Look one post up, apparently that belief was mistaken.DJDarque said:I didn't realize exorcisms still happened nowadays. I thought people were smarter than that.
Project_Omega said:Exorcism is real
Nope, they're done everywhere in almost any religion. Just not on the scale, luckily, as they did, say, two centuries ago.DJDarque said:I didn't realize exorcisms still happened nowadays. I thought people were smarter than that.
It's always nice to see someone religious on these forums that's not afraid to voice their opinions. I too believe that demon possession is possible, (I'm Christian) but I also believe that 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of all cases of believed demon possession are mistakes (there might be a few) and are actually mental illness, and the parents are just really desperate, and that the person performing the exorcism is an probably a (well intentioned) idiot. Having said all that I'd just like to say, Good luck to ye on this thread!Project_Omega said:Exorcism is real, but it can be hard from distincting a demonic possession from mental illness sometimes. We are only human after all.
I'm an atheist, and you opinion is one I really respect. You believe in demons but understand that that doesn't mean that every report of them is true.chiggerwood said:I too believe there is such a thing as demon possession, (I'm Christian) but I also believe that 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of all cases of believed demon possession are mistakes and are actually mental illness, and the parents are just really desperate, and that the person performing the exorcism is an probably a (well intentioned) idiot.
Exorcism is a relic of an era when fictitious "demons" were blamed for problems we now know are caused by bacteria, genetic disorders and various other natural factors.Project_Omega said:Exorcism is real, but it can be hard from distincting a demonic possession from mental illness sometimes. We are only human after all.
1. I was making a statement about the improbability of demon possessionHammeroj said:1. If you remove 90% of the 9's in your uber statistic, there would not be one reason to believe a demonic possession had ever occurred. Especially since the belief comes from a time where we did not have modern science to help us.chiggerwood said:It's always nice to see someone religious on these forums that's not afraid to voice their opinions. I too believe there is such a thing as demon possession, (I'm Christian) but I also believe that 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of all cases of believed demon possession are mistakes and are actually mental illness, and the parents are just really desperate, and that the person performing the exorcism is an probably a (well intentioned) idiot. Having said all that I'd just like to say, Good luck to ye on this thread!Project_Omega said:Exorcism is real, but it can be hard from distincting a demonic possession from mental illness sometimes. We are only human after all.
And remember Parents: Always COMPLETELY exhaust Medication and hospitalization before even letting the very notion of the supernatural creep into your mind, and remember if doctors can't help it's probably still mental illness, they're doctors not God.
2. No, they don't. That's the whole problem. Millions and millions of people to this day are brainwashed enough by their religion to believe this nonsense before they believe what a doctor tells them.
If you read the article you would see that Buddhists do use that ritual HOWEVER it's not an exorcism ritual .... it's used for wishes, and not while bound to a chair by a pair of numpty's.Cowabungaa said:I actually thought Buddhism was more a more sensible religion, overall, than that. Apparently I was wrong.
A spokesperson for the Nakayamashingoshoshu's (a sect of Buddhism) main temple in Kiyama said: ?The water rite is done to bring one's wishes to reality, but of course you cannot exorcise with it. We also do not instruct to bound the arms and legs when doing the ritual.?