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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 247992" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>Oh believe me.......exorcisms happen frequently in the US. The only difference is that beating and abuse does not happen like in remote, undeveloped areas - but rather praying, chanting, & screaming...........and blame. That is the part that is most worrisome to me about all of this, is that these religous rituals and beliefs place the onus back on some exterior force, rather than the individual. For me, I used to pray, and take difficult child to church, hoping he would be "cured" - rather than realizing he might actually be ill. I would fast and pray more and more every day - literally thinking that if I did more for God, difficult child would be better. It about killed me, when I realized I could not literally sacrifice myself to God, to make my son better. That is when he was still little, four-ish. At that point I started realizing the balance of religion........God..........the world. It was a huge, long, learning process for me -</p><p></p><p>Again, not to rant about religion, but more the culture of beliefs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 247992, member: 3301"] Oh believe me.......exorcisms happen frequently in the US. The only difference is that beating and abuse does not happen like in remote, undeveloped areas - but rather praying, chanting, & screaming...........and blame. That is the part that is most worrisome to me about all of this, is that these religous rituals and beliefs place the onus back on some exterior force, rather than the individual. For me, I used to pray, and take difficult child to church, hoping he would be "cured" - rather than realizing he might actually be ill. I would fast and pray more and more every day - literally thinking that if I did more for God, difficult child would be better. It about killed me, when I realized I could not literally sacrifice myself to God, to make my son better. That is when he was still little, four-ish. At that point I started realizing the balance of religion........God..........the world. It was a huge, long, learning process for me - Again, not to rant about religion, but more the culture of beliefs. [/QUOTE]
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