Do you believe in exorcism or possessed?
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Re: Do you believe in exorcism or possessed?
Hitler was evil and corrupt. I wouldn't even give him the credit of saying possessed. Sometimes, bad people are bad on their own and don't deserve excuses!
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Well said and I agree!James Craft wrote:So here's a question for you all. This has to do with possession but not necessarily Raven's Peak. Do you believe that Hitler was possessed or just evil?
Hitler was evil and corrupt. I wouldn't even give him the credit of saying possessed. Sometimes, bad people are bad on their own and don't deserve excuses!
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I agree with most of what you said. However sometimes bad things happen to good people. I do agree that majority of the time, you can avoid a lot of the evil in the world if you live a good and wholesome life.stoppoppingtheP wrote:I do believe that there are other beings that we may or may not know about. Some of these beings may be evil, and people may be possessed by them. However, this does not in anyway excuse bad or evil behavior. I think that if you are a good person these things won't happen to you.
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To follow up that, what is our concept of "good" based upon?Amagine wrote:I agree with most of what you said. However sometimes bad things happen to good people. I do agree that majority of the time, you can avoid a lot of the evil in the world if you live a good and wholesome life.stoppoppingtheP wrote:I do believe that there are other beings that we may or may not know about. Some of these beings may be evil, and people may be possessed by them. However, this does not in anyway excuse bad or evil behavior. I think that if you are a good person these things won't happen to you.
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Good question. I believe that Hitler was mentally unstable and definitely corrupt. Unfortunately, he was able to corrupt others along the way. If people weren't so easily influenced, then he might not have impacted the world as much as he did. Since I don't believe in possession, I would never excuse his behavior as such.James Craft wrote:So here's a question for you all. This has to do with possession but not necessarily Raven's Peak. Do you believe that Hitler was possessed or just evil?
Hitler was evil and corrupt. I wouldn't even give him the credit of saying possessed. Sometimes, bad people are bad on their own and don't deserve excuses!
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That truly is the question. How we can hold God to our standard of goodness when by definition God is above us. Doesn't he define good and evil?rssllue wrote:To follow up that, what is our concept of "good" based upon?Amagine wrote:I agree with most of what you said. However sometimes bad things happen to good people. I do agree that majority of the time, you can avoid a lot of the evil in the world if you live a good and wholesome life.stoppoppingtheP wrote:I do believe that there are other beings that we may or may not know about. Some of these beings may be evil, and people may be possessed by them. However, this does not in anyway excuse bad or evil behavior. I think that if you are a good person these things won't happen to you.
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Agreed and agreed! If God defines His creation, then who are we to change it or even use that definition without admitting it is He Who defines it in the first place.kandscreeley wrote:That truly is the question. How we can hold God to our standard of goodness when by definition God is above us. Doesn't he define good and evil?rssllue wrote:To follow up that, what is our concept of "good" based upon?Amagine wrote:
I agree with most of what you said. However sometimes bad things happen to good people. I do agree that majority of the time, you can avoid a lot of the evil in the world if you live a good and wholesome life.
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There would be a lot of training that went along with it to actually understand when an exorcism would be needed.karolinka wrote:I believe that people are responsible for themselves. That said, I do also believe that there are evil spirits, and in some rare instances they can/will possess people. If exorcism will work, I don't know, that would have to be case by case basis. It probably has to be done by someone highly skilled.
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Exactly! I have seen enough movies and read enough books that I do not want proof either. I do believe in spirits because I saw some as a child. It was a repetitious replaying of something that happened in a house I lived in when I was in elementary school. I believe in the spirit world and that we move into and, more than likely, back out of it when we are reborn. Do I believe that there could be other dimensions and unseen worlds where evil reigns? I fear so. I do not believe that every person who commits evil is possessed though. I believe that people are born mentally damaged or made that way and that causes most of the evil in the world. Even good people make bad choices from time to time.ananya92 wrote: One thing I'm sure of though, is that if there are evil spirits, then I surely don't want to meet one, even for the sake of proof!
Does exorcism work? If it helps the possessed person to believe so, what does it hurt? If you can have evil possession, shouldn't there be something good that can banish it? Deep and dark questions in this forum! posting.php?mode=quote&f=125&t=42392&p=670945#:shock2: