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    AmP Countdown: Time left to demand that Congress make health care reform pro-life: 2009-11-07 18:00:00 GMT-05:00


    Monday, February 11, 2008

    Exorcism in the modern world...

    ... is a topic almost impossible for the modern reporter to accurately present.

    Case in point, WaPo's "Ritual of Dealing With Demons Undergoes a Revival."

    Quotes from the beginning and end of the article:

    POCZERNIN, Poland -- This wind-swept village is bracing for an invasion of demons, thanks to a priest who believes he can defeat Satan.

    The Rev. Andrzej Trojanowski, a soft-spoken Pole, plans to build a "spiritual oasis" that will serve as Europe's only center dedicated to performing exorcisms.

    ...

    Trojanowski is a priest in the northwestern Polish port city of Szczecin. He said that he sees as many as 20 people a week who are under the influence of evil spirits, but that he needs more space to treat them properly.

    At his exorcism center, he said, people could check in for a few days and receive ministrations.

    Plans for the center were announced in December after an archbishop gave approval to build it on church land in Poczernin, a village surrounded by cabbage fields about 20 miles outside Szczecin.

    The news came as a bit of a shock to the villagers, who said they hadn't been consulted and weren't sure they liked the idea of demons coming home to roost.

    In between these two quotations is a great jumble of the usual:

    • confused presentations of Church teaching
    • "required" exorcism pop culture references (The Exorcist, etc.)
    • wierd claims (e.g., John Paul II was "himself an occasional demon chaser" - huh?)

    Now, the article does make a few helpful distinctions and observations, but really, the more I read reports on this topic, the more I'm convinced that accurate summaries are far beyond the average reporter's kenning.

    I don't mean they are malevolent, I mean they are ill- (or non-)equipped to discuss the topic cogently.

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