Pat Robertson tells mother: Your son’s stomach pains are caused by a witch ancestor

[SecularMotion]

Televangelist Pat Robertson advised a mother on Monday that she could cure her son’s stomach pains by finding someone to cast out demons that were possibly caused by an ancestor who practiced witchcraft.

In an email, a viewer named Dianne told the TV preacher that her son had “painful shock-waves thru his body” that originated in his stomach while she was praying for him and calling on “the name of JESUS.”

“My son said it felt like something hit him very hard in the stomach,” the mother wrote. “I know this is not of God. He is a Christian. Can Christians be attacked by demons?”

Instead of recommending that the mother seek medical attention, Robertson said that the boy could be “oppressed or possessed by demons.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/07/14/pat-robertson-tells-mother-your-sons-stomach-pains-are-caused-by-a-witch-ancestor/

[shenmue]

1. My stomach pains are caused by Pat Robertson

Reading his bullshit makes me want to hurl every time.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Look, I've been informed here by a Very Smart Person that the PLACEBO EFFECT could cure

this child's stomach problem through the agency of exorcising the demon that the witch ancestor has inflicted on this child. Since this person is SO VERY SMART, it is best if we just believe. Gods work in mysterious ways. What would Asclepius do?

[intaglio]

3. At least he didn't suggest throwing the kid in a pond

and seeing if he floated

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. He would have had to use his largest scales.

[trotsky]

4. The largest Christian church in existence believes that demons are real and can possess people.

How is this any more strange than that?

[LeftishBrit]

5. Pat Robertson should know all about demonic ancestors...

his father was a viciously RW and racist senator from Virginia.

Seriously, this sort of crap could be really dangerous. If your kid is ill, take them to the doctor, not to Pat Robertson.

[cleanhippie]

6. His views are no less valid than those that believe a person rose from the dead...

To me, such proclamations are equally absurd and ignorant. YMMV.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Hmmmm....let's see....

Possible duodenal ulcer or demonic possession or oppression?


Yup....there's yer problem right there.

Ya got demons.

[okasha]

9. Sounds pre-ulcerous to me.

Medicate, but also identify and eliminate stressors.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. I was diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer at the age of 8.

When it was hurting, the only relief was laying in the fetal position, and that offered only moderate relief.

The mere fact that ANYONE would contact Pat Fucking Robertson for medical advice is indicative of the failure of the American education system.

[Htom Sirveaux]

11. People wanting spiritual remedies should use a "both and" strategy.

Seek spiritual intervention AND standard medical treatment, not instead of standard medical treatment. That way, whether the spiritual means work or not, you're in no worse off a position.

Also, people should only seek spiritual remedies that haven't proven to be harmful. So if the spiritual remedy in question is an exorcism method that is likely to cause its own physical or psychological harm, that's out.