In todays Episode Jonathan Streeter fills in for Bill Reel and takes RFM on a journey discussing the first miracle in Mormonism. They discuss the role that Demonic possessions and exorcisms play in religion generally and how such things have influenced Mormonism specifically
Episode outline
- Cold Open – Anatomy of a Performance Exorcism
- Exorcism discussion
- Why exorcism?
- Scriptural precedent
- Christ Example
- How can exorcism be explained?
- Psychology of belief and the reverse exorcism
- Why exorcism?
- Sociology of Possession: https://archive.org/details/policing-the-devil-and-possession
- The usefulness of Exorcism
- Demonize ideas dangerous to belief
- Example: Demonization of Doubt – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWsqNZgwIYE&t=10s
- Consolidate power
- Example: Demon attacks prophet and fails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVv90VfY9t8
- Mystical Manipulation and spiritual supremacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He9H500yGZA
- Psychological utility
- Spiritual bypassing
- Facebook Adultery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTM3M-51rZo&t=4s
- Demonize taboo behavior
- Demons enter through video games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BXrk-B4u7A
- Demons enter through masturbation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXAqGYfFBxc
- Demonize ideas dangerous to belief
- American roots of possession in Africa
- Pastor AA Allen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k6iOtFegq8
- AA Allen Acolyte endorses TB Joshua: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7CUc88azA
- Examples of fraudulent exorcism
- Man answers cell phone in middle of possession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6iJ_SZPjto
- The First Miracle of the Restoration
- Ensign Article: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1989/01/the-knight-family-ever-faithful-to-the-prophet?lang=eng
- History of the Church, 1:82–83: https://byustudies.byu.edu/further-study-lesson/volume-1-chapter-9/
Resources for background:
- Possession in Mormonism Podcast: https://mi.byu.edu/mip-71-taysom/
- Paper about possession and Exorcism in Mormonism: https://archive.org/details/satan-mourns-naked-upon-the-earth-locat
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