21st Century, Belgium: More than 1,000 ‘devil exorcisms’ every year in Averbode Abbey: “We can barely keep up with the demand”
by atrocious_cleva82
21st Century, Belgium: More than 1,000 ‘devil exorcisms’ every year in Averbode Abbey: “We can barely keep up with the demand”
by atrocious_cleva82
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>Geert sees a pattern in the people who come to him. “These are people who are stuck and can no longer move forward in their lives and who attribute this to the presence of a superhuman force,” he explains. “We live in uncertain times. People have less stability and it is more difficult to give things a place.”
Religion should not take advantage of weak people that have serious or mental problems.
“Exorcism” should not be just explained as a regular or normal practice. It should be denounced as a false pseudo-therapy. We are in a non confessional European country where people with mental problems should be given decent psychological or social care instead of religious rituals. At least, a public media like VRT should give other critical opinions as if they were speaking about homeopathy or any other pseudo-science.
Ach als ze zich daardoor beter voelen, eigenlijk is het precies een beetje zoals naar de psycholoog gaan (eerst op gesprek enzo) en dan ffkes een kort ritueeltje en hoppa kwade geest weg.
Als ge daardoor verder kunt, wie ben ik om te zeggen dat het verkeerd is
Tis 2024
“Daarbij valt één specifiek kenmerk op: de disproportionele aanwezigheid van vrouwen die bezeten zouden zijn door de duivel of demonen. Er is een dominante theorie dat vrouwen vatbaarder zijn voor zondigheid en het kwaad.”
En vrt maar publiceren zonder tegenspraak. JAmåaR HEt sTAaT tUsSeN Ha@KJes
I allready can predict whan the next issue of SKEPP is going to be about, i’m looking forward to read it
Weird article, the Abbey or Catholic Church weren’t given the chance to explain and instead they went for a historian and an anonymous (?) exorcist.
Exorcists in the CC are subject to really rigorous rules and have to always refer people back again to psychiatrists, unless it is proven beyond doubt that it cannot be scientifically explained. I can’t find anything back about this in this article, it’s also really really unusual that a priest would opt for anonymity, especially within the order of Norbertines. Also 1000 exorcisms per year? Really? Not even the US reaches those levels. Someone at VRT didn’t check their source lmao