RE: Why did God let people think demons cause epilepsy?
May 1, 2015 at 8:46 am
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2015 at 8:49 am by John V.)
(May 1, 2015 at 8:40 am)polar bear Wrote: so how, exactly, are we supposed to know if we are demon possessed, we have a disease or some kind of hybrid you have described?
IMO it's going to be disease. All the instances of demon possession that I can think of involved Jesus and his disciples. Two possible explanations for this:
- it's not something demons typically want to do, but Satan had them doing it at that time to challenge Jesus
- god generally prevents it, but allowed it at that time so Jesus could display his greater power
BTW, I've been frustrated myself by Christians who see demons behind everything. Once, after questioning some beliefs in a church I had been attending for a short time, they laid hands on me to try to cast out the demon of intellectualism that was in me. I didn't go back, and have since found a church where intelligence and logic are considered good things.
