James Holmes was Possessed by a Demon?

Or maybe he just had a plan to purchase handguns and 6000 rounds of ammunition months ahead of time in order to carry out his plan to kill innocent people in order to make a name for himself. I refuse to search for excuses to allow this evil idiot to get away with this horrible crime. Many are just feeding the media and anyone who is listening, and as a result are indirectly speaking in favor of someone who is a mass murderer. There are many who will use this evil entity (I refuse to call him by name, and have not since the shooting) in order to get their few minutes of fame, and that is sad. He was possessed with evil, but it was evil of his own making, not a demon.

I agree

I think, as usual, the media is going to milk this for ratings, and they will do whatever is needed to get those ratings. The most disgusting example is showing pictures on TV of those who jumped from buildings on 911. People need to let this work its way into and through the court system and stop trying to determine his mentality on what we hear from the media. Personally, I don't care if his dog told him to do it; he should be held accountable for his actions.

Right on Vic.

Demonic possession is not an explanation. Saying that the real killer magically altered the memories of everyone in the theater so they would think they saw James Holmes doing the killing makes exactly as much sense.

It doesn't matter why he did what he did--what matters is that he did it and will be convicted of that crime or found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity and spend the rest of his life in a mental institution.

But even more, what REALLY matters is that the people whose lives were touched by the events of that horrible day be given all the resources needed to heal--both physically and emotionally--and to live the best possible lives they can in the aftermath of the devastation.

Evil, in and of itself, does not exonerate an individual who commits violence.

However, schizophrenia--for which Holmes may have been receiving psychiatric treatment--is a condition that may absolve an individual of criminal behavior.

The case could be recognized, in the final verdict, as, "guilty, but insane."

There are times when schizophrenic patients have visions and thoughts that are related to Evil.

There are many people, out there, who wish to condemn those who point out that an individual, such as Holmes, may not be responsible, criminally, for his crimes--because the crimes are so horrific that we refuse to see any of the extenuating circumstances.

If, however, Holmes is faking it, that is a totally different matter.

But he, apparently, was seeing a psychiatrist for a psychiatric condition--and, it appears that the practitioner specialized in schizophrenia.

that's more rational than "he's possessed." Thanks, Brett.

Thanks for considering the point of the comment, Chris.

This entire tragedy really challenges everyone's tolerance and everyone's patience to examine the complex issues.

I'm thinking of Monty Python and the Holy Grail about now:
"She turned me into a newt"
"A newt?!?"
"Well....... I got better."

Clearly Holmes suffered from a disorder of some kind: either Schizophrenia, or sociopathic tendencies, most likely.

This does not seem to be a case in which the shooter was responding to abuse or bullying by acting out his rage. It seems rather motiveless- which is what makes me think that schizophrenia is the most likely explanation.

In the year 1400, Schizophrenic symptoms were probably generally seen as conclusive evidence of demonic possession. But this is supposed to be the year 2012.....

So sad to everyone affected, he needs to be mentally checked be on meds and locked up institutionalized for the rest of his life so he don't ever hurt anyone again. There's something mentally wrong with him by the picture not sure what but def not evil demon related lol

My bro has schizophrenia and talked about killing people due his voices and not going on certain roads it was scary for my mom- this guy needs meds and institutionalized can't believe it happened this way

drugs ..

I don't think baseless superstition has a place in this conversation.

Anyone who has the capacity to commit cold-blooded murder like that has got the devil in them.

Well then he should obviously be judged "innocent by reason of demonic possession" since it was beyond his control.

sheesh.

Jim Kane

James Holmes was Possessed by the Devil


Jim, just curious, but would you know if the Catholic Priest who discovered this Devil in James Holmes, has indicated whether or not Mr. Holmes' Devil, is the same Devil which all those Catholic Priest are possessed with everytime one of them rape a child in their care - Or - is it the other Devil who possesses the Church's Hierarchy who do everything possible to cover up the crime of child molestation, ending with transfering the Devil to another parish so he can rape children all over again -Or - is this a totally new Devil altogether ???

Leave it to the Catholic Heirarchy to determine that no one is actually guilty of any crime because the Devil made them do it. Wonder, under Catholic Doctrine what sentence this Devil possessed young man is suppose to suffer for the crimes the Devil made him commit ?

I would imagine that in keeping with the Catholic tradition, something in the realm of (1) confessing his sins to a Priest (2) saying aloud 3 Hail Marys and (3) reciting the Rosary Prayers 6 times would be sufficient enough punishment to declare him absolved of all sin and thereby allow him to return to society a new sinless young man. I believe that proceedure is called Exorcism of the Devil from one's body, just like as is done with those lovable pedophile Catholic Priest.

the devil made me into a pedophile
the devil made me shoot up the Aurora theater

I think Flip Wilson said it best: "The devil made me buy this dress"

I also think that Jim Kane's post was a cynical attempt to get a reaction and some comments by saying something ridiculous. and dang it, I fell right into it.

Chris

I think Flip Wilson said it best: "The devil made me buy this dress"

A fan of Flip Wilson, you're telling your age. Loved the man's comedy myself.

They say he was painfully shy, however, upon reading about him it sounds to me like he wasn't as much shy as he was asocial. I know shy; I've lived shy all throughout my childhood plus and a person can be shy and not be asocial (like me). This one person said he was socially inept and that he wouldn't or couldn't converse; he would just answer yes or no. And this other teacher or somebody when JH was a kid said he wouldn't talk and that he would only answer yes or no. And this person also said that the kid was off by himself and not playing or participating with the other children. Now are these what you would call "signs" that something is wrong with a child. And you know why nobody did anything about these "signs"; it's probably because they didn't care enough to. It could be that he always thought himself invisable and by doing what he did; he made himself very visable. He made himself into "the joker" so he could feel important like he was some kind of celebrity. These are just thoughts - who really knows but him and God. I do think the kid spent to much time alone and he liked playing the World of Warcraft. I think either he is a psychopath or other severe mental disorder or that he is just plain evil and maybe was born evil. That kind of thing should of never happened. They should have had security at that movie theater. I've felt hate for this messed up kid. It had to of been a nightmare and just horrible for all those people in the theater. I can't stand to think of anybody suffering or losing their lives. Aurora, Colorado I'm so sorry this happened.