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Old 07-28-2009, 10:38 PM
 
Location: England
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She was mentally ill, for cripes sake. There are no demons, devils, spirits, gods, angels, nor any other sort of supernatural being.
How do you know???????

I have seen possessed people. I have friends who, before they became christians - saw spirits, levitated. These people are not insane. They hold down professional, responsible jobs. You are just closing your eyes to what is around us in the spirit realm.
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Old 07-28-2009, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC.
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How do you know???????

I have seen possessed people. I have friends who, before they became christians - saw spirits, levitated. These people are not insane. They hold down professional, responsible jobs. You are just closing your eyes to what is around us in the spirit realm.
Yeah right....Levitation is real....Here is how the experts do it...But there are no possessed people, or spirits. If there were there would be more evdence than a bunch of photoshopped pictures.


YouTube - secret of levitation in india
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Old 07-28-2009, 11:08 PM
 
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Well in a roundabout way that's exactly what I said, they have to believe in it in order for it to happen.....but in order for you to believe in it you would have to believe in levitation and if you didn't believe in it you wouldn't be asking the question...do you believe levitation is possible?
Not supernatural levitation, or levitation simply by power of the mind, no.

However there are certain documented scientific experiments that levitated objects by means of magnetic fields and such, but they're obviously not supernatural levitation.
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Old 07-29-2009, 06:58 AM
 
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How do you know???????

I have seen possessed people. I have friends who, before they became christians - saw spirits, levitated. These people are not insane.

I would respectfully disagree with that.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Eastern time zone
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I can't see the vid as I am at work, but I have seen some of these "possession" vids on YouTube before. I can imagine that there are some Linda Blair-like goings on in it, right? Now, I don't believe in demons or possession, but suppose for a moment that they do exist. I would have to think that demons and the devil would be a little more subtle in their evil than the Exorcist type of histrionics we see in vids of "possession" cases. I mean if these demons were to carry out their evil in an effective way (so that no-exorcist could drive them out as they are supposedly powerless against god), wouldn't they be more apt to be quiet about it so they could stay put and carry out their infernal plans?
Well, yeah, exactly. That's how we explain the Bush family.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:32 AM
 
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Let's do this. How many victims of black magic have you come in contact with in real life?

How many black magic practitioners have you met?

Please step outside of the tv and google, get real
That's sort of like asking how many little green men from Alpha Centauri, or how many rabid two-headed purple crested chicken-boys someone's come across this week.

You can come across people who believe they are those things, but that doesn't make them so. Shoot, if that's all it took, we had Captain Kirk, Batboy and three separate Jesuses on the ward a couple of years ago. (I guess that would make them the Trinity.)
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:34 AM
 
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One (black magic practitioner) that I know of, and I actually challenged her to put a curse or spell on me to prove her "powers". Guess what? It didn't work. Why? BECAUSE IT'S NOT REAL.
Well, unless the curse was to be locked in debate over a dopey video.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:36 AM
 
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No offense to anyone, but reading this thread reminded me of watching Monty Python skits. Absolutely hilarious, thanks for the laugh
What is the air speed of an unladen demon, anyway?
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:38 AM
 
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Well yeah, if ya eat enough of those Peyote pods (pull out the cotton first) you can see all sorts of stuff that really isn't there. Then.....there are people who believe there are these things, and they don't even do Peyote, some might say they are delusional.
When does religion end and delusion begin? Generally, your response to that depends on if you're religious.
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Old 07-29-2009, 07:42 AM
 
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How do you know???????

I have seen possessed people. I have friends who, before they became christians - saw spirits, levitated. These people are not insane. They hold down professional, responsible jobs. You are just closing your eyes to what is around us in the spirit realm.
Jenna, honey, crazy people are often capable of holding down jobs. Otherwise, all psych facilities would be charity wards.

More to the point, though, I'm amazed by how many BACs claim to've levitated, chatted up evil spirits, and dabbled in "dark arts" before they came to Jesus-- yet most actual practicing Pagans and witches can't even manage a good Quidditch game. Confabulation, apparently, is also a gift of the Holy Spirit.
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