Moderators james423 Posted July 22, 2005 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2005 I found this story in the CBS News listing they sent to me today. What struck me about the story was the reason this poor woman said why she did what she did. Police charged a woman with two counts of murder Thursday, accusing her of beating her two sons to death with a 10-pound dumbbell because she thought they would be better off in heaven. Magdalena Lopez, 30, was arrested Tuesday night after police, responding to her 911 call, found 9-year-old Antonio Lopez and 2-year-old Erik Lopez dead in separate rooms of the family's home in Dyer, 10 miles southwest of Gary. A police report said that as officers approached the house, the woman walked out with blood stains on her clothes and bare feet. According to the report, she told officers, "I had to kill them. They're in a much better place now." An autopsy determined the boys died of massive skull fractures caused by the metal weight. Irene Lopez said her daughter-in-law was diagnosed with bipolar disorder within the past year. "She'd been sick for a good six months," Irene Lopez said. "We took her to specialists. She was hospitalized once. We thought she was doing better, but she fooled us. Only God knows why this happened." The woman was being held at the Lake County Jail without bond. A prosecutor said she would likely have her first court appearance Friday. The boys' father, Robert Lopez, was at work in East Chicago when he learned about the deaths, said Dyer Police Chief Richard Quinn. Quote James Brenneman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Just down the road from where I live, a man and his wife, chopped up their five children last year. He has been sentenced to death and I don't believe she has been sentenced yet. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators james423 Posted July 23, 2005 Author Moderators Share Posted July 23, 2005 I thought it was bad news. The most interesting part of it for me was the supposed motive. It seems to hint at something I have often wondered about - if you believe in going to heaven as soon as you die, why waste any time getting there? Quote James Brenneman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Thou shalt not kill. Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil D Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Quote: james423 said: if you believe in going to heaven as soon as you die, why waste any time getting there? There was a group of people in the early years of the church called the Donuts sect. They believed in martyerdom and strongly encouraged it...Strangely, this sect has died out.... Quote Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Quote: Amelia said: Thou shalt not kill. Samson killed himself.... James423 has a point. If you simply step into heaven after death, why not move on? In reality you are dead and have no conscientiousness of time. Nevertheless it would be but a moment before you would see Jesus coming in the clouds. Remember we are not "under the law" so Jesus can save those believers, who for one reason or the other have committed suicide. The only "sin" that Christ cannot forgive is the sin of self-righteousness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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