Where demons (spirits) are worshiped,
as in Southeast Asia, demon possession is common. As our own society becomes
more pagan we can expect to see its frequency increase.
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True. People in this country have been worshiping imaginary, invisible, undocumented spirits for years. Some of them are really scary, too. With nails through their hands and bleeding from their head from thorns *shudder*. Hopefully rationalism will stop that behavior before it catches on.
"in Southeast Asia, demon possession is common"
No. They may call it that, but that's simply an enduring part of their culture that hasn't died off yet. (A bit like in the States.) What they are really talking about is medically-recognised issues such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, just as the "demons" in the Bible are attributed to. And of course, they do not worship demons in South-East Asia.
Interestingly, if you read the article as a whole, the authors take a fairly moderate position, at least as positions involving demonic possession go - they acknowledge that both physical and mental illness can occur without demonic involvement, they deny that true Christians can be possessed*, they implicitly endorse conventional medical treatment as a first-line response to both physical and mental illness, they deny that anyone can have special "gifts of exorcism"**, and they don't endorse (at least in this article) physical violence in exorcisms. Mind you, they're still crazy, but there are many who are crazier yet (or greedier, as the case may be).
*This is a good thing because "deliverance ministries" targeting people who believe themselves to be both true Christians and possessed are big money makers for pentecostal/charismatic/neo-pente scam artists.
**Again, important because it precludes the "you should give me money to perform this exorcism because I have a special gift" line of con.
Bro, if our society were to become more Pagan we'd have a cleaner environment, more racial harmony and better interfaith relations and misogyny would experience a sharp decline overnight. We need the world to be more Pagan.
To be honest, I don't think it could happen soon or fast enough.
*Sadly, I know this is just more paranoid fundy bullshit but I can dream, can't I?
Where more members of a society believe in gods(or God,) those members attribute more events to gods (or God.) Atheists, however, seem to be immune to demon possession.
"Where demons (spirits) are worshiped,
as in Southeast Asia, demon possession is common."
Oh really?
"As our own society becomes
more pagan we can expect to see its frequency increase."
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Good! =^_^= =3
As our society evolves, uneducated, superstitious people like you will decrease, and so will the so-called incidence of "demon possession" since it only ever happens to the ignorant who are too stupid to realize demons don't exist.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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