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Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort
Tue, 06/24/2008 - 16:43Has anyone had problems with religious family members whipping out Mark 9 (the chapter where Jesus heals a boy who apparently is having seizures of some sort), then declaring that you must have demons in you, or you have spiritual unrest, or are somehow "not right" with God?
My father did that to me recently. When he started talking about it, I was afraid he was going to try an exorcism on me right then and there. But he didn't - he just prayed. Ever since then he's been pushing me to talk to my minister about my alleged spiritual unrest. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to do that - soon we'll have a new minister and I can just see me going in on his first day on the job and saying, "O hi, sometimes I wake up at night with a yell and then I shake. Can you help me? I must not be right with God." The poor minister would probably put a request in for a transfer that same day.
I mean, I do have Demons. I really do. And I have Crime and Punishment and The Idiot and Brothers Karamazov and most of Dostoevsky's works. (Sorry - had to get a book nerd joke in there.)
Seriously, I thank this very same Deity (with whom I am supposedly not right) that I'm an adult and live a few states away from my father. But this still bothers me because I have to deal with my father's pestering me to talk to the minister. Truly, I think it goes beyond just a religious matter and it's more a question of my father's sanity.
So has anyone else dealt with this demons issue?
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Re: Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort
Submitted by Frog on Thu, 2010-06-03 - 13:44
Yeah, I asked someone in my church to pray for me because I was going in for diagnostic testing on my seizures and the guy sounded like he was trying to dispel demons from me. Kinda creepy and pretty embarrassing, actually. But at least they're praying for me--nice to know they care, you know? Better than being scorned and turned out of the church.
--Frog
Yeah, I asked someone in my church to pray for me because I was going in for diagnostic testing on my seizures and the guy sounded like he was trying to dispel demons from me. Kinda creepy and pretty embarrassing, actually. But at least they're praying for me--nice to know they care, you know? Better than being scorned and turned out of the church.
--Frog
Re: Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort
Submitted by Sarallel on Thu, 2010-06-17 - 10:12
There's actually a book that I know of about this very topic. It's an autobiography by a lady who has temporal lobe epilepsy and had it before there wwas any understanding of it. It's the story of her mission to undergo anything to try and get rid of what she thought was a demon who was following her. It's really quite interesting. Savedforthedemon.com
There's actually a book that I know of about this very topic. It's an autobiography by a lady who has temporal lobe epilepsy and had it before there wwas any understanding of it. It's the story of her mission to undergo anything to try and get rid of what she thought was a demon who was following her. It's really quite interesting. Savedforthedemon.com
Re: Epilepsy and Demonic Possession...or something of the sort
Submitted by Revelation 21.4 on Thu, 2010-06-03 - 13:04
One thing I've learned after growing up and realizing the pain my condition has put my parents through is sometimes our parents get desperate and can have crazy thoughts because they just want to fix us. This is one of those crazy thoughts. Your dad desperately wants to help you and he thinks somehow cleansing you spiritually will do it but this is not the case. Many faithful followers of christ, including myself have epilepsy. I have nothing to do with the devil and strive to do god's will in my every day life. It's actually lack of religious truth that would make you think epilepsy is a result of demonic possession. We have these illnesses and various conditions because of imperfection. God will take care of them in due time..
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" - Rev 21:4
One thing I've learned after growing up and realizing the pain my condition has put my parents through is sometimes our parents get desperate and can have crazy thoughts because they just want to fix us. This is one of those crazy thoughts. Your dad desperately wants to help you and he thinks somehow cleansing you spiritually will do it but this is not the case. Many faithful followers of christ, including myself have epilepsy. I have nothing to do with the devil and strive to do god's will in my every day life. It's actually lack of religious truth that would make you think epilepsy is a result of demonic possession. We have these illnesses and various conditions because of imperfection. God will take care of them in due time..
"And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" - Rev 21:4