Two dead in water based tests of faith..Ohio Amish

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amish-mom-charged-murder-threw-son-ohio-lake-test-faith-police/


An Amish woman who told authorities she was testing her faith when she threw her 4-year-old son into an Ohio lake was charged Wednesday with two counts of aggravated murder in the boy's death.

Authorities said Ruth R. Miller, 40, of Millersburg, Ohio, told investigators she believed she was acting at the direction of God when she allegedly killed her son Vincen at Atwood Lake early Saturday.

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"It did not appear that the gravity of the situation had sunk in," Fisher said.

The woman's husband, Marcus J. Miller, 45, had apparently drowned while attempting to swim to an offshore sandbank hours earlier in another test of faith, Sheriff Orvis Campbell told reporters at a news conference Monday. Their other children, a 15-year-old girl and twin 18-year-old boys, were also directed to perform water-based trials of their belief but survived, Campbell said.

New Philadelphia Municipal Court online records indicate Ruth Miller was also charged with domestic violence and child endangerment regarding the older children. Authorities said Ruth Miller was receiving treatment at a secure mental health facility and had not been arrested by late Wednesday afternoon. A message seeking comment was left for her attorney, Scott Fromson.

[róisín_dubh]

1. Seriously...

What goddamned century are we in?

[Oeditpus Rex]

9. We?

Or they?

[róisín_dubh]

16. We as a society.

It’s not just this event, it’s the whole trad wives BS, religious nuttery, etc that has swept the US

[underpants]

2. Someone (her husband) ANYONE drown at this event and it wasn't shut down???

Jesus.

[Hekate]

3. Well, her husband did drown at the outset. I hope the girl and her twin brothers get a nice foster home...

…and that their criminally insane mother gets free room and board for life.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. Funny how she tested her faith by throwing someone else in the water.

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. I'd guess the 'faith' came into play

in trusting her mythological deity to keep the child safe from drowning without her interference.

Bad choices, Mom. Lots of them.

[Intractable]

13. God tested Abraham by demanding he sacrifice his son.

If I recall, God changed his mind at the very last moment because Abraham, though reluctant, was willing to do the killing, thus passing this test of faith.

I know this because, decades ago, I saw a movie about the bible in which Abraham was played by George C. Scott.

[hatrack]

5. And if she weighs as much as a duck . . . . . ????

[AllyCat]

6. Phuck religion.

Absolutely lunatic behavior and no one stopped her.

[Jack Valentino]

7. '... do not put the Lord thy God to a foolish test' Jesus

They didn't read their Bible enough.

(Jesus' answer when Satan challenged him to jump off the roof of the temple,
if memory serves correctly)

[NewHendoLib]

8. "gravity"? "sunk"? Some choice of words in that news report!

[Grins]

10. All perfectly legal.

All she has to claim in court she was following her “deeply held religious beliefs.”

Our SCOTUS loves that shit!!!

[Abolishinist]

14. doG rules!

[maveric]

12. Religion kills.

Been doing it for thousands of years.

[Skittles]

15. while I very much dislike and distrust any religion

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this gal sounds truly mentally ill

[mikenash54]

17. how do people get like that?

That is insane.