Almost all Religions accept existence of Evil and Ghosts and they can be exorcised.
Hinduism also believes in this concept and states it is curable and details of exorcism ceremony may be found in the Atharva Veda, one of the ancient Religious text of the Hindus.
In general, the phenomena of possession is faced by people with not too strong a mind and will power.
General instructions to avoid this malady is have Faith, whatever it might be ;avoid visiting graveyards,burning ghats at dusk or in the night alone;flush out body waste like nails,hairs in water;keep homes clean and neat and pray;special prayers and ceremonies are to be conducted.
Essential difference from other Religions is that Devil is not given the power to challenge Reality(Not God).Ultimate Reality includes Devil/Demons as well, for according to Indian Philosophy every thing is Natural and has a place in the scheme of Things in the Universe.
Possession is the result of one’s past actions; it may be in the last lives for action, being a form of energy can not be created or destroyed and every action produces an equal and opposite reaction.
Best way to lead a trouble free life is to synchronise thoughts, words and deeds and never to hurt any body or any thing in the Universe
May Noble Thoughts reach us from every side-Rig Veda.
Category: Faith
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Real Exorcism of Anneliese Michel.
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Do tragedies like this make you question your beliefs?
God or belief or faith has nothing to do wit natural events, both good and not good.
According to Indian Philosophy Reality, as distinct from God, is immanent and includes and transcends all things and attributes.World is as is.God has no place in interfering with Nature,We have attributed Name and Form to God in the vision of ourselves.Were an ass to conceive of God it would conceive God as a Super Ass.We make judgments on every action/event and what we , as a majority find is good for us first,then to society,and have ascribed these qualities to Godhood.That’s all.Reality like Gravity or Space and Time is indifferent to our perception.
Take a look at this video. It’s religious broadcaster Pat Robertson discussing Haiti’s “pact with the devil” and it’s got lots of you talking about God’s place in this tragedy .This blogger says Robertson is confused with a Voodo ritual, the Bois Caïman Ceremony that in Haitian national mythology initiated the revolution.
There’s no shortage of anger towards Robertson. But the National Post’s editorial believes blaming the inexplicable on divine wrath is nothing new.
‘The Greeks believed earthquakes were the result of a vengeful Poseidon smashing the earth with his trident. ..In the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, religious Indonesians thought they’d been punished for straying from the path of true Islam…In the wake of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake, no less a thinker than Voltaire questioned his faith in a benevolent entity, posing theological questions that persist to this day: What kind of God destroys schools alongside prisons, mansions alongside hovels, the good alongside the wicked?….God may have abandoned Haiti. But we shouldn’t.’The country people are calling the unluckiest in the world also happens to be hailed as the first independent black state that laid the path to freedom for other French colonies. Whilst few are questioning Haitian’s unparalleled survival instincts, they are asking why a nation that has had freedom the longest remains the poorest. Neighbouring Dominican Republic is thriving . This article explains it all.
Calls to pray on Twitter and elsewhere have been endless – but do events like this make you want to stop praying? If you’re interested in the Christian take on this, have a read of Haiti – Where was God?
Haitians often joke that the country is 80 percent Catholic and 100 percent voodoo.
“My house is destroyed. My two brothers Patrick and Gregory are dead and we haven’t even found their bodies,” said teenager Francesca. “Now we want to find a house to sleep in. There is no one but the good Lord who can help us.”What makes people keep faith when tragedy strikes?
‘If God loves people, why does he wipe them out? The devastating tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004, shook the faith of religious people the world over. What kind of God would kill 200,000 people in a single stroke? Why does God let anyone die?’ asks this blogger. Do you ever ask the same questions?
How can belief in a benevolent God be reconciled with natural disaster and personal tragedy?
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JFK’s nephew barred from communion: Report
Who are these jokers to decide on who should have the communion?
Communion by the clergy is not sacrosanct and it is an interpolated concept.On the basis of religious qualification only Jesus is qualified.
The office of Papacy as a temporal power was a creation of Constantine.
If strict moral laws are applied, majority of Popes are unfit to to receive Communion because of their debauchery.
As to the concept itself, if all of us are the children of God, why should I receive permission from a joker to Commune with my Father?
God does not need brokers.
Story:
The nephew of ex-president John F Kennedy, a US lawmaker, has been barred from receiving communion at his Catholic church due to hisUS Representative Patrick Kennedy, son of the late senator Edward Kennedy, was told of the move by Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin, according to The Providence Journal newspaper in the US state of Rhode Island.
Kennedy represents a district in Rhode Island in the US Congress.
“The bishop instructed me not to take communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not to give me communion,” the paper quotes Kennedy as saying in a telephone interview.
Kennedy said the bishop had explained the penalty by telling him that he was not a good practicing Catholic because of the positions that he had taken as a public official, particularly on abortion, the report said.
The congressman declined to say when or how Tobin told him not to take the sacrament or whether he had obeyed the bishop’s injunction, the report said.
Tobin, through a spokesman, declined to address the question of whether he had told Kennedy not to receive communion, The Journal noted.
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The anti-swine flu holy water dispenser-Reuters.
What a way to insult Faith?
Story:
ROME (Reuters) – An Italian inventor has combined faith and ingenuity to come up with a way to keep church traditions alive for the faithful without the fear of contracting swine flu — an electronic holy water dispenser.The terracotta dispenser, used in the northern town of Fornaci di Briosco, functions like an automatic soap dispenser in public washrooms — a churchgoer waves his or her hand under a sensor and the machine spurts out holy water.
“It has been a bit of a novelty. People initially were a bit shocked by this technological innovation but then they welcomed it with great enthusiasm and joy. The members of this parish have got used to it,” said Father Pierangelo Motta.
Catholics entering and leaving churches usually dip their hands into fonts full of holy water — which has been blessed by a priest — and make the sign of the cross.
But fear of contracting the H1N1 virus has led many in Italy — where some 15 people have died of swine flu — not to dip their hands in the communal water font.
“It’s great,” said worshipper Marta Caimm as she entered the church. “Thanks to this we are not worried about catching swine flu. It is the right thing for the times,” she said.
Luciano Marabese, who invented the dispenser, said he did so out of concern that fear of swine flu was eroding traditions.
And he is now blessing himself all the way to the bank.
“After all the news that some churches, like Milan’s cathedral, were suspending the use of holy water fonts as a measure against swine flu, demands for my invention shot to the stars. I have received orders from all over the world,” he said.
(Reporting by Eleanor Biles; Writing by Philip Pullella; Editing by Louise Ireland)
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