Reads like a story from The Twilight Zone … Oh boy.
Wow. MailOnline (click)
‘We’re not like normal teenagers’: Meet the exorcist schoolgirls who spend their time casting out DEMONS around the world
By JEFF MAYSH Mail Online 11th August 2011
- Brynne Larson, 16, is one of many newly-qualified teenage demon slayers
- Reverend Bob Larson of Spiritual Freedom Churches runs exorcist school
- No set protocol for exorcisms but girls carry a Bible, holy water and a cross
The five teenage girls might look like they’re in a normal class, eagerly reading their textbooks and answering their teacher’s questions diligently.
But the textbooks are Bibles and the girls all have crosses instead of protractors, as they train to become exorcists – real exorcists who fight demons, curses and evil spells.
‘People do look a bit surprised when I arrive,’ admits graduate exorcist Brynne Larson. ‘When people call for an exorcist, they don’t picture a 16-year-old high school girl.’ …
Wow. Read it for yourself at Mail Online.
(via a Reddit retweet from Kashmir Hill; thanks to Matthew Ingram. Can anyone say ‘viral’?)
– P
I’m not buying it. This looks fishy. This is some kind of Protestant Church — these people don’t represent the Catholic Church but the article makes it appear they do.
I’m not saying that you have to be Catholic to believe in demonic possession but… As far as I know the only Church that actually practices the rituals of Exorcism is the Catholic Church.
This is dangerous stuff. These girls would be best advised not to mess around with something like this.
Agreed. I don’t want to sound like a space cadet, but from experience, these matters are psychologically murky, and dark. Avoid. – P
First, I always find it ironic that most of the reported amazing miracles and accounts of demonic activity occur in poor uneducated 3rd world countries. I’m wondering if the simple action of spreading anti-epileptic drugs and various other neurological disorder related medication would drop the number of demonic possessions in many African nations. It’s amazing how the demons of leprosy reported in the bible have left humans alone in developed countries since the advent of antibiotics and soap.
Second, The demon slayer teens say that a headache and dilated pupils are a sign of demon possession. A headache and dilated pupils are also symptoms of a sinus headache, migraine, drug use, or a head injury. Where does the science of exorcism come into play? If we have so much confirming evidence,(Bob Larson claims over 15000 exorcisms) why is there no science on the subject? Me thinks that the reason may be that 99% of demonic possession is a flavor mental illness or a case of someone who didn’t get enough hugs and needs attention.
Third, The first 4 of the 5 Demonic Possession Symptoms from Larson are also signs that you’re likely between the ages of 12-17 and full of angst. In addition, if you’re a teenager that lives in a country that does not speak his/her native tongue, you can fill out the whole demon possession symptom profile.
http://doodiepants.com/2012/03/08/bob-larson-and-his-robotic-teen-demon-slayers/
Why teenage girls?
With all due respect to Rev Larson, I detect an ‘enterprise’ in this work, rather than a holy calling. But I may be cynical.
-P