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Originally Posted by Ohio
The Pentecostal churches, however, lean toward the spiritual causes which you have enumerated. Their practices of deliverance are compelling to one such as I, having spent decades dismissing such nonsense as hocus-pocus.
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I do not dismiss them as nonsense at all.
I fully believe them.
Even Witness Lee taught that the ones that go out to preach the gospel must be prepared to cast out demons when they go out.
But let me just say this to all those who would attempt to steer someone away from mental health services in favor of some kinds of religious teachings about tarot cards and Ouija boards: unless you personally can ensure that that person you say has a demonic oppression or some such can get free of that, I would even say that unless you
personally are able to get rid of that for them, they should be encouraged to always do their best and not put under condemnation and yet more oppression by some kind of religious opinion.
I'm done now.