Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal (October 6, 2020 release )

Amazon Books ^ | October 6, 2020 | Richard Gallagher M.D

[tired&retired]

Continued...

““Once, the devil took over my body,” Speedy told the Post. “I didn’t know what was happening and it took 10 members of the gang to hold me down. In a trance, some gang members would give up names of people to target.

It was a loyalty test, and we called it ‘taking a soul.’ If the devil gave you a name, you had to go out and mess that person up. You had to take their soul.”

[tired&retired]

In my own work, I have never charged a fee, nor will I ever. The work is not done by me. But by God with much Divine Love. My reward is to experience His Love again. It is a greater reward than any amount of money.

Dr. Bill Baldwin met his demise as a result of the same weakness that took Dr. Scott Peck. Here is the summary from the book.

“Once Father A. asked Dr. Peck whether he’d care to witness an exorcism. Peck readily agreed but insisted upon a hefty fee.

Father A. withdrew the invitation. “I was doing the good doctor a favor,” he later told me, “because he had much to learn.” Dr. Peck also did exorcisms himself—an unwise decision as a physician.”

This is why I would never do this work in front of people who are vulnerable.

[tired&retired]

Per the book.

“the official manual for exorcists emphasized as strongly suggestive the following three signs:

1. the ability to speak an unknown language,

2. the awareness of hidden knowledge, and

3. various abnormal physical signs, especially immense strength, but also humanly impossible bodily “movements,” extreme contortions, and even the rare levitation.

All these classic features are not always present, but they recur often enough in serious possessions to serve as helpful diagnostic indicators.”

My formatting...

[tired&retired]

Very good point..

“Truly possessed individuals do not engage in “thought reading” at all; they are merely fed information by spirits themselves.”

I have found this to be a very true statement.

[tired&retired]

I’m on page 91 of 257, Chapter 5.

So far I find this book very accurate and objectively insightful.

I highly recommend it for anyone interested in this subject.

[Elsie]

I usually suggest that they dig into it a bit before taking the word of their denomination or their preacher.

This is darned good advice!

Since 1981; I have NEVER heard a word about this topic from the pulpit or in any writings from the 'denomination' - Wesleyan.

[Elsie]

What do you think of that, my Bro?

My 'thinking' would have us wandering all over the landscape.

I've enough trouble just following what IS printed on the pages of the Bible, let alone trying to fill in the gaps!

[Elsie]

...plain-literal and figurative-literal language ...

This hasn't worked too well where CatholicISM is concerned.

[Elsie]

Non-orthodox 'christianity' is always falling back on what Jesus COULD have said; and then filling in the blank for us.

I have a pretty good idea that what Peter wrote here is quite good enough for most people; who have no itching ears for more; More; MORE!

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2 Peter 1:3

 

His divine power has given us everything we need
for a godly life through our knowledge of him
who called us by his own glory and goodness.

[Elsie]

Such wishful misinterpretations of Scripture …

Yeah...

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  ‘to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord’

 

 

Sorry; but IS TO BE is not found among any of the following translations...

 

2 Corinthians 5:8

 

Verse  (Click for Chapter)

New International Version
We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

New Living Translation
Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord.

English Standard Version
Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Berean Study Bible
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Berean Literal Bible
Now we are confident and are pleased rather to be absent out of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

New American Standard Bible
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

New King James Version
We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

King James Bible
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Christian Standard Bible
In fact, we are confident, and we would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
We should be cheerful, because we would rather leave these bodies and be at home with the Lord.

Good News Translation
We are full of courage and would much prefer to leave our home in the body and be at home with the Lord.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

International Standard Version
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.

NET Bible
Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

New Heart English Bible
We are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because of this we trust and we long to depart from the body and to be with Our Lord.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
We are confident and prefer to live away from this body and to live with the Lord.

New American Standard 1977
we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

Jubilee Bible 2000
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.

King James 2000 Bible
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

American King James Version
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

American Standard Version
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But we are confident, and have a good will to be absent rather from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
we are confident, I say, and pleased rather to be absent from the body and present with the Lord.

English Revised Version
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Webster's Bible Translation
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Weymouth New Testament
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

World English Bible
We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Young's Literal Translation
we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

 

[Elsie]

Also Mormon

https://www.google.com/search?q=square+shooter&ie=&oe=

fair & square

etc...

[Norski]

Yes. No coincidence. Both are occult religions. And the Smith family were known occultists.

From “Occultic and Masonic Influence in Early Mormonsim”, Joel B. Groat:

http://mit.irr.org/occultic-and-masonic-influence-in-early-mormonism

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MORMONISM AND MASONRY

“Masonry’s influence on Mormonism and Joseph Smith has been noted by a number of historians. Some of the areas impacted by Masonic lore and ritual include the Book of Mormon, Joseph’s personal life, and the LDS temple ceremony.

Masonic Themes Related to the Book of Mormon. John L. Brooke in his book The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844, noted the following in reference to the story of the discovery of the gold plates and the narrative structure of the Book of Mormon:

Freemasonry provides a point of entry into this very complex story. As it had been in Vermont, Masonic fraternity was a dominant feature of the cultural landscape in Joseph Smith’s Ontario County .... The dense network of lodges and chapters helps explain the Masonic symbolism that runs through the story of the discovery of the Golden Plates. . .. . .Smith’s stories of his discoveries got more elaborate with time, and in June 1829 he promised Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer and Martin Harris that they would see not only the plates but other marvelous artifacts: the Urim and Thummim attached to a priestly breastplate, the ‘sword of Laban,’ and ‘miraculous directors.’

... Smith’s sources for these Masonic symbols were close at hand. Most obviously, Oliver Cowdery would have been a source, given that his father and brother were Royal Arch initiates; one Palmyra resident remembered Oliver Cowdery as ‘no church member and a Mason.’ ... A comment by Lucy Mack Smith in her manuscript written in the 1840s, protesting that the family did not abandon all household labor to try ‘to win the faculty of Abrac, drawing magic circles, or sooth-saying,’ suggests a familiarity with Masonic manuals: the ‘faculty of Abrac’ was among the supposed Masonic mysteries (Refiner’s Fire, Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 157-158) . . .

Joseph’s Personal Involvement in Freemasonry. Mormon Apostle John A. Widtsoe stated:

Many of the Saints were Masons, such as Joseph’s brother Hyrum, Heber C. Kimball, Elijah Fordham, Newel K. Whitney, James Adams, and John C. Bennett .... With the acquiescence of the Prophet, members of the Church already Masons petitioned the Grand Master of Illinois for permission to set up a lodge in Nauvoo .... it was March 15, 1842, before authority was given to set up a lodge in Nauvoo and to induct new members. Joseph Smith became a member (Evidences and Reconciliations, 1 volume, pp. 357-358).

Joseph Smith admitted to being a Mason in his History of the Church, volume 4, page 551. Under the date of March 15, 1842 it reads: “In the evening I received the first degree in Free Masonry in the Nauvoo Lodge, assembled in my general business office.” The record for the next day reads, “I was with the Masonic Lodge and rose to the sublime degree” (page 552 . .” . . .”

[Norski]

Forgot the extra references:

Resources

The following resources contain a more extensive treatment of Joseph Smith’s magical and occultic practices and worldview:

John L. Brooke, The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844, Cambridge University Press, NY, 1994, 421 pages. This non-Mormon author is an associate professor in the Department of History at Tufts University.

Grant H. Palmer, An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins, (Signature Books, SLC, 2002, 281 pages). Palmer is an LDS seminary teacher and three-time director of LDS Institutes of Religion in California and Utah.

D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, Signature Books, SLC, revised and enlarged edition 1998, 646 pages. This work is comprehensive and thoroughly documented. The author is a former BYU professor and one of the most respected historians of Mormonism.

Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism, Magic and Masonry, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, SLC, 1983, 97 pages. This former Mormon husband and wife research/publishing team are well-known for their carefully documented critiques of Mormonism.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

Sorry; but IS TO BE is not found among any of the following translations...
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Very true. What I’ve never heard a rational explanation for is why there are so many translations in the first place. If they all have variances in their wording which of them is thought to be the most accurate iteration of the original manuscripts? Not surprisingly, I’m sure the answer to that question is simply a matter of personal opinion!

[Norski]

One reason is that Satan hates the KJV.

Another is money.

May be helpful to look up Westcott and Hort.

And Gail Riplinger’s work.

Quite interesting.

[AnonymousConservative]

This is a slightly older post, but I just saw this comment. Are you saying if you had made it Scott Peck earlier, he might not have died, and his death was associated with the work he did?

And may I ask what specifically you mean by stung?

[Elsie]

Physical phenomena during visions[edit]

J. N. Loughborough, who had seen White in vision 50 times since 1852, and her husband, James White, listed several physical characteristics that marked the visions:

1. "In passing into vision, she gives three enrapturing shouts of "Glory!" which echo and re-echo, the second, and especially the third, fainter but more thrilling than the first, the voice resembling that of one quite a distance from you, and just going out of hearing."^[21]
2. For a few moments she would swoon, having no strength. Then she would be instantly filled with superhuman strength, sometimes rising to her feet and walking about the room. She frequently moved hands, arms, and head in gestures that were free and graceful. But to whatever position she moved a hand or arm, it could not be hindered nor controlled by even the strongest person. In 1845, she held her parents' 18.5 pound family Bible in her outstretched left hand for half an hour. She weighed 80 pounds at the time.^[22]
3. She did not breathe during the entire period of a vision that ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours. Yet, her pulse beat regularly and her countenance remained pleasant as in the natural state.^[21]
4. Her eyes were always open without blinking; her head was raised, looking upward with a pleasant expression as if staring intently at some distant object. Several physicians, at different times, conducted tests to check her lack of breathing and other physical phenomena.^[21]
5. She was utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, and viewed herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings.^[21]
6. When she came out of vision, all seemed total darkness whether in the day time or a well-lighted room at night. She would exclaim with a long-drawn sigh, as she took her first natural breath, "D-a-r-k." She was then limp and strengthless.^[21]

 

 

^{Ellen G White   Seventh Day Adventist founder} 

[Elsie]

why there are so many translations in the first place.

Language is fluid and is constantly changing.

New words come into use and old ones fall out of usage.

It's not the translators fault that there are so many different pieces of parchment out there that are slightly different from each other, each vying for attention.

Do we go with the oldest?

The most examples??

The ones that produce an 'authorized' translation???

[Elsie]

May be helpful to look up Westcott and Hort.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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The New Testament in the Original Greek is a Greek-language version of the New Testament published in 1881. It is also known as the Westcott and Hort text, after its editors Brooke Foss Westcott (1825–1901) and Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892). (Textual scholars use the abbreviation "WH".^[1]) It is a critical text, compiled from some of the oldest New Testament fragments and texts that had been discovered at the time. The two editors worked together for 28 years.

[Elsie]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textus_Receptus