What do you think when you hear the power of Christ compels you the power of Christ compels you for me and I think for many those words conjure up images of

projectile vomit furniture levitating head spinning around and around on

shoulders, people with blood spilling out of their mouth speaking in tongues, dark demon-like

eyes, children saying the word fuck a lot, low gravely voices, and a bunch of other creepy

unsettling spooky shit. I think of the ultraviolet exorcism that Hollywood delights in making movie after oftentimes terrible movie about

but sometimes they kill it.

Watch the 2023 horror flick The Pope's Exorcist to get in the right head space for this episode

after Molly Boxes recommendation and it was great.

Anyway I think of Hollywood when I hear those exorcism words,

right horror movies. Some great many not so great, nearly all of them

claiming to be based on a true story.

I've actually gotten so used to hearing based on a true story and then seeing a

bunch of crazy over-the-top CGI nightmare scenes. Sometimes I forget that they actually are based on a true story

that there's some truth behind many of these stories. At least you know people are

claiming it's true and the truth for these people is that exorcisms are real.

Not saying with scientific certainty that the demons supposedly possessing those

being exercised are real, but the ritual at least is for sure real.

Exercism, for sure, they do exist outside a movie sets and are an integral part of the faith for many Catholics and other members of Abrahamic religions.

In fact, did you know that it is required for Catholic? and other members of Abrahamic religions.

In fact, did you know that it is required for Catholic children

to undergo an exorcism prior to getting baptized?

Now granted, it doesn't look at all

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