Originally posted by AngryManatee
A good analysis. If I remember correctly, The Exorcism of Emily Rose was also based on actual events, but the girl was in fact having seizures, not teh demon possessionz.
Never seen it. Demons can cause a number of physiological effects in the body as well. There are accounts in the body of a person who was demon possessed who happen to have seizures, others who happen to foam at the mouth, etc. Some or all of these effects are associated with demon possession. But just because a person exhibits these behaviors that does not automatically mean that they are demon possessed, other examinations must be made to determine whether someone is just sick, ill, schizophrenic, suffering from MPD, or some other health-related issue. But what I am trying to convey is that demons can be the agents of many health-related issues or they may not be. Some physiological things are demon-related and some are not. It is an issue that must be looked objectively and case-by-case. But here are some signs of demon possession:
Some phenomena associated with the presence of a demon include but are not limited to:
• extraordinary strength (which is inconsistent with the age and development of the person),
• manifesting a voice or voices that are completely foreign to the person (i.e. not their own, but separate and distinct entirely),
• strong aversion for anything that pertains to God (this is not ordinary atheism, but intense hatred for God or anything holy, and sacred that pertains to Him),
• an acrid, horrible, body odor, stench or smell of sulphur (which is associated with Hell based on the Bible and the testimony of people who have been there)
• knowledge of languages never before studied, sometimes never even heard; the ability to speak languages never before studied;
• "superhuman" abilities such as psychic abilities such as knowing facts about other individuals that he/she has never met.
• wounds appearing upon the victim that have not been inflicted by the self or another concrete source,
• behaviors out of the realm of human possibility such as levitation; (the possessed rises and floats off the ground, chair, or bed; there is no physically traceable support);
• cessation of normal bodily functions for periods of time, including breathing and heart beat; In addition, the accompanying situations related to the area around possessed individuals do not seem to be explainable in terms of the brain or any aspect of biology; science cannot yet explain the distinct, marked decrease in the temperature of the room the possessed individual occupies
• writing appearing out of nowhere even on the possessed individual’s body;
• sounds and voices arising from nowhere or from an unseen force;
• objects moving on their own and destruction of objects in the room, without anyone having laid a hand upon them
• "possessed gravity" (the possessed person becomes
physically immovable, or those around the possessed are
weighted down with a suffocating pressure)
• violent smashing of furniture, constant opening and
slamming of doors, tearing of fabric in the vicinity of
the possessed, without a hand laid on them; and so on.