Exorcism (demonic possession) is easy to fake

[Skeptic44]

Originally Posted by I, Brian

That was indeed a very tragic case - and thanks for reminding me - something I wanted to post up in the news section.

[EDIT - Hm, can't find a reference to "Terrance Cotrell" on either the BBC or CNN sites - do you have a link for the above article, pleae?]

I went to Google and hit the News button.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/...p?story=437511

http://news.google.com/news?num=30&h...%3fS%3d1414950

news.google.com

Google lists 368 other links for the same story. Many of them just pull it off a wire service. Here's the story on BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3181637.stm

... Torrance was involved in other abusive "prayer sessions" both at the church and at home. During some of these sessions, church members would hold the child down and strike him. At another session, a neighbor reported seeing church members beat the eight-year-old boy with a belt.

The boy's mother, Patricia Cooper, defended the abuse with the "the Bible says it's ok" argument. Cooper was an impressionable single mother, financially destitute with a special needs child. She was willing to go to any length and believe anyone, even radically abusive fundamentalists, not to have to deal with her son's disability.

[I, Brian]

Thanks for that - I'll post it up in the enws section.

I had actually seen the stroy covered by another BBC service - simply couldn't trace the name on the BBC website. They don't appear to put all their stories online, which is sometimes quite a shame.

Or maybe it's just me being useless.

[bible_reader]

This is an old topic. But I was wanting to pose this to the group.

Does this account of a demon knowing Jesus prove that Jesus actually had a Pre-Human existence?

Holy one of God? Why not Holy God?

Does this verse refute the Trinity Doctrine?