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Britain's Backstreet Exorcists
November 19, 2012 at 1:54 pm
This is so very disheartening:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20357997
I had no idea that woo of this kind was alive and well in this septic isle.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Britain's Backstreet Exorcists
November 19, 2012 at 3:07 pm
I love the strategy of saying some people that think they are possessed actually have a mental illness. That way he can deflect any criticism that he is taking advantage of the mentally ill.
"No, he's not mentally ill. I know it's a Jinn, because I can tell the difference!"
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Britain's Backstreet Exorcists
November 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm
(This post was last modified: November 19, 2012 at 3:45 pm by Welsh cake.)
What do you expect?
When people migrate into a country, they bring their barbaric traditions, problems and mental disabilities with them.
The British themselves aren't immune to this problem. Instead of abandoning ship and seeking the good life elsewhere, everyone should stop a second, sort out their lives first, before integrating into another society and culture elsewhere.