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He might demonstrate “hidden knowledge” – like how a stranger’s loved ones died
- erric 8y agoThis is a joke right? The author is talking about evil spirits and demonic possession as being legit diagnosis as a board certified psychiatrist. He should lose his license. >Is it possible to be a sophisticated psychiatrist and believe that evil spirits are, however seldom, assailing humans No. No it is most certainly not. >Fundamentalist misdiagnoses and absurd or even dangerous “treatments,” such as beating victims, have sometimes occurred, especially in developing countries. This is perhaps why exorcism has a negative connotation in some quarters. It has negative connotations because it’s make believe and hog wash. >One cannot force these creatures to undergo lab studies or submit to scientific manipulation; they will also hardly allow themselves to be easily recorded by video equipment, as skeptics sometimes demand. If you can’t measure, study and quantify something, it isn’t real.
- gus_massa 8y ago> The subject might also exhibit enormous strength or even the extraordinarily rare phenomenon of levitation. (I have not witnessed a levitation myself, but half a dozen people I work with vow that they’ve seen it in the course of their exorcisms.) Pic or it didn't happen. Anecdotal second hand evidence is extremely unreliable. Put a camera in each exorcism, get a good video of it and make Randi an CD vouch the veracity of the video.