RE: Catholic priests allowed to exorcise demons in English
November 2, 2017 at 10:12 am
(This post was last modified: November 2, 2017 at 10:23 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 2, 2017 at 9:55 am)Brian37 Wrote: So they get to act like they are doing something while actually not doing shit in English? BIG WHOOPTY SHIT.Business as usual Brian.
Quote:The entire stupid idea of that crap stems from those in antiquity not understanding physical and mental maladies as far as things like epilepsy and mental illness.-ish. It stems more from the belief in the effectiveness of interceding supernatural forces. The concept of one having "lost ones mind" predates christerism and exorcisms by a few thousand years. The greeks may not have known what caused mental illness from a clinical or chemical standpoint...but they were content to assume it was internal. Being driven mad by grief, as one example, is a recurring theme. While the greeks were amenable to the idea of internal and natrual forces driving people to insanity and aberrant behavior..they too felt that some ritual or some sacrifice might affect a cure. Consider the story of Hercules, driven mad by his family's death, or driven mad to murder his family....he was then instructed to perform his labors by the Oracle at Delphi. The labors themselves swirl around supernatural creatures and intercessionary gods, and at the end of his proscribed treatment he is healed, made whole, perhaps immortal.
Quote:If you have a loved one who looks like they are not well, a doctor or psychiatrist will help them, not a priest.If you look at it from the angle of a priests ancient role in society...doctor and psychiatrist were commonly among their job duties. Obviously they're insufficient in that capacity now...but once upon a time there was significant overlap. I'll say this..in favor of exorcism as it relates to purely psychological issues...if a person truly believes both that they have been possessed by demons and that priests possess the power of exorcism..it would be unsurprising to find that they also believe that they had been cured by exorcism. If their behavior was self reenforcement of some unresolved issue, they might not even understand the nature of their affliction or it;s cure beyond the context of their beliefs. Even the ritual burning of herbs and incense in exorcisms (not limiting myself to the catholic stripe here) is often just as accurately described as the application of sedatives.
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