Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Man Gets D.U.I. While High On Jesus
Atlanta, Ga (FN) - An Atlanta man was convicted today of impaired driving while he was under the influence of an intense religious high.
George Stewart was pulled over by Georgia State Patrol officers on September 18, 2005 for exceeding the posted speed limit and driving erratically. Trooper Tom Harris, an officer at the scene, told the court that Creed music was blaring from Stewart's car stereo and that Stewart was babbling incoherently.
"He was going on about the Book of Revelations and saying that he was driving so fast because didn't want to be 'left behind.' He didn't know where he was or what he was doing," Harris said.
Harris and his partner administered the seldom-used road-side RASC (Religiously Altered State of Consciousness) test.
"It used to be that all we could test for was alcohol, so everyone who was hopped on other intoxicants got away scott free. Now we can test for a lot of things," Harris said.
The basic RASC test involves reading a standard description of an idyllic nature scene and counting the number of times the subject interjects with phrases like "Hallelujah" and "Praise the Lord".
"I had barely started the second sentence, the one about the sun shining on a cornfield, and this guy was already up to about 10 hallelujahs. He was way over his limit," Harris said.
Interviewed outside the courthouse, Stewart remained upbeat about the situation.
"You all just want to talk about the bad news, but I just want to talk about the Good News. As it says in Matthew Eight, 'Behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.' Hallelujah! I'm praying for you, brother," Stewart said.
posted by Mentok @ 10:41 p.m.,
1 Comments:
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At 10:36 a.m.,
NL-ExPatriate said...
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And here I thought you were going to talk about the Man In NL who was charged with Driving Under the Influence. DWH Driving While High.
LOL. Hallaluja!
