BTK killer: "I know it's not very Christian, I had a demon inside me"

[Bluebear]

WICHITA, Kan. - Confessed BTK serial killer Dennis Rader made his first public apology for the murders that horrified a community for a quarter-century, blaming a "demon" that got inside him at a young age.

"I have a lot of remorse. I'm very sorry for them. It is something I wouldn't want to happen to my family," he told KAKE-TV. The interview was conducted Saturday; some of it was aired Wednesday night with additional portions to air Thursday.

Rader, who pleaded guilty last week to 10 first-degree murders in the Wichita area from 1974 to 1991, nicknamed himself BTK, for "Bind, Torture, Kill," as he taunted media and police with cryptic messages about the crimes. He faces sentencing Aug. 17.

"I just know it's a dark side of me. It kind of controls me. I personally think it's a — and I know it is not very Christian — but I actually think it's a demon that's within me. ... At some point and time it entered me when I was very young," said Rader, who was once president of his Lutheran church.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050707/ap_on_re_us/btk_kil...

[skooooo]

1. The Devil made him do it!!

[RPM]

2. sheeeit - ima go get some demons.

then i can act like an asshols and do whatever i want!!!

Then if i repent to jeebus, it's all good.

[Lars39]

3. Oh, good grief!

Yea, right,the devil made him do it.

[flamingyouth]

4. There must be a demon outbreak

Didn't the Idaho kidnapper talk about demons as well on his blog?

[Bluebear]

7. Demon outbreak lol

[Must_B_Free]

17. Demon Attack (Activision)!

[Misunderestimator]

9. Well, I know that a demon wrote that Santorum book too.

eerie

[rfranklin]

5. Tthis is the right wing fundies' fatal flaw...

They cannot accept that they have evil impulses in their souls (though this guy is certifiably loonie.) Which is why they have no compassion for others. that's my theory of wingnut psychology in a nutshell.

[blurp]

20. No. It's why they're right wing in the first place.

They do accept that they have evil impulses. That's why they want strong controls on movies, etc.

The problem is that they think everyone is just like them.

We can handle freedom, but they know they can't.

[DoYouEverWonder]

6. I guess Rader forgot

to read the part about free will.

[Warren DeMontague]

8. It was probably a gay, atheist, anti-war, pro-choice, democrat demon

And I bet it supported a Single Payer Health Care System.

[noiretextatique]

12. no doubt

[SmokingJacket]

10. Yeah, the demon's name is Dennis Rader, fuckhead. nt

[Mandate My Ass]

11. Ah, the Graner justification

The guy who got serious kicks from making prisoners pee themselves in terror, but who professed to be an upstanding Xtian at the same time.

You've almost got to admire their ability to keep so many contradictory thoughts, motives and rationalizations going at the same time.

[FreedomAngel82]

19. Oh yeah

They're such good Christians and they kill terrorist! I guess they don't know that "Thou Shalt Not Kill" means just that and that Jesus said "turn the other cheek" and "love thy neighbor."

[gratuitous]

13. Maybe you had a demon, Mr. Rader

But it's YOU who will be spending the rest of your days in jail.

[True_Blue]

14. Sounds like a typical Republican

it's always someone else's fault, isn't it?

[theHandpuppet]

15. Then why didn't he volutarily turn himself in...

... so he and the demon could spend some quality time together behind bars and save lives in the process?

Guess he didn't feel quite guilty enough, eh?

[NMMNG]

16. Demon my a$$

He was a person who chose to act on the evil impulses he had within him, period.

[FreedomAngel82]

18. Of course

No such thing as personal responsibility anymore. Either say God told him to do it or blame the devil or a demon. I remember earlier this year this kid my age killed and butchered his parents and in court he claimed God told him to do it because his parents were "being mean" to him.

[H2O Man]

21. He reminds me

of Donald Rumsfeld. The two have far more in common than not.