Comments on: The Stories Behind Four Exorcisms

By: Peter Henson

Peter Henson — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:56:35 +0000

Jesus is indeed God. No power can overcome the power of Christ.

If you’re interested to lean more about evil and demonic possession, watch a real video on an exorcism http://bit.ly/cwG3fP . Listen also to prominent theologian and exorcist Fr. Malachi Martin on The Nature Of Evil, Exorcism & Possession http://bit.ly/bZqbrb .Additionally you can also watch this documentary http://alturl.com/ctzmm showing a real exorcism in the Philippines.

Fr. Gabriele Amorth, Rome’s chief exorcist’s book is also worth a read. This milestone book is a great resource on demonology and diabolic possession. Read here http://alturl.com/hj58k about how one can get possessed and how to protect yourself and your family against witchcraft, spells, demonic influences etc.

By: DMGD

DMGD — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:41:42 +0000

If any of you have any doubt about God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Devil, READ THE WORD OF GOD, THE BIBLE. That is the ONLY truth. All you have to do is look around you. Who holds the stars in the sky? Who keeps the sea in place surrounded by a few grains of sand? Who created a human body with so many complexities and is able to heal itself? Ever witness the birth of a child…how can something so miraculous be chance?

God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise! READ THE BIBLE for your answers.

By: frankie

frankie — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:43:07 +0000

i’m talking to the guy who said his dad worked on the exorcist…and robbie doe was an consanlant…well buddy your telling big lies for attention.

By: John Theldon

John Theldon — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:46:31 +0000

Believing in God means believing in the existence of the devil. Spanish exorcist Fr. Jose Antonio Fortea Cucurull stated in an interview recently that though Satan does indeed exist, he does not have “horns, wings or a tail.” Watch this ABC News' 20/20 documentary showing a real exorcism.

By: brad

brad — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:03:25 +0000

I read every comment on this site and agree with most and strongly disagree with few. Yes God and Jesus are the true source of love, power, safety and divinity and righteousness. The devil/satan/demons/malice beings temp us ALL with false love, power, safety with drugs, deals, sin and more evil temptations. And if you believe in God and the FACT that Jesus is his son, and the FACT that he existed and still is present with us; then you must acknowledge that Satan and the fallen angels do exist too. It is said that God had casted him and his followers out of the Kingdom of Heaven. So to say “if you don’t believe in the evil entities and only believe in God then the evil has no room or reason to exist” is ignorant. There is proof in ALL cultures that good and evil both exist. We live in a world that has always shown this in all different forms possible!
Towards the subject of “multiple religions” that we know of today are all personal views added what was taught passed down. in a sense diluted. Jesus had split the church in half when he was sent to Heaven on the cross as he said he would because he wanted ALL to have direct access to God; his father, our savior and Alpha Omega; and not have to be told that “we must seek God threw another because that is the only way to receive him” because that is bs! We don’t need a church to receive God and Jesus. They are everything and everywhere all the time s long as we accept them with in ourselves and lives completely. The church is just a place for all those who believe and have faith to gather and pray and raise together in love, happiness and righteousness, and also a place to spread the word for those who seek God. We don’t need to praise “idols” of any form. It was set in stone to not do such on the commandments. I was born into a Catholic family, but born again a Christian. But i don’t need a moniker of a religion to say what i believe in, just know that i KNOW that Jesus is God’s son, and they are my father, Messiah, and safe haven. My soul doesn’t belong to me, it has always and will always belong to them, our lord and savior. Im no saint, i have sinned, and i have and will continue to repent. I hope and pray that those who don’t believe, will change their minds quickly, and those who praise the devil change their ways and repent because to deny God and his love is foolish and beyond dangerous. May God be with you ALL and ALWAYS with you. And may those who have yet to have ask and receive God and Jesus in your life reach out ask for their love and grace and be righteous.

By: james durham

james durham — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:47:44 +0000

hello I have one thing to say about all this medioca bullshit, if you belive in evil then you belive in the devil i choose not to belive in this so there is no summoning for it you all should not follow this kinda stuff as if we dont belive in it, it wont have a reason to exisst if it is “real” then you all are inviting it in !!!! my family are pagen’s i’m not because i dont belive in it.

By: taylor layton

taylor layton — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:08:08 +0000

hello all of you my name is taylor and i am 23 years old and i am from new york city but i am now currently living in greenville,south carolina my religious faith is catholic so yeah i know alot about the alleged exorcism’s exspecially the one of emily rose and now that was a horrible case i don’t think they ever held her.anyway god is the holy greater and he is the omega and the alpha and he can heel anyone and everyone he’s held people for centuries and he will continue to heel people.i believe in god and i worship him and him only no one else i am not a devil worshiper of anykind exorcist or exorcism are real but alot of people don’t believe in it but i don’t know why i mean they should if they believe in god

By: madison

madison — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:58:02 +0000

okay we all get it there are good vs evil. but think about it how do we all know were worshiping the right person. every person we knew taught us about god, but really? how do we know he is the right person we should all be worshiping

By: mani

mani — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:18:03 +0000

yeah people can be ignorant. i believe jesus christ is my lord and savior and that he will protect me, maybe not my body but definitely my spirit. if your not a believer i hope you(the reader) give him a chance. at least try to open up to God and ask him to show you the truth. by the truth i mean are you(God) real like many say. when you say this say it with your heart and not your tongue or youll get nothing out of it. if you expect nothing to happen then nothing will happen. but if you do with your heart then try finding people or a church. your not alone in this, and please do not ignore these facts.

By: (------)

(------) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:19:06 +0000

it is so ignorant to even assume we are alone in this universe… there is a lot of f’ed up things ive experienced personally and I can tell all you non-believers that there is some shit out there that has no scientific explanation. Im not so religious myself to say that a dude with a white beard is watching my every move from this nice puffy cloud…but… I will say that we where created by a greater being… hated or love it… what created science itself?… that greater being… those “demons” & “angels” are real… we might be able to explain to a certain degree why these people are that way..but some things are just impossible to decipher.

Im not preaching.. I just want to share the fact that I have seen and studied these sort of cases… life is such a mystery. its wonderful yet terrifying at the same time. believe it.

sorry for my english… im from italy.

By: Shaneequa

Shaneequa — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:10:47 +0000

Directly descended from Peter? Sure, the authority was passed down for generations but that’s the kind of thinking that gets catholics mocked like a nerd in highschool.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:06:13 +0000

Fake. There are no good or evil entities. There’s no God or Satan. So walk along now.

By: Chantele

Chantele — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:30:31 +0000

Satan is here. The Pope is the most holy person we have here on Earth, as he has directly descended from Peter. I think most protestants will agree that the Pope is a devout Christian. The Catholics are constantly being persecuted. What do we expect? It is written in the Bible, the Holy Word of Truth. Satan is here and I have seen him. He is evil and tricky. God Doubly Bless those of you who do not believe he is here.

By: AMDG

AMDG — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:05:08 +0000

In Response to Kevin, The Church was initiated by Jesus to Peter Matt 16:18. In Matt 16:19 Jesus authorises Peter in giving him the keys of the Kingdom, and states that whatever Peter binds on earth will be bound in Heaven & whatever he loosed(allows) on earth will be allowed in Heaven. This authority of the Petrine ministry was unchallenged or if challenged refuted by the Church, Until Martin Luther (Ex-Augustinian Monk) in 1517. You could argue that as an ex member of the Church Martin Luther was the catalyst for the collapse of the Church. From here, in the last 500 years there are 30000 denominations of Christians, getting further & further from the Church initiated by Jesus to Peter. Whilst Luke 9:49-50 affirms exorcisms being carried out by those outside the Church, it does not diminish the Authority of the Church to bind or loose. Having established the Church Jesus prays to the Father and asks that they may be one as the Father and Jesus are one, so that the world may believe that you have sent me! When the Lord returns (Maranatha) he will be looking for those who have accepted his teachings and lived them. To deny the Church established by Jesus will be a tough question to answer and with the work of Scott Hahn & associates (100;s if not 1000;s of ex evangelicals) a question which can easily be researched? Scotthahn.com May God bless you and yours at Christmas.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:09:17 +0000

BTW I am also not surprised the Pope could run the demons out of that girl. In the bible some so called Christians tried to as well. These demons mocked them.

They seem to know who is full of the spirit, and who is a fake Christian.

Only the latter can remove them. And it usually doesn’t take WEEKS to do. One simple command of them leaving in the name of Jesus works.

If the person saying it is of the spirit. That is how it was in the Bible, and that is how I’ve seen it.

These priests that have taken WEEKS to get demons out, may have just taken that long to get their faith in check.

IMHO of course. And the Catholics don’t have a monopoly on exorcisms. MANY MANY Christians have done them and practice them today.

I don’t however think permission from the Pope is needed.

Jesus gave us this power and ability himself to use. He never mentioned having to ask a Pope before.

The Bible also said that the Church would collapse from within too as time went on.

Worshipping false idols is one of the ten commandments.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:03:22 +0000

I meant “Not watch the movie” Read the book. It’s nothing like the movie.

And it’s NOT religious.

Keen came to the conclusion that ghosts/ufos, paranormal happenstances and the supernatural all seem to be coming from the same source, or sources.

He called them “Cosmic Pranksters” but said he wasn’t going into what HIS opinion as to what they were. But said they were very interested in making people believe that a new usher of secular humanism will wash away the old way and views that have kept our people back for so many years. That there would eventually have to be a cleansing out of these people that cling to old outdated ideals that seem to be keeping the human race back.

Though any mention of Jesus, or if he was the son of God caused them to

1. Not directly answer the question and say “Jesus was a prophet of ours”

if you again ask them “but was he the son of God”

they would often get violent and or turn into different beings than they were before. As if their cover was blown. And would soon disappear.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:57:35 +0000

Yes demons exist.

Read the Mothman Prophesies. (Not the book) to find out what all these “shenanigans” are about.

And yes, people have been possessed by good and BAD spirits for centuries.

I’ve seen people possessed by the holy spirit. It wasn’t a scary thing at all.

By: doe

doe — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:57 +0000

There is nothing more terrifying than to witness a demon posessed person.

Because of this, I cannot sleep without a sleeping aid and even then I only fall asleep until my body cannot stay up any longer.

The person who wrote about the hospital floor having to close down because of the strange occuring stuff that happens is exactly what happened to the house we lived in.

to protect my family I can only say that this is real and that my lie will forever never be normal because the fact that i know something like this exists.

To all of you pray and ask God to be in your life and protect you because if you God forbid ever have to go through anything that we did, it will change your life forever! Youll never be able to stand to be alone.

I have atleast 5 to even 10 lamps in every room to protect me from darkness. If one lamp goes out the others keep the darkness away. I learned to live this way through experiencing a light bulb diing and I was left alone in the dark and could not reach or go to another room and I was left there screaming and horrified that the devil was trying to get me.

Protect yourselves. May God be with you all..

By: babygirl

babygirl — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:08:51 +0000

Actually, “The exorcist” was based off the Alexian Brothers hospital

By: B. Smith

B. Smith — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:46:31 +0000

Demon possession is real and much more common place than we are lead to believe. While those episodes of possession which are most commonly documented here in America are usually related to Catholics, there is an alternative. For a better “non-invasive” approach check out the research on the topic at http://www.theexorcistpro.blogspot.com. Blessings!

By: Pendwyr

Pendwyr — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:14:56 +0000

I’m from St Louis, and the fact that the Exorcist story is based on a boy who was treated at the Election Bros. Hospital (since torn down) is a source of rather morbid pride in this town. Supposedly the floor on which he stayed could never be repainted, since the paint would mysteriously fall off the walls overnight. Patients on the floor reported nightmares and whatnot until finally the floor was closed off, and never used again. However, this is pure hearsay, and considering my source (dad’s family) most likely complete bullsh**. But it makes for good and creepy campfire stories.

By: vertol

vertol — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:44:59 +0000

To Believer,

Even more powerful than God are the human facilities of logic and reason (see Stone Problem as well as the contradiction inherent in being omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent).

By: Believer

Believer — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:54:04 +0000

To Anon,

Yes, demons are very powerful. But they are no match for God. It appears you are knowledgeable of how that world works. If so, then you are aware that there is nothing that they can do to overcome the power of God and Jesus. I’m no Bible thumper, but I do know God’s power is infinitely greater than demons’. You know it, I know it, and certainly they know it.

Oh! Another thing, those “former gods” that you refer to as the ones that are actually being exorcised, they too are demons. They are also part of the fallen angels that we were told about millenia ago. Don’t be fooled. They too are no match for God’s power.

By: Padraig

Padraig — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:10:59 +0000

When all else fails, there is still hope: John Constantine, Hellblazer.

By: TyrannicalDuck

TyrannicalDuck — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:30:17 +0000

Actually, exorcism isn’t even restricted to Christianity. In Islam, possession is attributed to jinn, not demons. My wife personally witnessed an Islamic exorcism: a young lady of about 18 was apparently possessed, and brought before a muslim cleric. He summoned another young girl (probably around 13 or 14 years old), and said that he was going to work through her to exorcise the possessed girl (don’t ask…I don’t know). He then proceeded to talk to some other jinn through the younger girl, and told the jinn to “burn” the possessing jinn, in effect killing it. The younger girl, who only spoke Portuguese, spoke in fluent Urdu in a man’s voice the entire time. My wife says that the screams from the older, possessed girl were horrifying in the least, and she still has nightmares about it.

By: Lea

Lea — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:03:29 +0000

I read a book called “Possessed” about the possession and exorcism of Robbie Doe. I forget who it’s by, but it was a really good book, and a lot more believable than the Exorcist (the movie, the book was really good).
And from what I have read, I believe today, when a Catholic priest performs an exorcism, it must be okayed by the Vatican, performed by a trained Exorcist, and attended by a medical doctor and psychologist/psychiatrist.
@Leah: I think that’s really neat you can add some personal familial insight into the movie. Also, everyone tries to spell my name like yours.
@Ty: Robbie Doe is the second one on the list!

By: leah

leah — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:21:37 +0000

My dad worked as a sound man on the movie “The Exorcist” when it filmed in the Washington DC area.

He said that “Robbie Doe” consulted on the film and was on set every day. (Everyone associated with the film agreed not to disclose Robbie’s real name.) Dad said he seemed nice, but weird. They also had exorcists and higher ups from the Catholic Church and Catholic Univeristy (where some of the movie was filmed.) They were an unpleasant bunch and only one of them would talk to Robbie.

Dad said that a lot of weird stuff happened on set, and not a day went by without someone getting hurt. Lots of people worked a day, then quit. Dad was on strike from his regular job at the time and was willing to risk his safety in order to feed the family.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:34:36 +0000

Demonolatry is powerful, read the Goetia and use the sigils inside to contact the demons.

Demons are powerful. The Church is only expelling angels who still work with the so-called god, they aren’t expelling actual demons “fallen angels” (actually former gods which the church called demons).

By: Adam Stanhope

Adam Stanhope — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:16:47 +0000

I’m an IMDB addict as well. If I see a movie that I’m even marginally interested I love to go to IMDB and see where it was filmed, who was in it, what songs were on the soundtrack, etc. The “filming locations” aspect of every listing is like a little gift from the cinema gods.

By: Alex Fear

Alex Fear — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:24:08 +0000

Exorcism is not strictly limited to Catholicism and in answer to Ty above, why not do some research into an apostle by the name of Smith Wigglesworth.

Wigglesworths most famous exorcism was the exorcism of a public executioner by the name of James Berry. It was successful and Berry went on to become an evangelist.

Wigglesworth also had a unique technique when it came to healing people, I’ll let you find that out for yourselves but it’s surely worth a feature of its own on Neatorama?

By: Ty

Ty — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:52:21 +0000

Are there any famous examples of exorcisms on males?

By: Christophe

Christophe — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:29:11 +0000

I want to believe.
Hey, how about teaming with a medical/scientific team with videos for the next exorcism?

@Terry : lol

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 05:07:58 +0000

Joke
What happens if you don’t pay the exorcist?

You get repossessed. Ha Ha!

By: NiteWhite

NiteWhite — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:30:32 +0000

I would love to undergo an exorcism from the current Pope. He wouldn’t stand a chance against my inner demon but I’d take an easy on him just for wearing a dress.

By: emptyminded

emptyminded — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:21:48 +0000

Just playing devil’s advocate, maybe he was counting the number of demons, not the number of people possessed. So if one person was possessed by 10 demons, this would skew the math.

By: steve

steve — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:43:20 +0000

Just thought I’d point out that if you were to perform 50 000 exorcisms it would take you 27 years and a couple of months doing 5 a day every day except February 29th. Colour me skeptical.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 03:19:14 +0000

I really can’t resist pointing out that, while no one is known to have died from demonic possession, there are many cases of subjects who deaths were caused by exorcism.

By: Monyet Miskin

Monyet Miskin — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:47:55 +0000

For a secular view on the matter of evil and an eye witness report on the experience of an exorcism from a non-religious, qualified psychiatrist, read M. Scott Peck’s ‘Children of the Lie’. Probably out of print now.