Have you ever been told you had a demon?

[Rachie]

This is an observation I have made which is not worthy of a new thread. It shows about the uniqueness of humankind.
From a biblical standpoint in the New Testament in the King James version the cure for epilepsy/seizure for one boy is prayer and fasting to release the spirit the Bible states Matthew 17:21
"However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

However, just looking in one of my books God's Wild Flowers Saints With Disabilities a Blessed called Amadeus IX of Savoy suffered from epilepsy. This was a holy person of God who lived I would think before medication was used to treat this condition. I am pretty much sure they would have tried fasting. They suffered from epilepsy but clearly of a different than above origin needing resolution. They seemed to co-exist with their conditions. I read no mention of them being healed from this in their lifetime.

 

[Cryptid]

Accounts written by religious people do not usually stand up to rigorous fact-based analysis.

The mere fact that someone said, "God did it" does not mean that it is true.

 

[jsilver256]

The mere fact that someone said, "God did it" does not mean that it is true.

Allow me to present a counter-perspective.

Secular cultures are a recent phenomenon.

Secular cultures are predominantly Western.

Western cultures are predominantly Christian.

The New Testament predicted an era where demon possession would be gone, until the actual end times.

So, in that lens, secularity is a privilege of Christianity because the Holy Spirit makes room for a culture that is not at the mercy of capricious gods and evil spirits.

I am not asserting this is true. I don't know nearly enough about non-Western cultures to make a blanket statement like that. But it is a convenient explanation that does not necessitate that we treat every other non-Western culture in history as an idiot.

Oracle at Delphi

 

[Cryptid]

Accounts written by religious people do not usually stand up to rigorous fact-based analysis.

The mere fact that someone said, "God did it" does not mean that it is true.

Allow me to present a counter-perspective.

Secular cultures are a recent phenomenon.

Secular cultures are predominantly Western.

Western cultures are predominantly Christian.

The New Testament predicted an era where demon possession would be gone, until the actual end times.

So, in that lens, secularity is a privilege of Christianity because the Holy Spirit makes room for a culture that is not at the mercy of capricious gods and evil spirits.

I am not asserting this is true. I don't know nearly enough about non-Western cultures to make a blanket statement like that. But it is a convenient explanation that does not necessitate that we treat every other non-Western culture in history as an idiot.

Oracle at Delphi

Thus proving my point -- note how these 'prophesies' come to us in the present day long after the events they predicted had transpired.

Jeanne Dixon with her "Gift of Prophesy" used to do this too. An event would occur, and then she would announce her prediction of it.

 

[Rachie]

This is an observation I have made which is not worthy of a new thread. It shows about the uniqueness of humankind.
From a biblical standpoint in the New Testament in the King James version the cure for epilepsy/seizure for one boy is prayer and fasting to release the spirit the Bible states Matthew 17:21
"However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

However, just looking in one of my books God's Wild Flowers Saints With Disabilities a Blessed called Amadeus IX of Savoy suffered from epilepsy. This was a holy person of God who lived I would think before medication was used to treat this condition. I am pretty much sure they would have tried fasting. They suffered from epilepsy but clearly of a different than above origin needing resolution. They seemed to co-exist with their conditions. I read no mention of them being healed from this in their lifetime.

When I posted I just had a good hunch that Blessed Amadeus IX of Savoy would have likely tried to fast. I researched this after I posted more properly and indeed it is documented that they did try fasting. They also have had miracles attritubted to them as well I learnt. The end of their life was difficult through illness but they reached inner peace with it spiritually as well. It is strange though how two paths can be so different.
To read more about them you can do so here.
Blessed Amadeus, Duke of Savoy - March 30

 

[Rachie]

I love my mother. She is one of my biggest supporters and won't give up on the idea of a recovery for me from my eating disorder. She has thought in the past as she can be influenced that there was more behind my eating disorder than they see it in the West around spirituality etc.
This is a very old extract from 2013 before I was offically diagnosed with autism or heard about it I think. I just used to diary write to myself, I had noone reading. You can see her style was an attack on my senses just singing like to try and cure my eating distress which wasn't the way.

21 February 2013
Mum and BEN
My mum came round today, she came round pretty much unannounced. She came in and soon enough started to sing and pray. She was singing solidly hymns in my living room for over 20 mins. After a while I was telling her quite loudly to stop. The thing is, when i say stop i think it encourages them like it is working or something. It can get on my nerves and hurt my ears. I wanted to chuck a bucket of water on my mum, but didn't. I told my mum she should go and see her doctor for help. I was a bit busy before as well so it didn't help matters. She is quite talkative to bless her and i just am not a talker and i kept on asking her to stop talking as her voice is quite loud as well. I worry a bit about her. I've asked her to let me at least know the day before that she is coming now.