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Date: 2005-09-09 21:27:23

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"How do you know so much about exorcisms and evil? Anyways about thatgirl who went to the sleep over...how did you know if she was really possessed.She could have just been acting. And if you heard rumors don't believe it because even though evil is real you would have to know all the signs and not what movies put in to make it scary. Sometimes demonic possesion is mistaken for mental illnesses like schizophenia,hysteria, or others".

I know a little about diabolical possesion.  I know if you play around with the occult or anything dealing with it, you open yourself up to the possibility of being possessed.  As for thatgirl at the sleepover, I don't know if she was possesed or not.  Mental illness is a good possibility.  Drugs or excessive alcohol is a possibility.  I remember being in the dorm one wednesday night and someone a couple of rooms down, who had been drinking quite heavily that night, was pretty much dragged into his room for the night.  It took quite a few people to hold him down.  His voice was a bit creapy that night.  Some of the others were a bit frightened by his actions.  Some thought he was possesed.  No. He just had way too much to drink that night.  Some hear of others freaking out on pcp's or whatever they're called.  The police sometimes have a very difficult time dealing with someone "dusted" up.  They may have bizare behavior and/or extra strength.  Someone might confuse that with being possesed, but that's just drug abuse.  These are the things that have to be ruled out before even thinking of exorcisms.  Now if you know someone who is suddenly speaking fluently in some languege that they could not possibly learn in a moments time and/or they are telling things about you that you have not revealed to anyone and it's usually something discrediting or embarrasing or they're levatating, then this might be a case to look into, especially if you know for sure that person has been dabbling with the occult.  Again, the Church investigates these things before giving any exorcist the go ahead to do an exorcism.  It's true that a writer will take a literary license and embellish a script to help tell a story.  In the movies, that happens quite often.  Some of these movies are based on fact.  Aparently, The Exorcism of Emily Rose was based on a case that took place in Germany in the late '60's through the mid '70's.  The movie The Exorcist was based on a well documented case of a demonic possesion of a young boy in the Georgetown area of Washington D.C. in the late 1940's.  This I do know. Lucifer a.k.a. Satan, hates us.  He hates life.  He hates all humans.  He love to see us destroyed.  He will do what he can to destroy us.  He hates all of mankind.  One of his best weapons against us is not possesing someone.  One of his best weapons against us is to have us believe he doesn't exist.  There is so much more about the subjects of demonic possesion and mental illness that one probably needs to either major in one of the subject or take classes in the other.  Enjoy the movie but remember to always keep God in the center of your life.