[HiTech RedNeck]

This is certainly a common opinion of those whose lives and families have not been rocked by serious mental illness of organic origin. A lot of people in this position believe it to be a purely moral issue and that the best of the psychiatric field are mere quacks. For the rest, it is often miraculous to see how a small pill, which has had virtually no side effects upon the healthy when it was tested, can make these “demons” go away.

[Jim from C-Town]

I have to agree with you. This is someone who sounds like they are truly mentally ill. This situation is incredibly sad.

The best we can do is pray for the baby and for the soul of the mother.

Regardless, she must be separated from society.

[ottbmare]

This is certainly a common opinion of those whose lives and families have not been rocked by serious mental illness of organic origin. A lot of people in this position believe it to be a purely moral issue and that the best of the psychiatric field are mere quacks. For the rest, it is often miraculous to see how a small pill, which has had virtually no side effects upon the healthy when it was tested, can make these “demons” go away.

Actually, I failed to make myself clear. I have some professional experience with schizophrenia, and have seen it up close and personal in a distant family member. I have a reasonable understanding of the etiology of schizophrenia, to the extent that current research has identified. Yes, it's extraordinary what good medication can do.

But I am also a Christian with some fundamentalist leanings, and I believe that Satan, the devil of hell, can work in these situations. That does not mean I believe, as other posters do, that someone who does such a thing should "go straight to hell." Perhaps only God Himself can decide on culpability in such cases.