It's gibberish of the highest order. It comes from one of the largest religions in the world, the Catholic Church, and is a statement that would make any sane person laugh in derision. I'm talking about the Catholic Churches recent statement that "activities such as yoga, massage therapy, reiki or even reading horoscopes could put people at risk from evil spirits."I'd laugh but for fear it'd all end in tears. Or demonic possession.
This statement was uttered by Father Jeremy Davies, exorcist for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the leader of Catholics in England and Wales.
Father Davies is seventy three.
Anyway, I'm wondering how this kind of thing slips out. Has Father Davies, demon slayer extraordinaire, taken to hanging about the bell tower screaming at passersby like a modern day Quasimodo ? Or does the Catholic Church condone and, more importantly , believe this sort of thing ?
Either way it doesn't really matter. What's really the issue is that this is the same organisation that weighed in the the fertility and stem cell research bills being passed through Parliament. Politicians voted against these bills, not on scientific grounds but on the grounds on the teachings of an organisation which believes in magical evil spirits. Believe it or not these are the people that are running your country.
It just goes to show you can say and do anything as long as it's under the guise of some sort of religion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1021712/Yoga-horoscopes-lead-possession-Devil-claims-Cardinal.html
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I was possessed once. At least I think it was. Could have been the out-of-date camembert cakes I ate. Either way I spent the night blowing pea soup around A&E.
ReplyDeleteYou went to A&E ? You fool - you should've gone to see Father Jeremy Davies.
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