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What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:43 pm
Vatican launches exorcism course.
Quote:" ... priest told Vatican Radio that the number of exorcism cases has risen to almost 500,000 each year. Palilla put the increase down to the upturn in people seeking out tarot readers and psychics. Doing so opens the door to the demon and to possession..."
https://www.rt.com/news/419666-vatican-e...ing-surge/
Or are the priests just seeing what they want to see?
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:46 pm
The history of Europe is rife with periods superstitious hysteria . Often brought on by periods of crisis . The plague for instance . I'm guessing this is just another one .
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm
(February 26, 2018 at 1:46 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: The history of Europe is rife with periods superstitious hysteria . Often brought on by periods of crisis . The plague for instance . I'm guessing this is just another one .
Church crisis? Such as, you're not going to church so you must be demon possessed?
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm
What's gotten into Italians?
Priests.
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:53 pm
(February 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: What's gotten into Italians?
Priests.
Is that, not often enough, or to much?
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
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What's gotten into Italians?
Idiocy.
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:55 pm
I think Min ninja'd me in the Damn Catholics thread.
Time to blow Min out of my ass.
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 1:56 pm
Don't worry about it. Can't have too many "Catholick Fuckhead" threads.
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm
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(February 26, 2018 at 1:50 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: (February 26, 2018 at 1:46 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: The history of Europe is rife with periods superstitious hysteria . Often brought on by periods of crisis . The plague for instance . I'm guessing this is just another one .
Church crisis? Such as, you're not going to church so you must be demon possessed?
I was thinking more the lines of all, The economic crisis, The immigration crisis , The potential nuclear crisis , The cracks forming in the EU . The fact you have big brother Putin not far away . Terrorism , Generally when big continent sweeping crisis like the Plague or Mongols or the Turks WW1 come up. People and the church start seeing demons everywhere . It's generally a manifestation of their own fears and anxieties .
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RE: What's gotten into Italians?
February 26, 2018 at 2:08 pm
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I'm not sure about that. Sure, more stress, more anxiety, more crime....... Those can be addressed by non church entities.
But why demons and exorcism? It feels like a play to prop up a/another false need for the church.
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