Demon Possession

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At 07:27 PM 2/1/99 +0000, Matthew Bell wrote:

>> 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.

>

Ed

I realize that there are many who share your superstition, Matt.  But there
are also many others who know that Christians do get possessed, and these
possessions are well-documented.  Shall I give you another thrashing with
the bibliography stick and prove to all the disinterested lurkers just how
full of stercus tauri your opinion is?  There is a multitude of interesting
cases from  South Africa, Cameroon, Vietnam, Laos, the Balkans, Latin
America, the Indian subcontinent,and the South Pacific, all well
documented, in which Christians were possessed and exorcised.  According to
you, that's impossible; according to the Christians who underwent the
experience, you don't know what you're talking about.

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