UM-Bot 8,140 #1 Posted October 1 The six-year-old reportedly died as a result of his father's deranged attempts to 'exorcise a demon' from him. https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/330916/young-boy-dies-after-botched-exorcism 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stiff 6,747 #2 Posted October 1 The pain that poor boy must have gone through, and in the hands of someone that was supposed to protect and care for him. Makes my heart bleed. 4 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Timothy 5,188 #3 Posted October 1 How sad. What a failure. This is horrible. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piney 48,905 #4 Posted October 1 5 minutes ago, Timothy said: How sad. What a failure. This is horrible. This smells Evangelical Missionary induced. I wonder if the Yaquis have the same tribal law we do about a situation like this? If they do it should be enforced. 2 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kittens Are Jerks 6,863 #5 Posted October 1 And this is why such nonsensical beliefs can be dangerous, especially in people who are no doubt deranged to begin with. I dread to think of how much the little one suffered, and at the hands of his father no less. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AllPossible 460 #6 Posted October 1 Man that is sad. Some really *ucked up people in this world. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark_Grey 14,500 #7 Posted October 1 4 hours ago, Piney said: This smells Evangelical Missionary induced. Smells like mental illness. The dad's first instinct was to hold the boy's head under hot water for 10 mins? When has that technique ever been used to exorcise demons? I've seen Constantine like 5 times and that was never brought up. In all seriousness, this seems like a schizophrenic attack 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Piney 48,905 #8 Posted October 1 24 minutes ago, Dark_Grey said: Smells like mental illness. The dad's first instinct was to hold the boy's head under hot water for 10 mins? When has that technique ever been used to exorcise demons? I've seen Constantine like 5 times and that was never brought up. In all seriousness, this seems like a schizophrenic attack Traditional Yaqui don't believe in Demons and a priests don't teach about demons. Evangelical missionaries do teach the Traditionalists are infected with demons and accuse the Traditionalists of being in cahoots with them. Seen it myself on my grnadfather's reserve. 2 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twisted_Caulk 18 #9 Posted October 1 Hahaha that stuff isn't even real. The era of spacecraft flying to and by all the cosmic bodies in our solar system, and people still believe it, to the point of death hahaha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rlyeh 14,474 #10 Posted October 1 5 minutes ago, Twisted_Caulk said: Hahaha that stuff isn't even real. The era of spacecraft flying to and by all the cosmic bodies in our solar system, and people still believe it, to the point of death hahaha People kill over imaginary characters. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
and then 36,127 #11 Posted October 1 50 minutes ago, Twisted_Caulk said: Hahaha that stuff isn't even real. The era of spacecraft flying to and by all the cosmic bodies in our solar system, and people still believe it, to the point of death hahaha I guess I missed the element of humor in the story... 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imaginarynumber1 20,206 #12 Posted October 1 Religion, everybody. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
and then 36,127 #13 Posted October 1 31 minutes ago, Imaginarynumber1 said: Religion, everybody. Mental illness, everybody. Only a fool paints an entire class of millions as evil. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imaginarynumber1 20,206 #14 Posted October 1 Just now, and then said: Mental illness, everybody. Only a fool paints an entire class of millions as evil. Like I said, religion. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vox 97 #15 Posted October 1 Religion was only the vehicle through which this insanity played out. Poor child. The father deserves a short drop at the end of a rope, irrespective of his mental state. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecretSanta 2,962 #16 Posted October 1 Poor child. So sad. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mdbuilder 69 #17 Posted October 2 Poor kid came home from school every day spouting teacher sourced liberal dogma interspersed with anti-American rhetoric...The father was convinced the boy had been possessed [brainwashed] by malevolent Spirits... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Robotic Jew 3,057 #18 Posted October 3 I don't like that the word "botched" is being used here. It makes it sound like a mistake or that murdering this boy wasn't the expected outcome. Especially since there has never been a single case of a "successful exorcism". 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the13bats 4,791 #19 Posted October 8 (edited) On 10/1/2019 at 8:33 AM, Kittens Are Jerks said: And this is why such nonsensical beliefs can be dangerous, especially in people who are no doubt deranged to begin with. I dread to think of how much the little one suffered, and at the hands of his father no less. most people believing their delusions are harmless but sadly, very sadly some mentally ill end up harming others, and i bet the looney father still blames those "real" "demons"...very sad. Edited October 8 by the13bats 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rlyeh 14,474 #20 Posted October 8 On 10/2/2019 at 7:12 AM, and then said: Mental illness, everybody. Only a fool paints an entire class of millions as evil. Millions who follow morally bankrupt religions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
