Just wondering if its me or what?

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Permalink Reply by The Nerd on July 29, 2009 at 11:10am

Most likely explanation is that she's flat-out crazy. No Devil required.

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Permalink Reply by Joey on July 29, 2009 at 1:50pm

Some Christians get offended when you tell them that. Apparently quite a few of them, at least the ones I know, seem to think Satan really did make that poor woman eat her baby.
I think it's because they fear if one bit of religious nonsense is tarred as delusional, when they claim to be "Called By The Lord" to do something, they will be rightly branded just as delusional.
I wonder if they'd defend her if she claimed Jesus told her to do it.

(My nutty fundie aunt sent out a mass email titled "PROVE OF SATANS INFLUINCE", proving both the nutty part and the fundie part. She also gave strong supporting evidence for how badly the schools in this state suck. I'm kinda amazed she isn't writing for the WorldNutDaily yet. To be fair, she spelled both "satan" and "of" correctly, which is better than we expect of her.)

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Permalink Reply by Goz on July 29, 2009 at 2:54pm

I also think they fear if one bit of religious nonsense is tarred as delusional, when they claim to be "Called By The Lord" to do something, they will be rightly branded just as delusional...Well put/So that being said,do you thjink on some level they know religion os bullshit or do you really think they believe it?

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Permalink Reply by Joey on August 2, 2009 at 2:29pm

I think some are probably True Believers, but there's always that niggling fear of being labelled crazy. Especially for the ones that aren't True Believers and only do it because it's popular and what's expected of them.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer E. on July 29, 2009 at 11:26am

It's my impression that the woman is/was suffering severely from postpartum psychosis. I think she really thought the devil was involved. It's interesting to note that the devil excuse may come from the prevalence of religion in our society. I bet the excuse would be different if we were a secular society, but I think that these things would still occur. I'm not trying to defend her actions in anyway, but I agree with The Nerd that she is probably clinically insane.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Spicer on August 2, 2009 at 2:57pm

I agree that religion is a way to not see reality as it is, and that extreme religiosity is extreme detachment from reality. Still, if this woman had not been religious, she would have blamed her behavior on witchcraft, or aliens, or whatever. The problem with religious-crazy is that it's awfully hard to separate from regular-crazy.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Spicer on August 2, 2009 at 3:16pm

Good points. The deference to religious nonsense in the courts is pretty bad. It does seem to be eroding slowly, however. More and more states are removing the religious exemptions to child abuse, neglect, and manslaughter laws. Recent cases in Wisconsin and Oregon are bringing this stupidity to light.

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Permalink Reply by Johnsky on July 29, 2009 at 3:08pm

Awsome, I think I just figured out what to do with all the creationists... and my excuse to get away with it.

Thanks religion!

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Permalink Reply by mthoreau on August 1, 2009 at 6:49pm

You know, from a Christian perspective, we have more of a right to this excuse than anyone else considering that our lives and worldview are the work of the devil.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on August 2, 2009 at 11:16am

She's mentally ill. That's not an excuse. It's the explanation.

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Permalink Reply by Shelby on August 2, 2009 at 12:48pm

this may sound harsh but I think the moment you step in the psych ward or prescribed anti-psychotics you should be sterilized. I'm not talking mild depression that some of us might experience with life's hard times, I mean severe mental illness where you can't function semi-normally without multiple prescriptions. The first article I read said the baby's father was on 6 anti-psychotic drugs and he didn't think anything was wrong with her. I don't think he would know the difference due to own mental illness to know if another mentally ill person was acting normal.

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Permalink Reply by kj on August 3, 2009 at 9:21am

Very easily... what constitutes 'normal'? What committee of people would you come up with to judge whether or not someone deserved to reproduce.

It's a little unsettling to consider de-sexing people that we test as not being 'normal'.

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