2007-07-19 07:06:52 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I know about the laws passed in 1999. That is not enough.
2007-07-19 07:07:26 · update #1
One woman mistakingly killed her child with a pillow durring an Exorsism.
2007-07-19 07:21:35 · update #2
i think maybe if the person who's sick ,believes in it, then it could work.
otherwize, it's just some weird torturous thing, like blood-letting used to be.
honestly, the catholic church (not it's congregants,but the uppity ups.. ) .. creeps me out. sorry, but it's true.
Peace,
~Laurie
2007-07-19 07:19:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is an issue of great debate. The catholic church thoroughly investigates a case of exorcism. The person said to be posessed must visit with a professional mental health advocate and seek out aid in that venue first to determine if that is the cause. Also, they look for certain signs of demonic posession: the person knowing things they shouldn't, superhuman strength, supernatural happenings such as levitation and disembodied voices, also an averstion to holy or sacred objects or names. The Discovery channel has a pretty good show about posession and hauntings of actual, documented cases. It is intriguing. Pillow suffocation is something that would NEVER be approved by anyone with common sense, and is certainly is not sanctioned by the church. What a travesty...
2007-07-20 05:51:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend who is a baptist preacher and he has a very different take on being possessed. First, he says Christians are believers in God can not be possessed but oppressed by evil. Then he says Satin is a beautiful Angel who's intelligence is supreme to ours. So why would he jump into someone and have them spitting green stuff and talking mambo jumbo. Satin wants you to believe he doesn't exist so we will take him lightly. So when Satin possesses someone he has them so caught up in earthly things they move far away from God. He might give them a great deal of success just to see if they will forget who got them there. There are a lot of possessed people in this World. But it's nothing like the Exorcist. Most possessed people are pedophiles, rapist, murderers, addicts, thefts, liars, adulterers who have become habitual to the point that they don't recognize when good is attempting to save them from evil deeds. Sometimes take a look at the people around you. Some of them will put you at ease and some will scare the pure hell out of you because they are possessed by some demon. Whether it's greed, lust, envy, vain, sloth, gluttony or wrath. We all can sin and get caught up in things for awhile. but when sin becomes who you are your possessed and need divine help. So exorcism's in the supernatural sense should be banned.
2007-07-19 07:25:34 · answer #3 · answered by Big Sam D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Catholics have been casting out demons ever since Jesus and the Apostles did it.
Modern psychology says that most of the people who had demons cast out of them were probably miraculously cured from schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. But their cures were still miracles.
The Church has guidelines in place to take great care to exhaust psychological options before calling in an exorcist.
The Catholic Church believes that real demonic possessions are rare but possible, so they keep a few exorcists around just in case.
With love in Christ.
2007-07-19 17:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That list was deleted by Pope Paul VI in 1966. There is no index of banned books in the Catholic Church anymore.
2016-05-17 11:24:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it should not be banned. First, you specified the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church keeps tight reigns on WHO is allowed to do it, and investigates each case. There are very few Catholic Church sanctioned exorcisms going on. Yes, it would be cruel to use exorcism on someone who is mentally ill (I don't think holy water and prayers hurt TOO bad, but being restrained, should the individual get violent, well, they might not appreciate that). I don't think pillow suffocation are a rite that is often used anymore, either.
Now, what we DO have going on are people who decide to do a DIY (do it yourself) exorcism, folks who bring in someone who's on the fringe of Catholicism who is willing to do it, or, in some cases, I'm sure it goes on, where someone in 3rd world territory performs some kind of semi Catholic/semi voodoo/occultish mix hodge podge exorcism in an unathorized manner. They may mix in tinges of Catholic exorcism as well as the remnants of what ever belief system were present before they 'converted' (not totally converted).
But to get a honest to goodness Church sanctioned exorcism going, with an official exorcist, you have to have some SERIOUS stuff going on. Input is usually sought from mental health professionals too.
2007-07-19 07:52:48 · answer #6 · answered by Thomas D 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Should treatment of the demon-possessed be lawful by mere doctors? All they seem to do is load up a person with Thorazine until they drool and shuffle.
2007-07-19 09:36:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tom Cruise would say ban Psychology.
2007-07-19 07:17:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
geez now I have the heebie jeebies i DIDNT EVEN KNOW they did this I thought it was only in the movies.. I wont sleep tonight
2007-07-19 07:34:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it shoulnd't be banned, what happens when the devil gets into your body if they bann it
2007-07-19 07:14:42 · answer #10 · answered by ab 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋