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Originally posted by DrJay1975
reply to post by ChilledVoodoo
Your preacher is a complete idiot. I've seen legitimate demon possession and I witnessed a summoning about 18 years ago. Your preacher telling you to even try and invoke something extradimensional with no idea of what your summoning or your ability to protect yourself could cause you great harm if by some miracle you managed to pull it off. Which you probably wouldn't. He doesn't even know if you posses the spiritual energy needed to bring forth something like that or if you have enough energy to fend it off.
Many demons and spirits predate conventional modern religion. So there is the potential you could pull something forth that even a competent Christian exorcist could not assist you with.
I haven't dealt with a legitimate possession case in many months but when I have another he's more than happy to attend.
But no offense, I wouldn't take religious advice or any advice for that matter from someone who encourages you to summon a demon. Because the guy is an idiot and obviously has no understanding of the subject other than his interpretation of the bible. Get a new church.
Originally posted by Griff
[Why your preacher would tell you to try the demon is beyond me.
Originally posted by sbc650mike
Ask your preacher if he can call up a demon in his own house, and invite anyone who wants to attend (from your church, of course). He would/should be better prepared to deal with a demon if one showed up. Record the whole ordeal and share.
Originally posted by DrJay1975
reply to post by ChilledVoodoo
Many demons and spirits predate conventional modern religion. So there is the potential you could pull something forth that even a competent Christian exorcist could not assist you with.
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by vox2442
Why would you need to turn off the lights?
I mean, seriously. Are demons afraid of incandescent light or something?
I`m thinking that your preacher is trying to put you in a position where you`ll scare the crap out of yourself by glancing into shadows.
Try it in front of an open window in broad daylight. Just say "Hey, all you demons! Fancy a chat?" and see what happens.
If they`re not going to show up for that, they probably won`t bother with the candle nonsense either.
It's true that demon activity would be more likely in candlelight than electric light; they don't like bright lighting, I'm no expert by any means but I know a few stories from others.
The OP should forget the whole thing.
Originally posted by ChrisJr03
Don't conjure a demon, that's just asking for trouble. I can't even believe a preacher would even say that; maybe he's possessed?
Originally posted by Naphariel
Originally posted by Bombeni
Originally posted by vox2442
Why would you need to turn off the lights?
I mean, seriously. Are demons afraid of incandescent light or something?
I`m thinking that your preacher is trying to put you in a position where you`ll scare the crap out of yourself by glancing into shadows.
Try it in front of an open window in broad daylight. Just say "Hey, all you demons! Fancy a chat?" and see what happens.
If they`re not going to show up for that, they probably won`t bother with the candle nonsense either.
It's true that demon activity would be more likely in candlelight than electric light; they don't like bright lighting, I'm no expert by any means but I know a few stories from others.
The OP should forget the whole thing.
I'd say it's primarily to activate your astral senses, as the dim candlelight puts you into a light trance-like state, which makes you see things with other means than your physical eyes.
Which also means videocamera is useless, since astral beings generally won't bother making an appearance on physical plane.