The practice of exorcism is an ancient part of the belief system of many cultures and religions for the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person that is believed to be possessed.
Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power.
What is your recommended method for the exorcism you are “thinking” about?
Furthermore – Following along your same line of “thinking” …
Witchcraft Is on the rise as some Americans’ interest in spell- casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets.
Do you have any “thoughts” on handling this – remembering that …
The witch hunts of western Europe in earlier times were actually aimed at ferreting out devil worshipers and heretics. The majority of the accused were hanged, drowned or died of privation and torture in prison, though people were burned alive in some regions.
The rationale for burning was that the Witches souls were purified by this act, so they were actually being done a favor. An added bonus was that the witches couldn’t return and continue to do “evil” since they had been completely consumed by the fire.
The only thing wrong with Stone is that he isn't strict on moderation. Be thankful for him.
Now there is a classic oxymoron. I don’t recall when I have ever seen a more “contradiction in terms.”
Can you explain how you use this ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate such a paradox and show it is either “wrong” or something to “thankful” for?
I'd see heads roll were I in charge.
Base on your posting, one would believe that you would “think an exorcism is in order” rather than use the “guillotine.”
Look at some of these posts. Lousy attitudes and general b*tchiness.
Hmmm …
Let’s see, now.
What was the question you asked me?
Oh, yea …
Why do you hate us, Gatlin?
When I go after “some of these posts” you refer to – you call it “hate.”
I rather enjoy my "euphoric, make believe mental state in la la land detached from the harsher realities" life.
If we desire to evolve, then facing harsh realities can push us to become better versions of ourselves.
“Time is like a river that carries us forward into encounters with reality that require us to make decisions. We can’t stop our movement down this river and we can’t avoid those encounters. We can only approach them in the best possible way.” ― Ray Dalio, Principles: Life and Work
Metaphysics, as commonly practiced, is ultimately a consequence of the tendency of the human mind to add to reality as such that which is not present in reality. This in turn stems from our inability to see the limitless nature of that-which-is for all that it is. Because the world appears mundane we are compelled to supplement it with that which is extramundane. Possibilia, essence, God—these are thought by various metaphysicians to have being in the reality we find ourselves inhabiting, a reality that appears out of proportion to us, a reality whose very existence and existence-as-it-is seems like a lopsided accident in need of explanation. In the final sense we should become content to understand that outside and alongside reality there exists nothing, and reality, being therefore bounded by nothing, is strictly speaking completely unbounded. “Why did reality ultimately end up this way?” is revealed to be a misguided question—being this way is what it is to have being at all.
One of the principal causes of metaphysical thinking might very well be our awareness that we will die. In death we become nothing. But this is unacceptable for many and first-personally unthinkable for all. As a result, where we should grasp the finitude of our lives as meaning that there is nothing for us beyond death (for we are nothing beyond death), we insist on imposing upon the nothingness after death some mirrored elements of reality. But this misses the fact that we can apply the same lesson to our lives that we applied earlier to reality as a whole. Whatever in the last instance I am will be non-existent after my death, and so therefore I will be nothing after my death. This means that to say that my life is limited by death is to say that there is nothing for me beyond life, and that for me my life is not bounded by anything. To not be bounded is to be limitless, and so if my life is not bounded for me by anything then for me my life is limitless.
One might ask in what sense we can claim that for us our lives are limitless when any life is marked constantly by severe privations of every sort. The answer is to say that the limitlessness in question is not the same as an infinite abundance. Rather, to say that for us life is limitless registers the fact that it is incoherent for us to think of a limit to our life as such. Death cannot be for us a limit to our lives, since death for us is nothing (Epicurus here was correct). What we hold objectively of reality—that it is unbounded because beyond it there lies nothing—we hold subjectively for our lives—they are unbounded for us because beyond them there lies nothing for us.
The point we derived earlier about reality must have an analogue also in the case of life. We discovered that to understand that reality is bounded by nothing is to understand that it is misguided to ask why reality ultimately ended up being the way it did, since to have being at all is nothing more than to be part of how things actually did end up being. The concept of a reality in general is collapsed into that of the concrete reality that obtains, and therefore the transcendence that metaphysics sought is redirected—no longer is something beyond or alongside this reality the source and object of speculation, but rather only the fact that this concrete reality itself has the status previously attributed to the transcendent.
The lesson here is converted with respect to life into the point that since beyond my life I am nothing, any quest to find what for me can be transcendent with respect to my life is misguided. I cannot seek something from beyond my life that will be anything for me, whether this be a continuation of me in some fundamentally altered form or some purpose for me generated from outside or alongside reality. What is imperative to see here is that it is a mistake to see this state of affairs as marking a limitation on life. Just as concrete reality itself takes on the character of that which ‘transcends’ reality (a character which the ‘transcendent’ was alone thought to be capable of granting concrete reality), so my life itself takes on the character for me of that which was thought alone capable of granting life this character. If for me life never ends—since for me death is nothing—what use have I for immortality? If what I am is all there is for me to be, what use have I for a purpose to be what I am not? Through metaphysics some think we can correct for what seems to be the accidental nature of life, just as we can correct for its counterpart in reality as a whole. But once we grasp the subjective and objective unboundedness of both of these phenomena, not only do we lose the possibility of the transcendent, but we discover that it was never necessary.
What does this mean for escape? The ultimate escape would be to escape either life or reality— to settle oneself, through act or contemplation, among that which transcends life or reality. But there is nothing transcendent. We can end our life objectively but not for us. Reality cannot be ended. Escape (if it requires an escape-to, or a final state different from that which is escaped) finds its limits along the limits of life and reality.
EXODUS 22:18 KJV "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live."
Since you know that – then you must also know what the Bible says that witchcraft is and how witchcraft works. So, tell us …
And why do you fail to point out that while the Bible very clearly condones and commands capital punishment, there are distinctive verses that are definitely against capital punishment.
Like here …
… when Cain murdered Abel, God sentenced him to wandering as a fugitive rather than to death, and even issued a warning against killing Cain. A similar sentiment is suggested in Proverbs 28:17. We see from 2 Samuel 14:1-11 that kings would grant clemency in extenuating circumstances. In that case, the one who had killed was an only child, and the king allowed him to remain alive under house arrest. We find that the prophets, repeatedly beseech the masses to repent so that God will not destroy them. Additionally, there are numerous verses that condemn revenge, judging, anger and hatred, as well as those that promote peace harmony, forgiveness and acceptance.
Hiers (2004 & 2009) shows that the laws related to capital punishment shifted over time with old laws being abandoned, and new laws taking their place; however, he points out that some later laws seem to mitigate the severity of earlier one's. He further quotes quotes Glen Stassen who argues that even in biblical times, capital punishment was like,
"gradually, if not progressively" being abandoned, pointing out that capital punishment is rarely found in the Prophets and the Writings. Paul Onyango cites Carol Meyers argues that treatment of adulteresses in Ezekiel 16 and 23 is far more progressive than that of other ancient near eastern cultures of the time, due to its avoidance/rejection of capital punishment.
Perhaps the strongest case against capital punishment can be made from John 8, where Jesus seems to say that capital punishment should not be carried out contrary to Mosaic law. In John 8, the Pharisees challenge Jesus by presenting a woman who they say committed adultery. They point out that the law of Moses clearly states that such a woman ought be stoned, and challenge Jesus to give his opinion as to what should be done. Jesus famously states "let he who is without sin throw the first stone." Effectively saying that capital punishment should not be carried out, without directly contradicting the law of Moses.
So, is it that you only believe the Versus you want to believe?
Gatlin: … when Cain murdered Abel, God sentenced him to wandering as a fugitive rather than to death.
Stone: Where was a law calling for the death penalty before Cain killed Abel? There wasn't one yet.
With that said by you – then you can of course cite the name of the book, the chapter number, and the verse number of the “law calling for the death penalty.”
Please do this now …
Ah, WAIT …
The “death penalty” existed.
Want to know why?
Then I will inform you that in the Book of Genesis 2:17) – you will find that God tells Adam:
But of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat of it, for on the day that you eat thereof, you shall surely die.
According to the Talmud, this verse is definitely a death penalty.
Let’s pursue this further – and get you to answer some questions about your understanding of the death penalty:
Does the Bible say murderers, rapists and other criminals should be put to death?
Do the Old Testament laws about capital punishment (the death penalty) apply to Christians?
Does "Thou shalt not kill" in the Ten Commandments mean the death penalty is wrong?
Did Jesus teach that capital punishment is wrong when He showed mercy to the woman caught in adultery?
Do Jesus' teachings against revenge mean capital punishment is wrong?
It will be interesting to learn your responses – if you can make any …
This stuff you posted for me to read...it's all just useless psycho- babble. A monumental waste of time.
Just to be clear: truth and reality are the same thing.
The Roman governor Pilate asked Jesus, "What is truth?"
Pilate, who was standing right in front of the Truth, didn't recognize Truth when he saw Him.
Jesus is God. God is Truth (reality). Apart from God there is no Truth. Everything else is false.
You are no different from Pilate. You do not know, or even desire, the Truth (reality), so you run off looking for false explanations from babblers, pseudo-intellectuals.
Notice how dense Pilate was...
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?
Just to be clear: truth and reality are the same thing.
The Roman governor Pilate asked Jesus, "What is truth?"
Pilate, who was standing right in front of the Truth, didn't recognize Truth when he saw Him.
Jesus is God. God is Truth (reality). Apart from God there is no Truth. Everything else is false.
You are no different from Pilate. You do not know, or even desire, the Truth (reality), so you run off looking for false explanations from babblers, pseudo-intellectuals.
Notice how dense Pilate was...
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth?
I only think of you when I happen here. You are the small pile of cat shit under a light blanket of spider web, sitting atop some dust in a corner of the internet that could have been a force for liberty.
Just another side of the coin of the authoritarian left.
Only diff between you and Communism is the shit that gets you thirsting for blood.
OCD is a rumination with uncontrolled intrusive thoughts – an obsession with a line of thought. Thoughts that are disturbing and might be considered violent.
Since I obviously have such a controlling factor on your thoughts – then why do you let yourself “happen here” and get so emotionally upset?
I took care of her after her suicide attempt when she threw herself down five flights of stairs because she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Her husband brought his new girlfriend when he visited her in rehab.
She read to me at night when I was a child. I read the hobbit in the second grade. No one I knew, at that tike knew wtf a hobbit was.
Ive read every classic book required by every school of higher learning. Period. You think reading Tolstoy gives you cred? Get fucked you complete cunt. Try that, and Troyats work on him, as well as 1/3 of all of Troyats works.
Jeez. I could quote entire pages of Thoreau while doing huge lines of the ass cracks of very expensive hookers in Hanalei bay. Mike Loves coffee table was a place I know well.
I can weld, i can fabricate, i can finish, i can refine, and I have a Class a CDL.
Shit.
I wanna dox myself now. I can bounce a shit stain like Gatilin off the ceiling. At sixty, I can bounce every version of this pile of shit. Ya, my sixty year old version could punk him at any age. Fuck it.
Am doxing myself.
Name is Daryl Geiss.
There is only one of me on the planet. I can most certainly fuck anyones turd back to where it should be.
Gatlin is a coward and a cunt. Hes been a weak fuck his entire life.
My FB profile has been on pause since scamdemic, but, if anyone can still view. You will see a badass motherfucker. Promise.
