Deliverances fact or fiction
Deliverances fact or fictionDeliverance: Fact or Fiction
Many things in this world are unexplainable. One concept that is hard for many
people to grasp is the concept of a deliverance. Since ridding one's souls from demons is
talked about in the biblical times, one's believing in exorcisms is hard to comprehend in
modern days. People shun the thought of this idea mainly because they don't want to
believe it. There are many stories and movies present in the world today about the
supernatural powers that may be true.
There are many people that have heard about or have seen the movie The Exorcist.
It is said by many that The Exorcist is based on a true story. This movie has given a good
scare to the millions of people who have watched it in the past twenty years. The whole
story of The Exorcist is based on a little girl around the age of ten who becomes possessed
by a demon. Regan, her name, demonstrates many salacious acts throughout the movie
until two Catholic priests cast out the demon from her soul in the name of Jesus Christ.
The movie portrays the priests as exorcising a demon , but these two men are
actually delivering the demon from the child. According an article titled "The Deliverance
Minister," "There are two basic ways to get rid of demons. One way is to exorcise the
demon. Exorcism is the method used by those who follow Satan. The other way is
deliverance. Deliverance is the method used by those who follow Jesus Christ." (n. pag.).
With this information provided, the movie The Exorcist is clearly not an exorcism but a
deliverance. After people see this horrifying movie, many questions are raised if this film
could have, in fact, been true.
A diary discovered at the St. Louis Mental Institute is summarized into a book
written by Thomas Allen. This book contains the story of the exorcism which is now
known as a deliverance. The movie The Exorcist is based upon actual facts that has
happened in the late 1940's.
The Exorcist was allegedly drawn from an actual case that happened in the
late forties, early fifties in Maryland, Washington, D.C. The events began
as a mild poltergeist infestation surrounded a young boy, Roland. Strange
scratching noises were heard coming from the attic...small kitchen objects
and furniture would be moved for no apparent reason....Roland's bed shook
at night, so hard that he couldn't sleep and his bedclothes were violently
ripped from him....He began to drool and vomit up phlegm while more
bloody scratches appeared [on his body]....Three priests converged...and
began a thirty-five day long exorcism [deliverance], taking turns to conserve
energy. Roland would often attack the priests, appearing super strong, and
spitting in their eyes. Eventually,...the priests appeared to drive out
whatever was possessing...
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