"Casting Out"

I find it really dispicable, these people. We see these sorts of weirdos on Current Affairs shows all the time. The 'preacher' person get someone out of the audience, convieniently they are in a wheelchair. There is this huge sob story about how they become paralysed many years ago, and everyone in the audience cries. The 'paralysed' person then sits in front of the 'preacher' who says a lot of weird shit, and then pushes two fingers against the 'paralysed' persons head. How incredible when the 'paralysed' person gets out of their wheelchair and walks around. OMG the demon has been cast out of that persons body. Gimme a ****ing break.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Actually the movie The Exorcist was quite accurate.

By the law of the Catholic Church there are 4 traits that a person must exhibit in order for an Exorcism to occur:

1. Exhibition of super-human strength

2. Speaking an arcane language that they would never know.

3. Having intimate knowledge of things they wouldn't know

4. Having an inhuman voice

And a priest most go to the big boys in the Vatican to get permission to do it. So its not a frivolous activity.

Since those televangelists are not Catholic they are not bound by any rigid rules, and any old Joe off the street who calls himself a preacher can perform an ancient practice of which he has no knowledge and the person exhibits no symptoms of possesion and has no evidence whatsoever.

As a Roman Catholic I find it absolutely ludicrous.

You can go by any laws you please to. It makes no difference to me. I go by what the Bible says. Not by some ancient laws that say you cant simply use the name of Jesus to rebuke a devil but you need to use some ancient practice when in reality the demon has no power compared to what you have in Jesus name. You dont need to go through some elborate process that in the end only glorify Satans power when you have something much greater on your side. This exorcism fad is the real ludicrous.

Besides, who's mentioning those televangelist? I never even watch them. I dont even agree with 90% of them.

Originally posted by Makedde
I find it really dispicable, these people. We see these sorts of weirdos on Current Affairs shows all the time. The 'preacher' person get someone out of the audience, convieniently they are in a wheelchair. There is this huge sob story about how they become paralysed many years ago, and everyone in the audience cries. The 'paralysed' person then sits in front of the 'preacher' who says a lot of weird shit, and then pushes two fingers against the 'paralysed' persons head. How incredible when the 'paralysed' person gets out of their wheelchair and walks around. OMG the demon has been cast out of that persons body. Gimme a ****ing break.

Ya'll need to stop watching televangelist. Go to a real service and see how its done.

Im not saying thats never happened before but if you just sit at home watching healing services or prophecy services and what not then your mind is always going to be filled with doubt or spite.