Ok . If there is no God , no Satan / devil etc , just what are these people going through ? Faking ? Insane ? Discuss .

Someone is really missing Drake Larrieta...

Probably some sort of mental health issue.

But my dad was an exorcist with the city and though he always stated that this was a mental health (or even epilepsy) issue, he made a mistake one night over on 55th and Kedzie, by St. Gall, which changed his mind--and his life--forever. To make a long story short, just as he was extracting a slew of demons from a young woman, he decided to punctuate the event with his customary theatrical flourish, which, in this case, involved throwing out his hands like a symphony conductor while saying the magic Latin words. Unfortunately, the motion of his hands propelled the demons through the wall, across the street, and into a schoolbus, where they found homes in 21 students. At first, my dad was like, "This is win-win!" But suddenly, he realized that for demons to travel in another person, they had to be real. He was so freaked out that he never exorcised another person. He ended up getting a good city pension, but felt responsible for infecting 21 students, and he thinks he's going to have an extra long time in Purgatory.

So who knows.

No really, think about it ( plus its Halloween so its Jermaine) . You're a bit young for it but The Exorcist was probably the scariest movie of the 70's. The idea of being " possessed by the devil" scared the everliving piss out of kids of my generation. As I've gotten older and certainly more cynical about the religious aspect of it , just what the fuck is going on then with people who are purported to be possessed? If you don't believe in religion, then what are they going through? They're just insane?

From what I've read, the body contortions and levitating and shit like that are greatly exaggerated. The people are usually just really fucked up in the head.

Ill always think of 55th and Kedzie as the Talman Bank but you do you my friend.

Speaking in tongues?

Wasn’t there also a green store called general sales or something where you could buy a hi fi?

Either join the discussion or stay out Ralph. If I want stupid gifs , low IQ posters like jbills can cover that.

I believe this is why so many people have "experiences" when they attempt to connect with the other side.

Yeah . . . no. Most "experiences" actually come from finding books written in weirdo languages and then accidentally reading them aloud.

That Evil Dead tv show was actually a lot of fun. Too bad Starz cancelled it earlier this year.

One to not believe in them at all. Two to think you understand them and know very much about them.

A lot of possessions are def mental illness, but I am a believer in evil spirits.

Angels, Demons, spirits, poltergeists, and other supernatural entities shouldn't be thought of in terms of heaven and hell. Think of these events existing in another dimension. It's not the good place up in the clouds, or the bad place beneath the earth. I'm too lazy to get up and look at the author of the book that opened my eyes to this perspective, but I find this theory more believable than the religious angle.

Furthermore, playing with things like ouija board and tarot cards can weaken the barrier between the two dimensions. I believe this is why so many people have "experiences" when they attempt to connect with the other side.

Jermaine??

My problem with Ouija board / Tarot cards is that somewhere theres a factory stamping them out . I mean, thats a gateway? manufactured by Milton Bradley?