Lydie Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5857677/Psychiatrist-professor-says-demonic-possession-real-witnessing-exorcisms-25-years.html what if I’m wrong about not believing? I’m scared. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fweethawt Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 I'm more frightened knowing a psychiatry professor believes that than I am of the concept. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disillusioned Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 This neurologist thinks he's wrong: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/a-psychiatrist-falls-for-exorcism/ 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Joshpantera Posted June 20, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 20, 2018 7 hours ago, Lydie said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5857677/Psychiatrist-professor-says-demonic-possession-real-witnessing-exorcisms-25-years.html what if I’m wrong about not believing? I’m scared. You should read disillusion's article. And rest easy in the fact that academic's have long since put together the evolution of satan and demons into a coherent lineage, showing exactly how human minds created these concepts. They were not created all intact from the outset. It took years and years of coming up with new concepts and combining them with older concepts, before anything like the story of fallen angels from heaven was eventually formulated in the myth making process. Many of us who study into religion around here are as certain that this is man made mythology with no literal basis in reality, as we can be certain of anything. And in my case, I bet life my life on this conclusion. Here's some suggested reading: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OO199EY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 14 hours ago, Lydie said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5857677/Psychiatrist-professor-says-demonic-possession-real-witnessing-exorcisms-25-years.html what if I’m wrong about not believing? I’m scared. I think Dr Gallagher is priming people for his upcoming book. Religion is about first creating a problem and then creating its solution. Why should you believe what he has to say? Is his research legitimate? Has anyone else done similar research and come to the same conclusion? Have any non-believers done research and come to the same conclusion as Dr G? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lydie Posted June 20, 2018 Author Share Posted June 20, 2018 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOHO Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Anyone who stupidly walks into my office on Taco Tuesday has no doubt that demon possession is a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageHealer Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 This kind of stuff can scare me too, but if "malevolent entities" exist, then it proves that voodoo, shamanism, buddhism, hinduism, and many other religions are just as real as xtianity, since they all have demons as part of their mythology. Honestly, the fact that this professor is catholic makes me very suspect. He needs to worry about the "demons" posing as priests and abusing kids in his church. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LogicalFallacy Posted June 22, 2018 Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2018 People say all sorts of things are real, believe in all sorts of magical and supernatural woowoo. When asked for actual evidence of these entities all you will get is personal experience and anecdotes of people interpreting what they see as "demons". You can put the word "wonkydonks" in there instead of demon and it has as much validity. [Edit - as I rad the comment section of the article I am once more convinced that long term humanity is f'ked. All the advance in science, the gaining of knowledge and understanding of our world and these people are believing nonsense ancient people did. At least the ancients had some justification to believing such in that they had far less understanding of their real world and how it operated. ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Moderator TheRedneckProfessor Posted June 22, 2018 Super Moderator Share Posted June 22, 2018 Demons aren't real. The Redneck Professor says so. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midniterider Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 14 hours ago, LogicalFallacy said: [Edit - as I rad the comment section of the article I am once more convinced that long term humanity is f'ked. All the advance in science, the gaining of knowledge and understanding of our world and these people are believing nonsense ancient people did. At least the ancients had some justification to believing such in that they had far less understanding of their real world and how it operated. ] We made it through the dark ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferG Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 16 hours ago, Burnedout said: I love the Church Lady! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 It's from the Daily Mail, which is not much else but a sensationalist gossip rag. Just my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinParis Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 I witnessed my fundie husband go through a psychotic episode where he was experiencing demons. He was terrified. Then his psychiatrist gave him a box of little white pills and Satan went away. No exorcism required. His psychatrist told me that one-quarter of schozophrenic and bipolar patients have religious hallucinations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wertbag Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 9:59 AM, LostinParis said: I witnessed my fundie husband go through a psychotic episode where he was experiencing demons. He was terrified. Then his psychiatrist gave him a box of little white pills and Satan went away. No exorcism required. His psychatrist told me that one-quarter of schozophrenic and bipolar patients have religious hallucinations. That is the thing that convinced me, anti-pyschotic medicine works. It really started as a god of the gaps issue, but now that gap is well and truly filled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 6/23/2018 at 5:59 PM, LostinParis said: I witnessed my fundie husband go through a psychotic episode where he was experiencing demons. He was terrified. Then his psychiatrist gave him a box of little white pills and Satan went away. No exorcism required. His psychatrist told me that one-quarter of schozophrenic and bipolar patients have religious hallucinations. Yup, I have seen this first hand. Don't make the mistake of thinking that because someone else sees demons, they exist. Or any other visions, for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsathoggua9 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Hey, I've dabbled in the occult, and while I have experienced some odd things, I have trouble actually seeing demons as literally real. Nothing's come to "take me away", at least not yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinntar Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/20/2018 at 3:01 PM, Lydie said: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5857677/Psychiatrist-professor-says-demonic-possession-real-witnessing-exorcisms-25-years.html what if I’m wrong about not believing? I’m scared. Be scared of real thing's like deadly snakes or wild eyed grizzly bears. It's healthier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hereticzero Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 A man was going to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge when an old woman stopped him. "I am a witch," she claimed. "If you come home with me and make passionate love to me, I will answer all your questions." The man forgot about jumping into the river and went home with the woman where they made love all night long. In the morning the man began asking the old woman question after question, until she lay back and lit a cigarette. "How old are you sonny?" She asked. "35." He answered. "35 years old and you still believe in witches?" My point is, we believed in childish things when we were children. You know demons do not exist. If you believe they do then you still believe what the church pukes out because we believe demons are evil because of what the church or religion teaches. There are no demons except what you create for yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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