Demon Possession

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> At 06:27 PM 2/1/99 +0000, Matthew Bell wrote:

> >> >> Ed

> >> >> 

> >> >> I'd consider your experience anomalous in that typically the

participants

> >> >> in an exorcism all share the same view of the process; i.e. Hindus

> >exorcise

> >> >> Hindus, Christians exorcise Christians, etc..  As I recall, you

mentioned

> >> >> conducting an exorcism on a Christian after you were no longer a

> >Christian.

> >> >>  If that's right, it'd be extraordinarily rare.  

> >> >

> >> >Matthew Bell

> >> >What absolute nonsense!! '....Christians exorcise Christians'. Christians

> >> >exorcise whoever happens to be in their opinion possessed whether they be

> >> >witches, Hindu's, atheists, etc etc. Further to this I have already

stated

> >my

> >> >opinion that Christians cannot be possessed, hence what is there to

> >exorcise?

> >> >

> >> Ed

> >> 

> >> The phenomenon you call exorcism is by no means restricted to the practice

> >> of Christians, and it's well-documented that Christians all over the world

> >> (especially in regions under colonial government) have experienced

> >> possession.  Your "opinion" on whether Christians can be possessed, along

> >> with two bucks, will buy you a shoeshine at the corner of 18th and Vine

and

> >> nothing else.

> >

> >Matthew Bell

> >I restricted myself to Christianity because that is what I am familiar with.

> >Unlike yourself I don't present myself as an authority on subject which I am

> >grossly ignorant. What you take issue with (whether Christians can be

> possessed

> >or not), was not the main point of my post, which was that your statement,

> >'Christians exorcise Christians' is blatantly false, as it can be shown that

> >they claim to exorcise persons from all walks of life. 

> >

> Ed

> 

> I said that it's "typical," not universal, for Christians to exorcise other

> Christians.  That's because Christians tend to live among other Christians.

> 

> Duh.


Matthew Bell
And I say your statement is blatantly false, especially considering that many
in Christianity take the same 'opinion' of Christian demon possession as I do,
i.e it is not possible. There is nothing typical about it except in your own
mind.

Thanks
M.Bell

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