CDR: Re: Re: Re: Gort in granny-shades (was Re: Al Gore goes cypherpunk?)

[Tim May]

At 12:02 PM -0500 10/25/00, Jim Burnes wrote:
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>
>I was raised Catholic, but became a severe agnostic at age 15.  I
>read the Exorcist at age 12 and it scared the shit out of me.  As
>I got older it kept getting more and more humorous.
>
>My son who was raised agnostic thought it was hilarious from the
>start.
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>There is a lesson there.

Interesting. And of course it fits with why "exorcism works."

Like other forms of sympathetic magic--voodoo, for example--it works 
by the power of belief and suggestion. Those who believe in all the 
stuff about eating the body of Christ, drinking his blood, being 
possessed by evil demons, speaking in tongues, etc., are the ones 
most inclined to become possessed.

And when Ritalin won't work, maybe killing a few chickens or 
spritzing with holy water will chase dem demons out.


--Tim May
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