Post by Swampy on Oct 30, 2013 11:46:59 GMT -5
Horror and film buffs will know that the 1973 movie, "The Exorcist" was based on an incident in 1949 involving a boy, "Robbie". As the story goes, the boy was possessed by evil spirits, and, over several months, the Catholic priests worked to free him of those spirits.
A panel was convened to discuss the incident, and it came down to faith - skeptics say the boy was either delusional and/or trying to get attention; believers say he was really possessed. I'm a believer, but I don't just believe on faith, because there were many incidents that show something was happening that could not have been due to a child's fantasies or acting up. For example, he could speak Latin, for another, the words "Hell" was written in blood on his belly when his hands were tied. And, after that, there were a lot of "ghostly" sightings or noises that occurred in the hospital where he spent time.
The only way to discount this is to say EVERYONE was either delusional or lying, and that's hard to accept.
A panel was convened to discuss the incident, and it came down to faith - skeptics say the boy was either delusional and/or trying to get attention; believers say he was really possessed. I'm a believer, but I don't just believe on faith, because there were many incidents that show something was happening that could not have been due to a child's fantasies or acting up. For example, he could speak Latin, for another, the words "Hell" was written in blood on his belly when his hands were tied. And, after that, there were a lot of "ghostly" sightings or noises that occurred in the hospital where he spent time.
The only way to discount this is to say EVERYONE was either delusional or lying, and that's hard to accept.
