very dangerous. As St Teresa of Avila said when one of her nuns was hysterical (having a “conversion reaction”): She needs a physician, not an exoricist.
Some people are very suggestible and charismatic/pentecostal “healers” can make this type of person believe they are demon possessed. I’ve met a few good healers, but I’ve also seen some prideful types who bragged about their healings. (i.e. “Their” healings, not those who God healed).
Bob Larson is one of the braggarts, and he is persuasive, but I do not perceive any holiness in him. This makes me think he is a sociopath who is selling something or a person on a power trip.
If one of these girl’s cases commits suicide, they are going to be in trouble. Do you really think they can diagnose if the person’s “demonic” voices are from schizophrenia, psychotic depression, a brain tumor, drugs, or a demon?
And if they truly are demon possessed, I remind you the part when Christ said “this type takes prayer and fasting” when his apostles didn’t cast out one serious demon.
Youngsters lack the spiritual maturity it takes to do this type of work.
Thank you for your remarks.
You sound exceedingly convinced.
. . . as though you had comprehensive knowledge 100% complete and 100% flawless from A to Z on the topic.
One of the things that really impresses me, when dealing with mental illness, is the nearly unbearable stress that families go through trying to insure the safety of their ill family member, trying to insure consistent treatment, trying to minimize the damage done to personal relationships and maintain the cohesiveness of the family bonds.
The immense courage these families display when confronted by the ill member’s crimes, outbursts, violent acts, suicidal or self-destructive behaviors — the courage is monumental. Many times, we on the nursing staff are humbled by the love, patience, courtesy, thoughtfulness, financial burdens borne by the family, legal tangles, etc.
These “exorcist schoolgirls” are nothing more than quacks. Mental illness can be life-threatening. Organic mental illness IS often life-threatening. The ouija board mentality discussed on this thread of casually “diagnosing” and “assessing” and “exorcising” demonic possession or oppression is flat out insulting to those living with the burden of mental illness.
In the rare instances where demonic activity is playing a part in the mentally ill person’s problems, the introduction of adolescent girls, fake “professionals” and others is potentially physically fatal and certainly spiritually fatal.
/rant