Sunday, December 05, 2004

Dena Schlosser - religion and madness collide

So it seems that Dena Schlosser was considered mentally ill by her family, a victim of post-partum depression. However, they cite the influence of a charasmatic religious figure named Davidson in her crime as well. He like to claim that women had a rebellious "jezebel spirit" and needed to submit to their husbands. When asked if his teachings affected Schlosser, Davidson said: "I'm an apostle and I'm a prophet. I only teach what's in the Bible and that's what makes them mad."

Ahhhh ... I see.

And how holy is this holy man? "In September, Davidson was arrested on a public intoxication charge after a couple, longtime members of his church, called 911, alleging the minister attacked them at their home. Davidson said he was only trying to cast the devil out of the wife, who had become rebellious and rejected his teachings. He said he entered the home with the permission of her husband. "

At his urging Dana even stopped giving her infant daughter her antibiotics, prefering to pray for healing. Apparently, her husband agreed with this course of action and with the whole religious thing in general.

This is getting more strange with each passing day.

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