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Abdul Alhazred
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 07/21/2007 : 08:14:06
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Potter may help the devil: Mexican priest [ AP via NDTV ]
The leading exorcist of Mexico's main archdiocese said the popular Harry Potter book and film series could allow the devil to enter children's minds, and does ''a lot of damage.''
The Reverend Pedro Mendoza, a Roman Catholic priest and exorcist coordinator of the Archdiocese of Mexico City, made the comments at the end of a five-day exorcism conference in Mexico City.
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An exorcists' conference. Hold that idea in your mind.
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Mendoza said the meeting aimed to unite priests who practice exorcisms, a ritual that began increasing in the 1960s, when family ties began weakening and the mass media started proliferating ''new ideas'' and ''abusing sensationalism.''
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Wouldn't want to abuse sensationalism, would we? 
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About 280 priests and lay people attended the conference, which included an $230 exorcism course. |
Business is business. 
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JEROME DA GNOME
BANNED
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Posted - 07/21/2007 : 08:50:43 [Permalink]
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It is a world wide exorcist consensus.
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What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. - Bertrand Russell |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 07/21/2007 : 09:54:48 [Permalink]
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But really, who cares what those quacks think? As this is the end of the Potter series, it would be suprising if they didn't come front and center to spread their superstitous nonsense. It's too good an opportunity get the faithful's panties in a twist to pass up.
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Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Robb
SFN Regular
USA
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Posted - 07/21/2007 : 14:47:01 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
But really, who cares what those quacks think? As this is the end of the Potter series, it would be suprising if they didn't come front and center to spread their superstitous nonsense. It's too good an opportunity get the faithful's panties in a twist to pass up.
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Or they can join Harry.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2092321.ece |
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. - George Washington |
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Dave W.
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Mexican exorcists preparing for Harry Potter.
