Father, thank you so much for doing this.

Thank you for having.

As a Protestant who grew up in Georgetown,

in part where The Exorcist was filmed,

I've been trained from birth to think of Exorcism

as something kooky that the Latin Church does

for weird cultic reasons, not at all mainstream Christianity.

And then you go and read the New Testament.

That's right.

And you realize that the first miracle that Jesus performs in the Gospel of Mark is casting

out demons.

And then he repeats that continuously and commissions the apostles to do the same.

And casting out demons is not just this random thing. It is central to the

gospels. That's right. 23% of the gospels are actually about Christ dealing with demons.

So, and this is why when, you know, Christian...

It's just unbelievable. How do I not know that?

Yeah, well, and a lot of the Christians will just say, well, you know, I believe in God,

but I don't necessarily believe in the devil.

And you're like, well, do you believe in Scripture? Well, yeah, well, then how can you not believe that this is one of the primary missions of Christ was to save us from them, ultimately? Well, when he sends the disciples, I mean, of course, this is your life. This is all so new to me. I'm just shocked by it.

When he sends him out,

it's like, preach the good news and cast out demons.

Yes, that's right.

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