Mexican Priest Goes to Rome to Teach Exorcism: 'Christ Was the First Exorcist'
https://pjmedia.com/faith/mexican-priest-goes-to-rome-to-teach-exorcism-jesus-was-the-first-exorcist/While many view the practice with skepticism, Truqui went to the Bible to defend it.
"Christ was the first exorcist," Truqui told The Guardian. "The power of casting out demons was one of the first signs that Christianity was a true religion."
...Truqui is correct in saying that Jesus Christ was the first known exorcist. If the New Testament is correct in recording Jesus's various miracles — including numerous exorcisms — the Catholic Church may represent a right way forward — or at least the least wrong way forward — for dealing with demons.
It's the 21st century, and people seriously still think demons not only exist, but can possess people. The largest Christian church on the planet OFFICIALLY TEACHES IT.
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It's the belief in demonic possession by actual educated grownups that's ridiculous.
All day I have to convince myself** that these people aren't stupid.
(**LOL...maybe that's how they do it. 
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as if they are gripped somehow by gigantic evil forces
British serial killer Harold Shipman, who worked in England as a medical doctor, killed over 200 of his patients before his arrest in 1998
And the underlying defect is not always intellectual, so a rational appeal is not guaranteed to address the problem.
Psychological treatment of a patient may depend heavily on individual history and personality and may require adopting a world-view that makes sense to the patient and has the potential to disrupt and reorganize existing thought patterns: the proper test is not that the approach makes sense to outsiders but rather that progress occurs. This fact may account for the variety of treatment approaches available
