Demon Possession
Achilles achillesz@usa.net
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:20:31 -0500 (00917929231, 22182257289155@unifour.com)
On 1 Feb 99, at 22:03, Joseph Crea wrote:
> CREA
> Of course Matt probably thinks that opinion is sufficient in cases like
> this. I also suspect that Matt is unfamiliar with Cotton Mather's work
> __The Wonders of the Invisible World__, in which that learned divine
> expounds at length on the Devil's assault (often by possession) on the pious
> Christians of New England.
>
> BTW, just this morning I ran across an item that had me ROFL. Seems some
> New-Age type is SERIOUSLY questioning the germ theory of disease. He is
> reported [briefly] as arguing that (1) infection does not INEVITABLY follow
> introduction of the alleged pathogens, thus casting into doubt any attempts
> to establish a causal etiology for a viable germ based theory; and (2)
> NOWHERE in ANY of the current crop of medical literature dealing with
> disease or diagnosis, is there any demonstrations, proofs or experimental
> evidence that would lead to the conclusion that that demon possession does
> NOT cause disease. ;-)
>
Achilles
Personally I think the demon and germ theories of disease are easily
reconcilable. Aaron Rainwater has posted the harmonization several times in his
signature, I don't remember the exact words but it has to do with a shaman
being shown some germs through a microscope... :')
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