Comment by mikemarsh
1 month ago
It's not about "Pathologising those who disagree", it's about how demonic influence (which anyone can fall victim to) _actually_ works.
You've highlighted a very real equivalency in spite of yourself.
1 month ago
It's not about "Pathologising those who disagree", it's about how demonic influence (which anyone can fall victim to) _actually_ works.
You've highlighted a very real equivalency in spite of yourself.
> demonic influence
Is this an unironic usage of this word? If you're trying to make a different point, it doesn't come across.
> You've highlighted a very real equivalency in spite of yourself
The equivalence doesn't help you, because "possessed by demons" has been used to describe people who are sick, playing D&D, reading comics, listening to music, being women, and it is frivolous and embarrassing to take seriously.
Getting your definitions and worldview from 20th-21st century reactions (many justified) against goofy evangelicalism rather than actual theology and history is likewise frivolous and embarrassing.