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SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 05/31/2003 : 12:16:58
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Larson travels the nation teaching, preaching and purporting to practice the act made famous in "The Exorcist." In the 1973 smash film that spawned a cottage industry of exorcism movies, books and ceremonies, the devil is expelled from a character played by Linda Blair.
A pretty good flick, as I recall.
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He said more than 50 percent of cases involve people whose problems stem from issues of sex and violence, such as rape, incest or molestation. Recently in Memphis, a woman he said was a prostitute went back 50 generations and gave voice to an East Indian woman at the root of the problem.
Gracious!
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Faulkner, 55, believes the devil grabbed hold of him as a result of some things he said he shouldn't have done during trips to Mexico when he was a Marine in the 1960s. He hopes to attend Larson's programs in Charlotte. He supports the radio and TV ministry with $25 a month.
One born every nano-second
The bottom line is:
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Cuneo, who witnessed 50 exorcisms researching his book, said the practice endures because we live in a culture where people are desperate for a quick-fix cure. It's also a no-fault culture where it's easier to point the finger at the devil: "It's not myself, Mike Cuneo, who's to blame," he said. "It's my demons."
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/5974075.htm
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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