Why, tell me why, didn't we just let the South Secede?
Pastor Says Mental Illness Is 'Demons'
By JULIA GLICK (Associated Press Writer)
From Associated PressFebruary 15, 2006 9:37 PM EST
McKINNEY, Texas - The church pastor of a woman accused of cutting off the arms of her 10-month-old daughter told jurors Wednesday that mental illness is actually demon possession and cannot be cured with medication.
Dena Schlosser, 37, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the November 2004 death of her baby, Margaret. She was not taking her anti-psychotic medication at the time of the slaying.
"I do not believe that any mental illness exists other than demons, and no medication can straighten it out, other than the power of God," said Doyle Davidson, the 73-year-old minister of the Water of Life Church, which the Schlosser family attended several times a week.
Dena Schlosser's attorneys have faulted her husband and the church's beliefs for discouraging medical treatment. Schlosser's husband, John Schlosser, testified Tuesday that he did not seek medical help when his wife told him she wanted to "give the baby to God" the day before their daughter's death.
Davidson said he hardly knew the family, although John Schlosser testified that Davidson was the first person he called after his wife told him what she had done.
Davidson, who has a cable TV show in the Dallas area and in several states, also testified that he has cast demons out of parishioners and seen evil spirits."
Maybe The Water Of Life is 80 Proof.
Medic!
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Remember, this is the same state that gave the world (and acquitted) Andrea Yates. (And dubya) Developmentally-disabled mass murderers get lethal injections, divinely-inspired ones get off.
But Travis County rocks. Don't let anyone tell you different.
So we hear. Is it like a gulag of sanity and maturity?
Gulag, Oasis, depends on who ya ask. I'm in the latter camp myself. In fact, I'll be back in the oasis about 2 hours from now.
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