Atheists & Agnostics

DetlefK

(16,423 posts) Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:31 AM Jul 2016

Bad news everybody. I just found out I'm possessed by a demon.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/here-are-4-signs-you-might-be-demonically-possessed-according-to-a-catholic-psychiatrist/

The Washington Post has published an article by a Catholic psychiatrist named Richard Gallagher who says that there really are demonic possessions in the world, even though he concedes that most reported “possessions” are people suffering from more earthly mental illness.

So what separates your garden variety case of schizophrenia from full-blown demonic possession? Here are four key symptoms that Gallagher says are common in possession cases he’s encountered that can’t be explained by science:

1.) A person can suddenly speak in foreign languages they’ve never learned. ...

2.) A person develops superior strength and, in rare cases, might have powers of levitation. ...

3.) A person starts saying unusually venomous things about religion. ...

4.) A person has detailed knowledge about strangers’ histories and their most shameful secrets. ...

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Damn! (Literally.)

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Bad news everybody. I just found out I'm possessed by a demon. (Original Post) DetlefK Jul 2016 OP

LMFAO trotsky Jul 2016 #1

What qualifies as "unusually venomous"? progressoid Jul 2016 #2

Good question. DetlefK Jul 2016 #4

Well, based on my DU reading... onager Jul 2016 #9

I ALWAYS suspected Superman as being possessed packman Jul 2016 #3

Well he is alien, so that explains it edhopper Jul 2016 #5

I saw it in the Exorcist.. mountain grammy Jul 2016 #6

I thought speaking in foreign languages they never learned rurallib Jul 2016 #7

Oh it's easy.... uriel1972 Jul 2016 #8

speaking in foreign languages they never learned was a sign the Holy Spirit AlbertCat Jul 2016 #13

These things happen to me all the time! JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #10

Recently watched "Ava's Possessions" marginlized Jul 2016 #11

5) Pea soup AlbertCat Jul 2016 #12

I haven't achieved levitation, but I am twice as absorbant in water -- not holy water, of course. Freelancer Jul 2016 #14

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

1. LMFAO

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:37 AM

Jul 2016

Now remember, it's really just a tiny minority of believers who actually believe in stuff like that. Despite being the official position of the largest single Christian sect on the planet.

Dammit though, having that power of levitation would be nice. Why can't I be possessed?

progressoid

(49,992 posts)

2. What qualifies as "unusually venomous"?

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:05 AM

Jul 2016

Does normal venom count?

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

4. Good question.

Reply to progressoid (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:20 AM

Jul 2016

I guess, it's "normal" venom to be for or against this or that religion.

And I guess, it's "unusually venomous" to talk about uncomfortable details of a religion itself.

You know, while a superficial debate about religion is acceptable, it's impolite to bring up parts of the religion that the believer himself would rather not bring up.

onager

(9,356 posts)

9. Well, based on my DU reading...

Reply to progressoid (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 07:06 AM

Jul 2016

Criticizing very old and established Xian mainstream religions is considered "unusually venomous." But attacking "Fundamentalist assholes" is perfectly OK.

Also, attacking the Sunni Islam of Fundamentalist assholes like ISIS is fine. But don't criticize the Sunni Islam followed by a propagandist at CAIR or similar people, they're Good Liberals just like us. That one could keep us busy, since Sunni Islam has at least 32 different theological schools I'm aware of.

Sufis are also Good Muslims because they're mystics. Unless they later mutate into Fundamentalist Assholes, like the former Sufi poet and scholar Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini did.

OK, I think I've cleared that right up...

packman

(16,296 posts)

3. I ALWAYS suspected Superman as being possessed

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:19 AM

Jul 2016

Superior strength, levitation ,,

edhopper

(33,604 posts)

5. Well he is alien, so that explains it

Reply to packman (Reply #3)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 05:34 PM

Jul 2016

But Billy Baston is definitely possessed.

mountain grammy

(26,642 posts)

6. I saw it in the Exorcist..

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 07:44 PM

Jul 2016

possession...

rurallib

(62,433 posts)

7. I thought speaking in foreign languages they never learned

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 08:34 PM

Jul 2016

was a sign the Holy Spirit had descended on a person and made them extra crunchy holy?

Now it shows they've been possessed? Get your stories straight, people!

Can't tell the good possessions from the bad possessions without a score card!