Catholic vandal on trial: punishment would be an "attack on Christians."

[Huggy Bear]

So by that logic, all atheists who formerly attended church are in fact still devout Christians.

Of course his mother won't publicly announce him as being a satanist, even the most extreme westboro church member would accept a gay son/daughter before one that's a satanist.

This is the point: All of the evidence available points to the guy being a christian, with some mental illness that caused him to do what he did. You, based on nothing at all, are asserting that he wasn't a christian, because... why? It's convenient for your position?

You're the one scrabbling for ad hoc rationalizations to cover for your argument, here. I'm basing my position based on the words of the person we're talking about, and the people closest to him. This is not a situation where both positions have equal weight.

OK we'll use his words from your article then.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-man-accused-o...01/?page=2

Reed told his family that the devil was controlling him for three days.

Now, if you want to be Biblical, the devil has no power over someone filled with the holy spirit (read christian).