Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Exorcism as an excuse for child abuse?

When I read stories about parents performing exorcisms on their children, I think it just a religious excuse to torture your kids. Take the case of Sandra Alfred. She handcuffed her son to a wall and starved him while trying to exorcise his demons.

Where do people get such dumb ideas? Religion? The little voice in their heads? The little voice in their heads that they think is God? Bingo!

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Baconsbud 96p · 825 weeks ago

I wouldn't be able to guess why she felt she had to do this. I figure it is a combination of religious upbringing and mental instability. I would like to see if any of these types of actions happen without religious upbringings or attendance in some type of religious service for an extended period.
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Mojoey 107p · 825 weeks ago

There are no stories of Atheist exorcisms that I can find.
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john_poson26 93p · 825 weeks ago

I’ve never really thought about how many Christian suffer from schizophrenia as well as their garden variety delusions. However, I think most must also suffer from milder forms of dementia, as well.

It’s sad, but this type of shit happens more often than anyone would want to believe, it just don’t resolute in arrest, or the death of the child. But sadly this one did. I haven’t had the time to follow up on this one:

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Baby-Killed-...
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Jack 119p · 825 weeks ago

If we're talking about exorcism, the source is obviously religion. Sure, one could argue that it is Hollywood instead, but they didn't dream up the ritual in a vacuum.

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