We also swore by exorcisms and beating children half toe death to "teach them a lesson." In fact, in MANY parts of the world today the preferred treatment for t

We also swore by exorcisms and beating children half toe death to "teach them a lesson." In fact, in MANY parts of the world today the preferred treatment for things like schizophrenia is exorcism. I argued with someone from a poor country on reddit over this recently. It was depressing and wild to hear someone defending exorcism as a normal thing. Tradition is usually irrational, oppressive, and abusive, especially towards vulnerable groups like sick people, children, women, minorities, LGBTQ peoples, etc.