Comments on: Exorcisms — unbelievable ignorance http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance A Blog of Atheist Thought Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:59:40 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: atheistmike http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63021 atheistmike Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63021 Damn xians. The really scary ones are the ones who truly believe, and act on that belief. Damn xians. The really scary ones are the ones who truly believe, and act on that belief.

]]> By: RayCeeYa http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63023 RayCeeYa Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63023 And people think Dawkin's is crazy for claiming religion is a form of child abuse.<br /> <br /> And people think Dawkin’s is crazy for claiming religion is a form of child abuse.

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63026 what Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63026 "Do you believe exorcisms can expel demons from people?"<br /> <br /> Beneficial placebo effect is reported approximately 30% of the time in any "treatment". “Do you believe exorcisms can expel demons from people?”

Beneficial placebo effect is reported approximately 30% of the time in any “treatment”.

]]> By: billh http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63029 billh Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63029 I just love idiotic polls like this.<br /> "Do you believe exorcisms can expel demons from people?"<br /> Gives you no option to say ?I don?t believe in demons?. <br /> <br /> It just assumes you believe in demons.<br /> I just love idiotic polls like this.
“Do you believe exorcisms can expel demons from people?”
Gives you no option to say ?I don?t believe in demons?.

It just assumes you believe in demons.

]]> By: rdmiller3 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63030 rdmiller3 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63030 Anyone choking a 3-year-old girl <em>needs</em> to get taser'd.<br /> <br /> What do you suppose happens when these exorcisms turn into homicides? Do they blame the "demons"? Anyone choking a 3-year-old girl needs to get taser’d.

What do you suppose happens when these exorcisms turn into homicides? Do they blame the “demons”?

]]> By: rdmiller3 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63031 rdmiller3 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63031 Y'know this is such a great example of the "benefits of religion" that stuff like this should go into the next (inevitable) book against religion. Maybe they'll call it, "Religion is NOT a good influence".<br /> <br /> There's no mistaking it here. The only thing prompting this grandfather to choke his own toddling granddaughter, in the presence of his daughter the girls own mother, was <strong>religion.</strong> Y’know this is such a great example of the “benefits of religion” that stuff like this should go into the next (inevitable) book against religion. Maybe they’ll call it, “Religion is NOT a good influence”.

There’s no mistaking it here. The only thing prompting this grandfather to choke his own toddling granddaughter, in the presence of his daughter the girls own mother, was religion.

]]> By: rdmiller3 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63032 rdmiller3 Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63032 Ah, ...but who called the police, I wonder?<br /> <br /> There's someone sane. Ah, …but who called the police, I wonder?

There’s someone sane.

]]> By: septos http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63033 septos Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63033 Once a Jehovah's witness told me drugs are a form of Demonic Possesion. I'm not totally sure what he meant and didn't want to hear any more. need.....coffee.....now Once a Jehovah’s witness told me drugs are a form of Demonic Possesion. I’m not totally sure what he meant and didn’t want to hear any more. need…..coffee…..now

]]> By: Apple_Christmas http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63034 Apple_Christmas Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63034 I hope the little girl is okay. If these people called for an exorcism, then she probably was acting strangely. I hope she got some real medical attention if there was really something wrong with her. I hope the little girl is okay. If these people called for an exorcism, then she probably was acting strangely. I hope she got some real medical attention if there was really something wrong with her.

]]> By: septos http://atheists.org/blog/2007/07/30/exorcisms_unbelievable_ignorance/comment-page-1#comment-63035 septos Unknown, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-63035 There was no phone listed at that address. I wonder how long this has been going on before someone called.<br /> Domestic disputes are hard work for a cop. Whats the correct procedure for stopping a harmfull exorcism? There was no phone listed at that address. I wonder how long this has been going on before someone called.
Domestic disputes are hard work for a cop. Whats the correct procedure for stopping a harmfull exorcism?

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