From a news round-up in The Washington Post (Third item):
Dena Schlosser, 35, who admitted killing her baby daughter by severing the girl’s arms, was guided by Matthew 5:29-30, in which Jesus refers to cutting off body parts to cast away sin, Schlosser’s attorney said. David Haynes said Schlosser was mentally ill at the time.
Gee, if interpreting the bible literally is a sign of mental illness, we have a lot of Bush supporters who need to be institutionalized.
Meanwhile, Christians want everyone to be one.
In Terrebonne Parish, La., an organization is petitioning to add “Merry Christmas” to the red-lighted “Season’s Greetings” sign on the main government building and is selling yard signs that read, “We believe in God. Merry Christmas.” And a Raleigh, N.C., church recently paid $7,600 for a full-page newspaper ad urging Christians to spend their money only with merchants who include the greeting “Merry Christmas” in ads and displays.
…”Why not simply require stores owned by Jews to put a gold star in their ads and on their storefronts?” the Rev. Jim Melnyk, associate rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Raleigh, wrote in a letter to the editor.
It’s what we call the slippery slope.