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MIAMI (AP) -- A woman accused of killing her 9-month-old baby and wounding her 3-year-old daughter said demons told her to do it, police said Saturday. Police found Liset Hernandez, 36, in a closet holding the toddler, who had multiple stab wounds Friday night. The infant girl, who was slashed in the chest and abdomen, was found wrapped in a white sheet in the bathroom sink, officials said. "She confessed totally to the murder and the child abuse, citing that demons made her do it," Miami Detective Delrish Moss said. Hernandez was charged with one count of first-degree murder and...

"The devil made me do it." That age-old excuse for sin, a way to deny personal responsibility for one"s actions, is no longer fashionable. As I wrote in a Creation magazine editorial "Evolution made me do it!" in June 2000, nowadays, whether it"s homosexuality, infidelity or whatever, it"s become, "My genes made me do it." And, because the blind forces of evolution are supposed to be responsible for shaping our genes, that rapidly translates as, "Evolution made me do it". Thus the title of the abovementioned editorial, which pointed to a Time magazine cover story that proclaimed "Infidelity? It"s in...

FIRST-PERSON: Is Harry Potter merely entertainment? Jun 2, 2004 By Phil Boatwright "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" Photo courtesy of harrypotter.com THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (BP)--"I love Harry Potter. I think it would be so cool to be a witch," Sharon, age 11, says. That's my answer to anyone who says J.K. Rowling's adventure series is harmless fantasy. While the Harry Potter book and film series has held a hypnotic fascination for youngsters, its thematic foundation is troubling. Arguably, perceptive children can view such material without succumbing to the snare of the occult, but it would be naive to...