Lawyer: Bible Led Mom to Sever Baby's Arms

[Cattledog]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=8&u=/ap/20041214/ap_on_re_us/severed_arms

By LISA FALKENBERG, Associated Press Writer

McKINNEY, Texas - A mother who admitted killing her baby daughter by severing the girl's arms was guided by a Bible passage in which Jesus refers to cutting off body parts to cast away sin, the woman's attorney said Tuesday.



Dena Schlosser, a 35-year-old housewife with a history of mental illness, has referred to the New Testament passage since the killing of 10-month-old Margaret, attorney David Haynes told The Associated Press.

In the Book of Matthew, Jesus says: "If thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

[Deja Q]

1. Did the Bible come with its own razor blades and made by Ronco?

:shrug:

[evil genius]

2. God has been a leading cause of death and suffering since the dawn of time

[ClassWarrior]

3. What part of "thy" doesn't she understand?

NGU.

[WI_DEM]

4. Well once again these people interpet the bible the way they

want to. Probably some fundie. perhaps that mother should have mutilated herself instead of her baby. Anyway saying that God or The Devil caused the person to do something is one of the leading defenses used in such cases.

[Connie_Corleone]

5. Maybe she should've followed this verse next:

Mt 18:6 "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. As usual, the words of Jesus was misinterpreted

it says If THY right hand offend thee-it is about personal responsibility and taking it to the utmost. The passage says nothing about hurting another, especially an innocent baby.

Did this woman read the Bible? Because in a later passage, Jesus said "Whatsoever you do unto the least of these, you do unto Me."

[Fiona]

7. that's silly

if she cut off Jesus' arms, he'd slide off the cross. DUH!

[alphafemale]

11. Oh, that's tasteless.

:yourock:
I think I like you.

Welcome to DU. :hi:

[Fiona]

12. Thank you

I like it here. Most of you are OK.

[Left Is Write]

13. Not only that, she apparently believes it was

intended to be taken literally.

He was using a metaphor to illustrate a point. He did not mean people should ACTUALLY start severing limbs, and particularly those of other people.

[Left Is Write]

14. Oh - and while I'm at it, what on EARTH could a 10 month old have done

to warrant punishment for "sin"?

[ChoralScholar]

8. typical fundie response applied here:

<stupidity> well... my parents cut MY arms off when I was a kid, and IIIII turned out just fine... so THERE! </stupidity>

[Undercover Owl]

10. another fundie view

The little girl and mother will surely go to heaven, because it was done out of love for Jesus.

[trof]

9. It's right there in Amputicus 14:7

"Yea verily, then shall ye remove thy firstborns upper limbs to a faraway site for they are an abomination in the Eyes of the Lord."
You people just don't get it.