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lpetrich · 02-19-2002, 02:13 PM

Hmmm... exorcism... according to the Gospels, Jesus Christ had performed some exorcism. He even talked to certain demons before driving them into some pigs, which then proceeded to stampede into a nearby lake.

PopeInTheWoods · 02-19-2002, 05:59 PM

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Originally posted by atheist_in_foxhole:
<strong>One wonders why a supposedly loving and compassionate god would let demons or devils possess someone in the first place.

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Omnibenevolent but not omnipotent, then. Maybe the demons used chariots of iron.

TollHouse · 02-19-2002, 06:15 PM

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Maybe the demons used chariots of iron.

???
I don't get it.

PopeInTheWoods · 02-23-2002, 04:08 PM

Just a cheap shot from the bible againt the xian god's omnipotence.

(Judg 1:19 NRSV) The LORD was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron.

Andy

Toto · 02-25-2002, 12:39 PM

Satirist Harry Shearer noted that all of the people having demons exorcised from them were young women. Then he asked why the Pope couldn't exorcise the demons from those paedophilic priests.

Albert Cipriani is back - maybe he can explain it.

sighhswolf · 02-25-2002, 04:37 PM

You know this thread is kinda strange.
I just finished reading the Catholic Church and
the Pope's new directives concerning the official position on possession and exorcism.

Strange that the official line of Popel Propaganda
redirects the concept of evil/satan/demon possession into the area of mental illness and the "dark places in the heart of all Men".
In other words the pope says there aint no demons, there aint no devil/satan and evil is part of every human and there is no "real" entity
that is "evil" and can take possession of the human body.

We must fight the evil that lies at the heart of all men............blah, blah..honk..homk.
Wolf <img src="graemlins/boohoo.gif" border="0" alt="[Boo Hoo]" />

Monkeybot · 02-27-2002, 12:43 AM

As I've said elsewhere, it warms my heart to see the Roman Catholic Church marching so boldly into the 21st century.

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02-19-2002, 02:13 PM	#11
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Hmmm... exorcism... according to the Gospels, Jesus Christ had performed some exorcism. He even talked to certain demons before driving them into some pigs, which then proceeded to stampede into a nearby lake.

02-23-2002, 04:08 PM	#14
PopeInTheWoods Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Rochester NY USA Posts: 4,318	Just a cheap shot from the bible againt the xian god's omnipotence. (Judg 1:19 NRSV) The LORD was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the plain, because they had chariots of iron. Andy

02-25-2002, 12:39 PM	#15
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	Satirist Harry Shearer noted that all of the people having demons exorcised from them were young women. Then he asked why the Pope couldn't exorcise the demons from those paedophilic priests. Albert Cipriani is back - maybe he can explain it.

02-25-2002, 04:37 PM	#16
sighhswolf Regular Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: Charlotte,NC USA Posts: 379	You know this thread is kinda strange. I just finished reading the Catholic Church and the Pope's new directives concerning the official position on possession and exorcism. Strange that the official line of Popel Propaganda redirects the concept of evil/satan/demon possession into the area of mental illness and the "dark places in the heart of all Men". In other words the pope says there aint no demons, there aint no devil/satan and evil is part of every human and there is no "real" entity that is "evil" and can take possession of the human body. We must fight the evil that lies at the heart of all men............blah, blah..honk..homk. Wolf <img src="graemlins/boohoo.gif" border="0" alt="[Boo Hoo]" />

02-27-2002, 12:43 AM	#17
Monkeybot Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 8,102	As I've said elsewhere, it warms my heart to see the Roman Catholic Church marching so boldly into the 21st century.

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