For several years I've been reading articles and watching vids about Father Vincent Lampert. He's an official exorcist, although you'd never guess unless he mentioned it. He's an interesting cat...well-spoken, funny and with a remarkably good attitude, considering his day job. He's very even-keeled, but a few of his stories would raise the hair on some of the staunchest Atheist's arms.
But that's not what this is totally about. In order to become an "official" exorcist, priests have to train in Rome, and they do things by the book as it were. If someone comes in complaining of demons, they don't just sit them down in a chair, grab a cross, throw holy water on them and get to excorcisin' and such...they're first evaluated by several doctors. Most cases are the result of something else, but a few can't be explained by normal means, so they're treated as actual cases of demonic possession.
What qualifies them as genuine cases of possession, and what also has caused quite a few of these doctors to literally fall to their knees and ask Jesus into their hearts, is compelling. Generally what happened is that these doctors would ask the patients if they could speak directly to the "demons," and almost always they said yes. The doctors were skeptical to say the least, as they should be, but what happened next scared the shit out of them.
After the usual introductions when meeting a demon for the first time, the "demons" began speaking directly to them, usually in low, guttural voices, typical of what we see in Hollywood movies. That's one thing, and spooky enough, but that wasn't what did the trick. The "demons" would start telling them things that only they knew...things from their childhood, things that were never mentioned in conversation or anywhere on the Web, seemingly-incidental things and even things they'd forgotten. Interesting, eh?
Sorry, Coincidence Theorists, but it's impossible to call that coincidence. It's certainly enough to turn hardcore Atheists into believers in demons pretty quickly, and that takes some doing. Whether we believe demons are real or not, they certainly do, and they're the biggest skeptics on the planet. If you think it's just the good Father telling stories, you can look up videos for yourself, where they're talking about their experiences, and you can tell that it flipped them out.
They're sitting in their offices, with a wall full of degrees behind them, and you can look them all up...they're all legit docs. To hear them saying that demons are real and they now believe in God and have accepted Jesus is pretty remarkable. The majority of them don't make videos, and keep their conversions private. They're also joined by more scientists than one might think, as they've seen enough evidence to believe in a Creator. You won't hear about them either on mainstream news, but they exist.
Even though I've been accused of it, I've NEVER tried to tell people what to believe...only what I believe, through experience and trial and error. I just try to present evidence as I find it, and if I add anything such as my opinions to it, I always make that clear. Most people simply will ignore perfectly good information if it goes against what they believe, and that's fact. Some people though will be curious enough to maybe look into it for themselves, which is how knowledge begins, and those are the people I'm presenting evidence for.
As time goes by, less and less people say they believe in God, and less than that many believe that the Devil is real, although I believe that could change pretty soon. You can say that this is all just coincidence, but seriously...don't you think that if you heard anyone, much less a "demon," telling you things from childhood that you'd forgotten and were unknown to anyone else, don't you think you'd at least be scratching your head? I know people who'd run out of there as fast as they could, screaming "HELP ME JESUS!" the whole way.
It's clear that I believe in God, and the Devil too, and it's not just because some book says so. In fact I see much more evidence of the Devil than God these days. For what it's worth, that book says that the Devil rules this world...for now, anyway, so from that standpoint it's not surprising. Then again I can look at some trees or whatever and see evidence of a Creator...MY creator. If I'm just imagining things then I am, but it's what I believe. It doesn't have to be your belief. I might look into it though. Have a nice day.
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