Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort

Re: Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort

Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Wed, 2008-06-25 - 00:40

STEPH, WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT SURELY THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF YOUR JOKES. WHAT YOUR FATHER SAID TO YOU IS JUST AWFUL AND YES, I WOULD QUESTION HIS SANITY. THAT REALLY IS VERY SAD AND I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR YOU. THERE IS A PLACE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS 'THOSE WHO SUFFER ARE GOD'S CHOSEN ONE'. I WISH I COULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS, BUT I LOST THE WHEREABOUT OF THE VERSE YEARS AGO AND HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT SINCE. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO A MINISTER ABOUT YOUR FATHER'S IMPLICATIONS ABOUT YOU. MAYBE THAT WOULD GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND AND MAYBE THE MINISTER COULD EVEN WRITE TO YOUR FATHER AND EXPLAIN THAT YOU ARE NOT DEMONIZED. I LOVE YOU STEPH.........I AM SORRY AGAIN THAT YOUR FATHER DOES NOT UNDERSTAND.   

I USE ALL CAPS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED. I WISH YOU PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS, JOY.........JAN

Re: Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort

Submitted by uberzwitter on Wed, 2008-06-25 - 09:48

I have been exorcised by latin witch doctors. Half Christian, half pagan. They got the Bible in one hand, and they yell at you to renounce the devil, but it's all Santeria. I am agnostic. I DO NOT believe. But my mother, a rather rational woman by all other means, begged and begged to try this alternative. They set fire in my house. Sprayed me with holy water from a windex bottle. Set garlic, chili peppers, and rosemary on fire around me and prayed underneath the moonlight in my backyard. I wanted to kill my roommate for granting permission to my mother for allowing this to happen in our house. "Do you read the bible" they ask. "Yes," I said, " and it is a man made thing." "Renounce the devil." "I don't believe in the devil.." No use fighting with these people. "...fine, I-renounce-the-devil." My sheets smelled like carbon for a week but my mother thought maybe things were going to be fine...until my next sz. It didn't work, supposably because they weren't strong enough. Now there is a new group of people. They want a week with me because I am carrying around some curse, proven because they knew I was epileptic before they met me and by the location of a birthmark I have put there by the saint/goddess who spared my life at birth, and I'm not epileptic, just hexed. Blah blah blah. I said no way, I am not indulging that. I am very interested in other cultures. Latin American cultures have some fascinating blends of Christianity and pagan religeon and I'm happy to study them when they aren't trying to study me. My family really does not want to accept that I have epilepsy. My father insists I just need "a good shrink" despite abnormal EEG's. It hurts me because he tells this to his friends and it feels like they are calling me crazy or unstable constantly. When people tell me I am seizing just because of stress I get really offended now because it makes me feel like this is all my fault. Like I make myself take all this meds or miss work or feel sick for fun. As if I have uncontrolled sz because I really want to lead this kind of life. I tell them, I mostly sz around my period and try to explain and I can tell they tune me out and get uncomfortable. "Well, you should still take things easy" They say this because my fathers tells them this is my problem and nothing more. I don't know what is harder, having epilepsy or parents who refuse to see that it is there. In your case, you can try to talk to your minister once. As I did, I tried for my mother once as well. After that you walk away and hope they respect your beliefs. Distance does seem to be key.