and prayed and surrendered to God until police arrived.

KPHO/KTVK reports Thompson told officers that he had smoked marijuana earlier in the day and began to have an “episode.” Police say Thompson said that he had a vision that something bad was going to happen to his family and that the “Lord was going to kill him for what he had done.” The court paperwork adds that Thompson stated his readings in the Bible required a male sacrifice in this situation and that it wasn’t going to be him or his firstborn son. So, the paperwork says, he chose the family dog.

Thompson owns a traveling BBQ trailer called Raging Cajun Smoking Barbecue, and is also a former college football player, who played right guard for Arizona State University in 1996, when the team posted an 11-1 record and lost the Rose Bowl to Ohio State University.

Thompson has been charged with two felonies and four misdemeanors related to the dog’s death, including animal cruelty, making threats to his family and evidence tampering. He was booked on a $20,000 bond and is scheduled for another court appearance May 23.

No word on the status of Thompson’s mental health, or what was on his daughter’s T-shirt.

(H/T Friendly Atheist)