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Demonic Possession and Exorcism

bostonphil @bostonphil (4459) • United States 26 Jan 12

I have just seen a movie titled "The Rite" about demonic possession and exorcism. The movie was fair - just so so but what held my interest is that it is supposedly based on a true story. The young priest in the movie is now...

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Demonic possession?

sredith @sredith (239) • United States 18 Sep 09

I just randomly started thinking about the film "The Exorcism of Emily Rose"... Do you believe that demonic possession is real and actually caused by demons, or would you rather believe it to be psychological and think that it...

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Do you believe in demonic possession?

dvmurphy @dvmurphy (326) • United States 8 Sep 09

What are the signs of possession? Are they always noticable? Can bipolar or multipersonality disorder actually be misdiagnosed when it could be a form of possession or drugs? My daughter is 24 and the doctors say she is both...

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multiple personalities

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Demonic possession...Mental illness or actual event

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 17 Apr 09

I've watched a couple of movies that are based on actual events and understand that the act of exorcism is an actual ritual. I have also read that most mental professionals claim that it's mental illness that causes the behaviors...

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Is sickness caused by demons?

Ellie @ellie26 (4139) • Malaysia 6 Apr 08

People get sick no matter how they look after themselves. Some may seek medical attention while others just heal by themselves. What causes us to get sick? Is it the food we take, blame it on the weather, transmitted from other...

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He did it because he was possessed by the Devil ....

feralwoman @feralwoman (2199) • Australia 20 Apr 07

so claimed a priest interviewed at the scene of the Virginia Tech mass murders. After coming out with this statement, the priest - who was there to counsel the relatives of those killed - failed to explain why or how the...

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mentally unstable

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Casting out Demons and Psychology

TheGreatWhiteBuffalo @TheGreatWhiteBuffalo (4822) • United States 7 Mar 07

The basis for most religion is to create a mechanism for people to feel good. This is not religion but psychology. If you can make people feel guilty and then relieve that guilt you can make them feel good and they will be...

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BourderHouse @BourderHouse (749) • Philippines 3 Mar 07

Demonic Possession Real or Not?

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Possession by evil spirits?

what_now @what_now (554) • Canada 1 Dec 06

Possession by evil spirits and or Demonic possessions? Demonic possession, in supernatural belief systems, is a form of spiritual possession whereby certain malevolent extra-dimensional entities, demons, gain control over a...

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