John Safran vs God - Exorcism (Part 1 of 3)

Episode Eight:
The eighth episode was the most controversial. Instead of its usual format of various segments, the show featured a single story: the exorcism of John's demons (spirits) by Christian exorcist and fundamentalist preacher Bob Larson. There was none of the humour that characterised the preceding episodes. The exorcism was dramatic and realistic and no explanation was given at the end of the episode as to John's behaviour. On the Yahoo! "Cult of Safran" web group a stormy discussion started on whether John was actually faking - Safran's lisp is absent while allegedly possessed. Safran appeared in several radio and television plug spots for the show post-production/pre-screening and only briefly commented on the exorcism episode as a very intense segment to film. After the screening of the episode Safran appeared in an interview on ABC radio and said he didn't remember a lot of the experience.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Safran_vs_God

On 10 April 2009, John Safran took part in a devotional crucifixion, an annual event occurring on Good Friday in the Philippines. Safran was crucified in Barangay Kapitangan, Paombong, Bulacan, just outside of Manila along with three other men and one woman. He had nails driven through his hands and feet and hung on the cross for five minutes before being taken down and given medical treatment in a nearby tent set up for treatment.

In the past, people made the mistake of believing most bad events were because of "evil spirits". In the present, we make the mistake of thinking everything is "physical". What we need is a good SCIENTIFIC balance of the two.

If you think possession is "mental illness", find the details of what are considered the signs of possession, and see if you can duplicate them. Here is a partial list of things you can attempt to do to replicate what people who are possessed have been observed to do.

1) Speak totally fluently in a language you have never heard. Double bonus points if you speak in a language you didn't even know EXISTED.

2) Display knowledge of someone's past, including private details that only one or two people know.

3) Display knowledge of events that are transpiring someplace else at the exact time they are happening.

4) Create horrific and sickening smells without using chemicals or other items.

5) Have a friend hide a religious object (cross, holy water, etc.) someplace, and you have to walk into the room and be able to say INSTANTLY that the object is both there, and where that object is.

6) Create marks, scratches, bruises, welts, or cuts on your body in full view of people, without using anything (knives, sharp objects, fingernails, etc.) that could be used in such a manner. In other words, make those things appear on bare flesh, without any known physical cause.

6A) Double points if it is words.

6B) Triple bonus points if it is in a language unknown to you.

7) Display fits of superhuman strength. Double points if you weigh less than 120 pounds, yet can throw 250 pound men around as if they were toys.

8) (Probably the creepiest to humans), speak with more than one voice at the same time.

9) Pick a part of your body, and cause it to swell, distend, or move in a way that is not physiologically possible.

All of the signs above can be exhibited in a person possessed. Of the above list, the only one that has been observed in merely "mentally ill" patients (or those on certain drugs) is #7, but in the event that a "regular" person does that, they will usually break bones, and rip tendons/ligaments in the process. Not so with people that are possessed.

Realize this: Only the very worst of the possessed people are ever exorcised. If you study the Bible, Jesus exorcised demons from people that we would consider only "mentally ill" now. Notice also that in some of his healings, DEMONS caused the problem, and once he exorcised them, the physical problem went away. Other times, he merely healed the person. This would seem to indicate that there are problems in people caused by entities that do not have their own physical bodies, and that there are problems in people caused by purely physical causes.

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[azmanabdula]

whenever there is a comment approval....

there is an agenda.....

and since when is censorship on youtube a good thing.....

you should be ashamed.....

listen to everyone...

or be biased!

[Godspittbull]

@azmanabdula: re: "whenever there is a comment approval there is an agenda.. you should be ashamed.. listen to everyone or be biased!"

You make my "bias" for trolls sound so sinister! I moderate comments simply to curtail trolls from crowding out more productive discussions, however I also try make a point to (eventually) cover every issue brought up anyways to minimize bothersome email notifications about the same subject ad nauseam. (btw your point has already been previously discussed too..)

[azmanabdula]

@Godspittbull well you have to admit, this is the first i have ever heard back from a comment pending,

and so what, let trolls be trolls, hate gets you views!

people come to get angry, people come to defend, each one a view, why not have it like that?

the way i see it, comment sections that are censored become stagnant and boring : )

trust me, un-censor it, youll thank me in the future!

[Godspittbull]

@azmanabdula: re: "..let trolls be trolls, hate gets you views!"

I highly doubt a significant number of people who already had found my video wouldn't watch it or read any of the comments simply because my comments are moderated. Unfortunately, my arguments are often distorted & misrepresented by atheists & other Christians alike, many of my arguments on this video in particular could easily get drowned out by both. Sorry, but I'm trying to educate people, not entertain them.

[sirskrill]

"On behalf of my ancestors, I forgive Hitler." That's the crazy shit I've ever heard!

[tranebobhendrix]

this exorcist's a psychopath. noone else thinking that?

[Godspittbull]

"Most men can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, have proudly taught to others, and have woven thread by thread into the fabric of their lives."

- Leo Tolstoy

[Godspittbull]

@MrTVman100 re: "[The beginning of the universe is] like a popcorn kernel expanding.. it deals with pressure, not fire [heat]."

Are you sure? A popcorn kernel needs heat to expand, just like many other things..

[Godspittbull]

@paul071293: "I forgive hitler? What the hell! Why would you get someone to say that?"

Purifying negativity is a critical process for successfully dealing with unclean spirits.

"Love conquers all things.." - Virgil

[Godspittbull]

@MrTVman100 re: "..you keep saying the BB Theory deals with spontaneous combustion, when it doesn't.."

Simply substitute "combustion" for "generation" or "creation" to clarify.

“Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing.." -Stephen Hawking

re: "The BB theory states.. there was no time, physics, or anything, (but somehow simultaneously) there was an infinitely dense particle of matter.."

Perhaps you missed the irony in your statement, maybe my hint will help.

[suesswiehonig]

@VHSguitar919 he is jewish! he even said in the video "despite me being jewish" they are doing the exorcism..

[megakirbymon]

if your germen but you ancesters moved from germany before hitler would you still have to apoligize for being a deuchlander? i mean wtf

[Dethtube1]

Nice to see an uploader determined to respond to every comment :P. I can see you are very passionate in defending your faith, and with reasonable rebuttals too. If only I was as faithful I might be a better person.