@kellyjay said😲 Not sure I would have ever recovered.
After I watched it at the movies, that night I went to bed and woke up in the middle of the night, my room was pitch black. I kept seeing her face as I made my way to my bedroom door and as I opened it, my step-sister was in the hallway also on the way to the bathroom, she was the same height as the character, I about died on the spot. 🙂
@ghost-of-a-duke saidI was in the Army and stationed in Italy when I saw the movie at the base theater in 1974. After the movie, they had a guest from Rome, a Monsignor who was officially noted for performing actual exorcisms. The Monsignor gave a speech on how actual exorcisms are performed, and some of the details on what is said and done by the victims of the possessions. He explained that in the pertinent movie scenes, much was overly dramatized, and many things shown do not actually occur at all.
I still can't watch it. 🙂
But I don't believe you on not being able to watch it still, as you are too rational to not be able to discern the typical Hollywood exaggerations and completely fantasized storytelling. But someone as gullible as my stalker would likely do both number one and number two on himself if he were to watch the movie all by himself, as he claims to be a believing Christian. And all Christians believe in the devil and demons who take possession of people.
But as far as real, or what seems to be real, possessions are concerned, one has to personally experience them to open up our minds to the real possibility of the supernatural. I can honestly tell you that my own two personal experiences took the small portion of atheism out of me, and made me a partial agnostic leaning towards being a fully convinced deist.
@kellyjay saidIn a way it's a shame, because if you would died then, you would not be here now, trying to make others believe in God. God would have sent you right back down here, to haunt the non-believers and the evolution fanatics.
After I watched it at the movies, that night I went to bed and woke up in the middle of the night, my room was pitch black. I kept seeing her face as I made my way to my bedroom door and as I opened it, my step-sister was in the hallway also on the way to the bathroom, she was the same height as the character, I about died on the spot. 🙂
I'm just joking with you, in case a couple of idiots take me seriously about death and dying.
The way things stand, as far as the supernatural, some people need to see it, hear it, smell it, touch it, and taste it, otherwise it's not real. That's the way it's been forever, because that's entertainment for our souls. That's how we entertain ourselves, in eternity.
@pettytalk saidGood spot.
But I don't believe you on not being able to watch it still
In time here, you may come to see that Ghost of a Duke likes to present a version of himself which is easily seen through.
Edit; a bit like a ghost actually!
@pettytalk saidI have experienced something akin to possession, but in a strictly non religious/devil kind of a way. - Mental health was the only player at work, but it did change a gentle and extremely kind man into something dark and scary.
I was in the Army and stationed in Italy when I saw the movie at the base theater in 1974. After the movie, they had a guest from Rome, a Monsignor who was officially noted for performing actual exorcisms. The Monsignor gave a speech on how actual exorcisms are performed, and some of the details on what is said and done by the victims of the possessions. He explained that i ...[text shortened]... of atheism out of me, and made me a partial agnostic leaning towards being a fully convinced deist.
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@divegeester saidHe had a very sad end to his life, but I'm glad you find some amusement in it.
Oh dear 😅
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@ghost-of-a-duke saidWho?
He had a very sad end to his life, but I'm glad you find some amusement in it.
I thought you meant yourself. Not joking!
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@divegeester saidI was sharing a true experience, and the parallel between 'possession' and mental health psychosis, where a person experiencing an episode could appear (for all intents and purposes) to be 'taken over' by something.
Who?
I thought you meant yourself. Not joking!
@divegeester saidHe's a great actor and can present many characters through his skills.
Good spot.
In time here, you may come to see that Ghost of a Duke likes to present a version of himself which is easily seen through.
Edit; a bit like a ghost actually!
But not you; you can only play the part of the fool. And you play the part well because you are not acting.
This is all the attention you get for today, as I don't want you to overdose on it.
@pettytalk saidGhost of a Duke is indeed an actor here at RHP, and indeed I am not. Neither of us are fools, but who is the most principled and honest is a matter for the individual reader.
He's a great actor and can present many characters through his skills.
But not you; you can only play the part of the fool. And you play the part well because you are not acting.
@divegeester saidIf we were to go head to head on principles and honesty sir I fear you would not fare well. Perhaps you should have chosen tedium or belligerence.
Ghost of a Duke is indeed an actor here at RHP, and indeed I am not. Neither of us are fools, but who is the most principled and honest is a matter for the individual reader.
@ghost-of-a-duke saidIt is yet another case that if something is said over and over enough times, then some weak minds start to believe it. A few predator minds prey on these. "Principles" never seem to enter into it.
If we were to go head to head on principles and honesty sir I fear you would not fare well. Perhaps you should have chosen tedium or belligerence.